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> Tucker Carlsberg wrote
>
>> Send the pickup truck boys there with shotguns to clean it all out.
California Democratic candidates vying for Rep. Barbara Lee's (D-CA)
congressional seat will be tasked with addressing a surge in crime across
multiple cities.
California's 12th Congressional District is considered to have some of the
most crime-ridden areas in the Golden State, with Oakland consistently
ranking as one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. A report this
year from MoneyGreek analyzed FBI crime statistics from 2021 and ranked
Oakland as the 11th most dangerous United States city to live in.
The narrative that violence controls the streets of Oakland has long
plagued California lawmakers and can be expected to be a priority for
candidates as they work to establish their message on crime ahead of the
2024 election.
The current candidates include Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board
Director Lateefah Simon, Dr. Jennifer Tran, an ethnic studies professor at
California State University East Bay, and Tim Sanchez, a local businessman
and entrepreneur.
Lateefah Simon
Simon, 46, has a long track record of working in the criminal justice
field, having played a key role in operating Back on Track, a program to
reduce recidivism among young adults charged with low-level offenses. When
Vice President Kamala Harris was the San Francisco District Attorney, she
selected Simon to lead the initiative.
"There needs to be a voice of someone who was a teen mom, who has been
housing insecure, and was in the juvenile justice system," Simon said in
an interview with San Francisco Chronicle, pointing to a need for someone
with her experience in Congress. Simon had her first daughter at 18, and
she recognized the "government wasn't working for people like her,"
according to her campaign site.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) selected Simon as a senior adviser on police
reform, and in that role, she aimed to increase measures around police
responses to those who want to participate in protests and demonstrations,
according to a 2020 press release.
Simon was appointed by then-Governor Jerry Brown to serve on the Board of
Trustees for California State University to discuss racial justice in
education. In 2016, Simon was elected to serve on the BART Board of
Directors for District 7, and she became president of the board in 2020.
Simon appears to be the current favorite in Democratic circles, announcing
early on and bringing in major endorsements. EMILYs List, "the nation's
largest resource dedicated to electing Democratic pro-choice women to
office," endorsed Simon in May. Other prominent supporters include Lt.
Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, who is running to replace Newsom in 2026, Attorney
General Rob Bonta, 10 members of the state legislature, and more than a
dozen former and present elected members of District 12.
"I've spent my life fighting for those folks, and I will work to take our
shared stories and experiences to the halls of Congress so I can continue
our fight," Simon said in a campaign announcement. "That's how we make
change on a national level. And that's why I'm running for this seat.
Dr. Jennifer Tran
A California State University, East Bay professor and Oakland resident is
the most recent candidate to join the congressional race. Dr. Tran is an
educator, small business leader, and community organizer, working with
elected officials to support law enforcement and the district through
various programs.
"Just seeing our communities in crisis like this and the upcoming budget
cuts that are going to affect our communities, whether it's social
services or public safety or small businesses, I'm running because our
communities are in crisis and they can't wait," Tran told the Washington
Examiner.
Tran said she will tackle the district's rise in criminal activity by
having a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety, meaning
she'll work with multiple departments across different levels to address
crime.
"I've been working with our local elected officials to also support our
law enforcement at multiple levels as well as MACRO [The Mobile Assistance
Community Responders of Oakland] to support our communities with
nonviolent emergency responses," Tran said.
"And our city is in deficit and this is affecting the decisions we make
and we shouldn't have to choose between social services and our public
safety."
Tran urged funds to be used as an incentive to boost police staffing
numbers, along with providing new technology and modernizing
investigations for officers, to reduce crime in the East Bay.
"And we want our police officers to do their job," Tran said. "We want
them to do their job in a way that doesn't reproduce the harm against our
black and brown communities. And at the same time, the victims of violence
are needing support and need support in an expedient manner."
Tran is focused on change locally, noting that while asking for federal
resources is important, the funding has not been allocated to the 12th
district in the past, pointing to President Biden's Community Violence
Intervention Strategies. As part of a 2021 DOJ program in an effort to
reduce violent crime, Tran said that the funds went to 15 cities across
the country but not in northern California.
California lawmakers have focused heavily on the fentanyl crisis this
year. The illicit drug continues to take lives nationwide, and candidates
will likely face pressure over the issue. Nearly 6,000 Californians died
from fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2021, according to the state's
department of public health. There is no sign of the crisis diminishing
this year. San Francisco, which borders the 12th district, has received
help from the California National Guard issued by Newsom to combat the
city's fentanyl epidemic.
Tran said that as the President of the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of
Commerce she has heard stories from diverse communities, stressing the
importance of individuals having a "space in which people do not feel
judged, in which they are feeling validated and they are feeling seen."
Tran, who worked on the Oakland Community Policing Advisory Board, said
many believe having police officers respond to nonviolent emergencies is
extremely costly. Instead, Tran wants to address public safety through an
environmental and community-building lens, ending the polarization between
law enforcement and community members.
"How about we have community ambassadors like Chinatown, how about we have
funding for beautification ... so that our neighborhood is more
attractive," Tran said, adding that shared vision can help reduce crime.
Tim Sanchez
Tim Sanchez, 53, declared his candidacy in March, focusing his campaign on
measures such as expanding healthcare and supporting 13 justices on the
Supreme Court.
If elected to the 12th Congressional District, Sanchez writes on his
campaign site, he will push for common sense gun safety laws, including
background checks and an assault weapons ban. That legislation has been a
high priority for Democratic lawmakers in California.
Last year, the California legislature passed two strict bills to promote
more civil oversight regarding assault weapons. The Firearm Industry
Responsibility Act, which will take effect in July, regulates the firearm
industry. The act bans the manufacture, sale, or importation of guns or
firearm-related products that are "abnormally dangerous and likely to
cause an unreasonable risk of harm to public health and safety." A Senate
bill went into effect at the start of the year where private civil suits
can enforce violations of the state assault weapons ban.
Sanchez, like his fellow Democratic contender Simon, is focused on
criminal justice reform. The new congressional hopeful wants to pass
reform "that removes qualified immunity for cops" and hopes the change
will fund "a mental health responder force trained to deal with incidents
that require a different approach," according to this campaign site.
Another aspect of criminal justice Sanchez hopes to explore is ending
"cash bail for non-violent offenders who have been sitting in jails for
years awaiting their turn to have their day in court." The California
Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that setting bail at an amount too high, which
the individual cannot afford, is unconstitutional.
Sanchez received an endorsement from the Bold PAC guided by Rep. Linda
Sanchez and the House Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Sanchez told the San Francisco Chronicle in a May interview that he does
not support criminalizing individuals living on the street. Sanchez said
he also wants to find a way to advocate on behalf of small businesses and
those experiencing homelessness.
California's 12th District is located in the coastal area of Alameda
County and includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda,
Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro. The district was shifted to
encompass the former geography of the 13th district in the 2020
redistricting.
Original Location: California Democrats seeking to replace Barbara Lee
debate approach to crime
https://gazette.com/news/wex/california-democrats-seeking-to-replace-
barbara-lee-debate-approach-to-crime/article_ce8f76e6-a4a8-51e6-85e4-
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news:so3ik2$ild$5...@news.dns-netz.com:
> Tucker Carlsberg wrote
>
>> Send the pickup truck boys there with shotguns to clean it all out.
California Democratic candidates vying for Rep. Barbara Lee's (D-CA)
congressional seat will be tasked with addressing a surge in crime across
multiple cities.
California's 12th Congressional District is considered to have some of the
most crime-ridden areas in the Golden State, with Oakland consistently
ranking as one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. A report this
year from MoneyGreek analyzed FBI crime statistics from 2021 and ranked
Oakland as the 11th most dangerous United States city to live in.
The narrative that violence controls the streets of Oakland has long
plagued California lawmakers and can be expected to be a priority for
candidates as they work to establish their message on crime ahead of the
2024 election.
The current candidates include Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board
Director Lateefah Simon, Dr. Jennifer Tran, an ethnic studies professor at
California State University East Bay, and Tim Sanchez, a local businessman
and entrepreneur.
Lateefah Simon
Simon, 46, has a long track record of working in the criminal justice
field, having played a key role in operating Back on Track, a program to
reduce recidivism among young adults charged with low-level offenses. When
Vice President Kamala Harris was the San Francisco District Attorney, she
selected Simon to lead the initiative.
"There needs to be a voice of someone who was a teen mom, who has been
housing insecure, and was in the juvenile justice system," Simon said in
an interview with San Francisco Chronicle, pointing to a need for someone
with her experience in Congress. Simon had her first daughter at 18, and
she recognized the "government wasn't working for people like her,"
according to her campaign site.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) selected Simon as a senior adviser on police
reform, and in that role, she aimed to increase measures around police
responses to those who want to participate in protests and demonstrations,
according to a 2020 press release.
Simon was appointed by then-Governor Jerry Brown to serve on the Board of
Trustees for California State University to discuss racial justice in
education. In 2016, Simon was elected to serve on the BART Board of
Directors for District 7, and she became president of the board in 2020.
Simon appears to be the current favorite in Democratic circles, announcing
early on and bringing in major endorsements. EMILYs List, "the nation's
largest resource dedicated to electing Democratic pro-choice women to
office," endorsed Simon in May. Other prominent supporters include Lt.
Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, who is running to replace Newsom in 2026, Attorney
General Rob Bonta, 10 members of the state legislature, and more than a
dozen former and present elected members of District 12.
"I've spent my life fighting for those folks, and I will work to take our
shared stories and experiences to the halls of Congress so I can continue
our fight," Simon said in a campaign announcement. "That's how we make
change on a national level. And that's why I'm running for this seat.
Dr. Jennifer Tran
A California State University, East Bay professor and Oakland resident is
the most recent candidate to join the congressional race. Dr. Tran is an
educator, small business leader, and community organizer, working with
elected officials to support law enforcement and the district through
various programs.
"Just seeing our communities in crisis like this and the upcoming budget
cuts that are going to affect our communities, whether it's social
services or public safety or small businesses, I'm running because our
communities are in crisis and they can't wait," Tran told the Washington
Examiner.
Tran said she will tackle the district's rise in criminal activity by
having a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety, meaning
she'll work with multiple departments across different levels to address
crime.
"I've been working with our local elected officials to also support our
law enforcement at multiple levels as well as MACRO [The Mobile Assistance
Community Responders of Oakland] to support our communities with
nonviolent emergency responses," Tran said.
"And our city is in deficit and this is affecting the decisions we make
and we shouldn't have to choose between social services and our public
safety."
Tran urged funds to be used as an incentive to boost police staffing
numbers, along with providing new technology and modernizing
investigations for officers, to reduce crime in the East Bay.
"And we want our police officers to do their job," Tran said. "We want
them to do their job in a way that doesn't reproduce the harm against our
black and brown communities. And at the same time, the victims of violence
are needing support and need support in an expedient manner."
Tran is focused on change locally, noting that while asking for federal
resources is important, the funding has not been allocated to the 12th
district in the past, pointing to President Biden's Community Violence
Intervention Strategies. As part of a 2021 DOJ program in an effort to
reduce violent crime, Tran said that the funds went to 15 cities across
the country but not in northern California.
California lawmakers have focused heavily on the fentanyl crisis this
year. The illicit drug continues to take lives nationwide, and candidates
will likely face pressure over the issue. Nearly 6,000 Californians died
from fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2021, according to the state's
department of public health. There is no sign of the crisis diminishing
this year. San Francisco, which borders the 12th district, has received
help from the California National Guard issued by Newsom to combat the
city's fentanyl epidemic.
Tran said that as the President of the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of
Commerce she has heard stories from diverse communities, stressing the
importance of individuals having a "space in which people do not feel
judged, in which they are feeling validated and they are feeling seen."
Tran, who worked on the Oakland Community Policing Advisory Board, said
many believe having police officers respond to nonviolent emergencies is
extremely costly. Instead, Tran wants to address public safety through an
environmental and community-building lens, ending the polarization between
law enforcement and community members.
"How about we have community ambassadors like Chinatown, how about we have
funding for beautification ... so that our neighborhood is more
attractive," Tran said, adding that shared vision can help reduce crime.
Tim Sanchez
Tim Sanchez, 53, declared his candidacy in March, focusing his campaign on
measures such as expanding healthcare and supporting 13 justices on the
Supreme Court.
If elected to the 12th Congressional District, Sanchez writes on his
campaign site, he will push for common sense gun safety laws, including
background checks and an assault weapons ban. That legislation has been a
high priority for Democratic lawmakers in California.
Last year, the California legislature passed two strict bills to promote
more civil oversight regarding assault weapons. The Firearm Industry
Responsibility Act, which will take effect in July, regulates the firearm
industry. The act bans the manufacture, sale, or importation of guns or
firearm-related products that are "abnormally dangerous and likely to
cause an unreasonable risk of harm to public health and safety." A Senate
bill went into effect at the start of the year where private civil suits
can enforce violations of the state assault weapons ban.
Sanchez, like his fellow Democratic contender Simon, is focused on
criminal justice reform. The new congressional hopeful wants to pass
reform "that removes qualified immunity for cops" and hopes the change
will fund "a mental health responder force trained to deal with incidents
that require a different approach," according to this campaign site.
Another aspect of criminal justice Sanchez hopes to explore is ending
"cash bail for non-violent offenders who have been sitting in jails for
years awaiting their turn to have their day in court." The California
Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that setting bail at an amount too high, which
the individual cannot afford, is unconstitutional.
Sanchez received an endorsement from the Bold PAC guided by Rep. Linda
Sanchez and the House Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Sanchez told the San Francisco Chronicle in a May interview that he does
not support criminalizing individuals living on the street. Sanchez said
he also wants to find a way to advocate on behalf of small businesses and
those experiencing homelessness.
California's 12th District is located in the coastal area of Alameda
County and includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda,
Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro. The district was shifted to
encompass the former geography of the 13th district in the 2020
redistricting.
Original Location: California Democrats seeking to replace Barbara Lee
debate approach to crime
https://gazette.com/news/wex/california-democrats-seeking-to-replace-
barbara-lee-debate-approach-to-crime/article_ce8f76e6-a4a8-51e6-85e4-
e4f1ef8931b7.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-next
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