rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/no-new-sac-jail?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-no-new-sac-jail' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Decarcerate Sacramento https://actionnetwork.org/groups/decarcerate-sacramento https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/254/411/normal/DSLOGO_blk.png We believe that the majority of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors know by now that the Mays v. Sacramento consent decree does not require a new jail building. The plan to build a “Correctional Health and Mental Health Facility” is severely misguided, and we urge the Board of Supervisors to cancel the plan (costing $10 million for the plans alone) on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021. We call upon the Board to acknowledge that a new jail annex is: not the only option to meet the consent decree, not a cost effective option, and least beneficial for improving the welfare of the 3,200 persons who are incarcerated. As community members and organizations in Sacramento County, we do not approve the use of $10 million from our General Fund for the Kitchell Construction contract. We recognize this is just the beginning of the budgetary violence that will divert $200 million of taxpayer funds, and exponential operating costs, for a new jail building. Sacramento County has not fully exhausted all options for meeting the consent decree. We call for an end to this project and a renewed call to invest in our communities that prioritize public health and community safety. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-new-sac-jail