NO ON HB 38-let locals decide what to do with their $$$

HB 38 by Rep. Lance Harris would require any municipality, parish, college or university seeking to defund their police departments to come before a State Legislative committee (Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget) and get their blessing to do wtf they want to do with their resources and their police departments. And if JLCB finds that any city reallocating resources away from police to mental health or any other supporting services would be —in their sweet little all lives matter republican opinions—detrimental to public safety, then they can take state money away from that city by way of blocking any new capital outlay projects. Read more here.

The bill will be heard today at 2 in Senate Finance Committee.

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EMAILS:

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EMAIL SUBJECT: VOTE NO ON HB 38

EMAIL TEXT:

Dear Senate Finance Committee,

I am writing to ask you to oppose HB 38 by Rep. Lance Harris. This bill strips local officials of the authority to make their own decisions about their resources. JLCB should not be in charge of how my local tax dollars get spent and the local officials elected for that very purpose should not be mandated by the state on how to appropriate our local money. Furthermore, we should be focusing on how to make our police departments better, not just blindly protecting their budgets. PLEASE OPPOSE HB 38.

Sincerely,

Name, zip