Thank you all for an amazing and powerful Face 2 Face convening this past weekend, we will be sending a recap and some next steps soon. 

In the meantime, please take less than 1 minute ahead of upcoming budget hearings to urge the California state legislature to reduce corrections spending, close prisons, and invest in critical social, health, education and environmental programs currently at risk. 

ACTION TOOLKIT HERE - please share widely! 

Also, calling all budget advocates across sectors to sign up for Budget 2 Save Lives' Budget Advocacy Rolodex (BAR) where we will unite on shared priorities, share talking points, mobilize for hearings, etc together. 

Despite declining prison populations and fewer occupied prison beds, corrections spending has steadily increased over the last decade. Closing 5 prisons can save over $1.5 billion annually that can and must be shifted to vital services our communities need.

With threats from the federal government to cut funding to vital areas, it's especially imperative for California leaders to invest in people over prisons. 

TAKE ACTION TODAY for a healthier, safer, greener California!