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Public commenters ask Alameda County to dedicate half of AB109 funds to community reentry programs
Summary
Community organizations, formerly incarcerated residents and advocates urged the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to adopt a policy setting aside 50% of AB109 realignment funds for noncustodial community programs such as job training, housing and behavioral-health services.
At a public comment period that stretched through much of the meeting, more than two dozen residents, nonprofit leaders and formerly incarcerated people urged the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to adopt a policy dedicating 50% of AB109 public-safety realignment funds to noncustodial, community-based programs.
Paul Sheldon, who identified himself as a trustee with Planting Justice, asked the board to "set aside at least 50% of your realignment funds for non custodial community based corrections programs," arguing those programs better support reentry than incarceration. Bufi Hutchinson of Root & Rebound urged the board to "adopt a board policy that sets aside 50% of the public safety realignment funds" and described workforce, education and health services as priorities.
Several speakers cited local examples of services they said work when funded. Gavin Raiders,…
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