Click here to take action now! The Governor has announced he will appeal--we have until September 3rd to change his decision! 

Please join Californians for a Responsible Budget (CURB), which the Strategy Center is a member of, as we call on Governor Schwarzenegger NOT to appeal the federal court’s order to reduce the prison population. The Governor has just announced he is planning on appealing (see Sacramento Bee article)--we have until the end of the day on Thursday, September 3rd to change his decision! 

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Read about our press conference on Thursday below

Choose human rights over politics as usual

On Thursday, August 27^th, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (which the Strategy Center is a member of) and allies held simultaneous press conferences in Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento urging Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown not to appeal the federal court order on prison overcrowding. We urged them instead to submit a comprehensive prison reduction plan by September 18th as ordered by the courts  After the press conferences, we hand delivered letters signed by over 50 organizations statewide.  

In Los Angeles, speakers included Geri Silva (Families to Amend California's Three Strikes), Jackie Goldberg (former State Assembly member), Juan Estrada (Homies Unidos, formerly incarcerated), and Patrisse Cullors (Strategy Center, daughter of formerly incarcerated father, brother currently in prison).

Check out LA Times coverage, photos from the LA event (below), the press release, and take action NOW on this critical issue!

Los Angeles Times coverage:
Rights groups urge Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown to comply with prison reduction order

Our press release:
A.G. and Governor pressured to choose Human Rights over Politics as Usual

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ACT NOW: Urge California NOT to implement court's order on prison overcrowding