LA Mayor Proposes Cutting LAPD Funding After LA Increased Its Police Level Roughly 20%; LB Erased Roughly 20% Of Its Officers, Has Restored Less Than 3%...And These Groups Want LB Mayor/Council To Divest Resources From Policing

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(June 5, 2020, 10:45 a.m.) -- On June 2 at 10:39 a.m. (one day after a large peaceful march morphed into looting downtown and beyond), Long Beach Forward posted the following on its Facebook page (preceded by "Share, support, and follow BLM LBC on twitter and instagram. #BlackLivesMatter

City of Long Beach
We Demand a Divestment from the Police and Investment in Black Communities
We demand Local Schools, Colleges, Universities and All Public Institutions Cut Ties with the Police
We call on all local officials, across the country to divest resources away from policing in local budgets and reallocate those budgets to healthcare, housing and education our people deserve.
More officers, jails, guns and prisons are not a solution to longstanding problems of racial disparities, injustice and police violence.
We demand police free schools across the country and an end to the use of police officers at public universities.
All public institutions designed to serve the people must cut ties with the police in the interest of public safety.
#BLMLBC #DefendBlackLives #BlackLivesMatter

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The viewpoint is consistent with the position voiced by speakers at a Feb. 12, 2020 "Peoples State of the City" event (hosted by [source: Facebook.event page

The script for the event, visible at on this page at this link.

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In Act II, "Communities First" "Audrena" stated:

...Imagine what would happen if we used our resources to give everyone a home instead of a ticket. Imagine if we had trained mental health professionals respond to mental health emergencies instead of police officers with guns. Imagine if we each knew a neighbor on our block who we could call in a domestic dispute instead of having to rely on officers trained to shoot.
Reducing our reliance on police is more tangible than we think, and the newly formed Long Beach Coalition for Abolition and Transformation wants you to be part of this movement. On February 24th, you are all invited to join the coalition for a community dialogue to re-imagine public safety beginning at 6:30pm at Revive 7th Street Church.
It is up to us to resist the profit-driven interests and politicians who maintain the status quo and tell us that public safety comes at the cost of our own harm. We as the people can transform our society for the better! Make some noise if you are ready to continue building on this momentum in the next decade!...
...We could begin to reverse the historic trend of our health department getting less than 1% of our general fund while the police department gets 44% of those resources, and they're still asking for more. We can begin to truly invest in the support our communities need and create a city budget that works for the people, not private interests.

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The event page indicated the following supporters

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Khmer Girls in Action

Long Beach Area Peace Network

Long Beach Rising

Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach

Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs & a Healthy Community

First Congregational Church of Long Beach, United Church of Christ

Housing Long Beach

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Long Beach's Mayor/City Council currently budgets roughly 1.6 officers per thousand residents. By comparison, L.A.'s Mayor/Council budget roughly 2.47 officers per thousand residents (not including Airport/Port police.) Signal Hill, surrounded by Long Beach, budgets roughly 3.15 sworn officers per thousand residents for its taxpayers.

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