Public comment draws sharp split: sustain JCOD/DYD community programs or fund sheriff/probation priorities? Public comment after the departmental presentations was dominated by appeals to sustain and grow JCOD/CFCI/DYD-funded community programs and by opposition to additional funding for Sheriff, DA, and Probation or any new jail construction; speakers included program participants, CBO leaders, formerly incarcerated people, and advocates.

Community voices are demanding a shift in funding from incarceration to transformative programs that change lives—will the Board listen?

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