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For immediate release: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Contact: press@groundgametexas.org
***Media Advisory***
TUESDAY: Coalition Launches San Antonio Justice Charter Initiative
New charter initiative would decriminalize abortion care and marijuana possession, ban no-knock police warrants and chokeholds, and encourage citations instead of arrests for nonviolent crimes.
Austin, TX (Monday, October 18, 2022) - On Tuesday, October 18th at 11 AM, Ground Game Texas, Act 4 SA, SA Stands, and ILRC will hold a press event to announce the launch of petitioning efforts for the San Antonio Justice Charter Amendment.
The San Antonio Justice Charter will amend the City Charter of San Antonio to adopt a justice policy that will reduce unnecessary arrests, mitigate racial bias, and save scarce public resources through a comprehensive set of popular reforms, including:
- Ending enforcement of low-level marijuana possession
- Ending enforcement of abortion "crimes"
- Banning no-knock police warrants
- Banning police chokeholds
- Prioritizing citations instead of arrests for low-level nonviolent crimes
“The San Antonio Justice Charter is a groundbreaking suite of extremely popular reforms that would improve public safety, reduce unnecessary arrests, promote transparency and accountability in law enforcement, and end the criminalization of fundamental rights like abortion,” said Julie Oliver, Executive Director of Ground Game Texas. “Ground Game Texas is proud to partner with ACT 4 SA and other local San Antonio organizations to continue our success in putting popular reforms in front of voters—and we look forward to San Antonio becoming a model for improving public safety and protecting basic rights through direct democracy.”
“Across the community we have heard the same thing from community members: They want to reduce overcrowding in the jails, stop dangerous policing practices that harm community and officers alike, prioritize city resources for greater public safety needs, and implement programs that can be rehabilitative and address crime prevention — just like cite and release does by lowering the re-offender rate,” said Ananda Tomas, Executive Director of ACT 4 SA. “We know these are popular policies — so we are taking these issues directly to the community to put the Justice Charter on the ballot next May.”
The initial launch of petitioning efforts will be celebrated on Sat. Oct 22nd @ Friendly Spot from 5:30-7:30PM. Follow along to receive more information that can be found on newly launched social media platforms:
DETAILS FOR FRIDAY PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
WHAT: San Antonio Justice Charter Media Event
WHEN: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 11AM CT
WHERE: City Hall - 100 Military Plaza #4, San Antonio, TX 78205
RSVP: Please contact press@groundgametexas.org to RSVP for the press conference.
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About Ground Game Texas
Ground Game Texas is a voter engagement and mobilization organization founded by Register2Vote leaders Julie Oliver and Mike Siegel in 2021. Based in Austin, Ground Game Texas seeks to organize voters community-by-community, collaborating with partners on the ground to meet voters at their doors and push for popular progressive policies across the state of Texas.
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