@gabudget.bsky.social fully supports child and pedestrian safety. HB 651 (legis.ga.gov/legislation/...), in its current form, is not the most effective way to accomplish that. To learn more about our concerns and suggestions for the bill ⬇️ #gapol @khalfaniray.bsky.social
Expert @khalfaniray.bsky.social just testified in committee - HB 651 would lay the groundwork for more automated traffic cameras in Georgia and would not be a proactive solution for safer pedestrians or schoolchildren. www.tiktok.com/@gabudget/vi...
HB 225, which would eliminate the use of speeding cameras, passed out of committee today. While it doesn't offer any proactive solutions, it does end harmful and inequitable financial penalties. Expert @khalfaniray.bsky.social explains: www.tiktok.com/@gabudget/vi...
Watch @khalfaniray.bsky.social's synopsis of his testimony on SB75 here: www.tiktok.com/@gabudget/vi... #gapol
Senate Bill 75 is in committee today. Watch along as the discussion happens and our Policy Analyst, @KhalfaniRay testifies against this bill as it would not be a proactive solution best suited for safety, but a reactive one that would further inequity: www.gpb.org/lawmakers/se...
GA prison spending plans on deck in today’s House Public Safety Budget Subcmte hearing, including funds to expand contracts boosting the PRESENCE of prison health care. But how can incarcerated Georgians ACCESS them w/ unaffordable health co-pays? #gapol vimeo.com/showcase/898...
Today, a GA House Budget Subcmte will discuss new prison spending plans, including ~$100M to expand prison health contracts. What remains unclear is how this boosts access w/o reducing prison health co-pays, a pivotal part of incarcerated Georgians’ ability to access care. #gapol
"Dismissing the need to consider overlapping issues when discussing criminal justice legislation happens all too often. Issues such as incarceration rates and access to other supports are closely tied to the humanitarian crises in GA prisons." @khalfaniray.bsky.social bit.ly/405u1T6
Please share: If you or someone you know lives in a GA county affected by Hurricane Helene (see the list of affected counties in the link) and have lost employment bc of the disaster, there is still time to apply for Disaster Unemployment Insurance benefits. #GApol dol.georgia.gov/press-releas...
Why do we talk about racial inequality? Because a rising tide doesn’t lift a boat with rocks in it. We need policy oriented toward removing the rocks.
See this new @CenterOnBudget report on income inequality.
www.cbpp.org/research/pov...
It also included continued shameful attempts among lawmakers to compare their civilian hardships - i.e. lack of home air conditioning or young adult peer pressure - to the daily life threatening pressures & conditions faced by those inside of prison facilities. #GApol
Today’s GA Prisons Study Cmte hearing included justice-impacted people courageously testifying against GA’s prison system’s inhumanity. And study cmte recommendations ignoring calls for decarceration, slavery abolishment, greater oversight & rising prices on basic needs. #GApol vimeo.com/1039048754
“Georgia lawmakers convening in 2025 must decide what portrait of GDC they see. Believe an agency saying it’s on the right path & who regards crisis reports as propaganda? Or treat it as a failing agency leaving Georgians in/out of its prison walls unsafe?” #GApol www.ajc.com/news/investi...
Correct. There’s no room for more inhumanity, economic harm & forfeiture of tax revenue by targeting/jailing migrant families. GA’s jails & economy are already strained in part from criminalizing people who can’t pay excessive court/probation fines & fees. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/if-...