Thread by @tasha_mente

Watching @LibbySchaaf Town Hall. I'm already a fan of @MichaelDTubbs, talking about a UBI pilot in Stockton. #oakmtg

Stockton piloted $500 for 125 families and saw positive results. Libby says she has pledged to plan and run a pilot. Says Y combinator was supposed to run it here but they moved to another city. Plugs Oakland promise #oakmtg

Reminder that oakland promise gives $100 to 529 funds (college accounts), sits in the account, unusable for 15 years. UBI would be way more immediately impactful in people's lives #oakmtg

Tubbs says formerly incarcerated people took part in the Stockton pilot. Glad to hear that. #oakmtg

Ironically, Tubbs is talking about how expensive continuously adding more cops to police depts costs on Mayor Schaaf's program, while her whole platform centered around increasing the police force in Oakland. #oakmtg

David Harris of Urban Strategies who has run the MACRO program for the last year is up. Libby praises city council for giving the program an additional $3M in their passed budget, does not acknowledge the fact that everything from the budget is in question until later this month.

CAHOOTS vs. MACRO (CAHOOTS is based in Eugene, OR):
#oakmtg

Harris says this is only one piece of reimagining public safety. Schaaf says our tasks are: restore black wealth, remove systemic racism, reform and replace the police. #oakmtg

Libby points to survey that most people in Oakland want more police, not less police. She says that might have changed recently. #oakmtg

Harris talks about smart investing in the police. Implies overtime hours shows how inefficient the police is & that Oakland spends more per capita on police than any other city. #oakmtg

Harris: There's no filtering in 911 system a out mental health, homelessness, etc in Oakland. We could set up a phone line just for this. There are trust issues with calling 911 as people don't know what to expect when cops arrive. #oakmtg

Libby says OPD has not been allowed to use rubber bullets for years, but mutual aid allows other PDs to use them.

Harris: well, two different questions in the chat are asking about rubber bullets so it's definitely happening. #oakmtg

Ron Davis, head of community policing under Obama, will be on Libby's talk show next time.

Libby tries to push reform of the police in the same breath she says mutual aid is confusing.

Me: the solution is to reject mutual aid so we can actually remove rubber bullets #oakmtg

Harris: If you're living in a community that is constantly under siege... there are times when people need the police. To bridge the gap in trust will require culture change, training, and leadership.

#oakmtg

Libby asked how she dealt with economic recession: Froze 50 vacant positions, no travel, cutting contracts, let go 400 part time employees, FEMA, grants, rainy day fund

"The final budget... cut $14.3M from the police department."

Again, that budget is NOT FINAL. #oakmtg

@APTPaction, @LibbySchaaf keeps saying in her town hall that the budget is final. We are not done. The Council voted to extend budget conversations later this month. We need the Mayor and City Council to know this isn't over. #defundOPD #oakmtg

Harris: This movement to reimagine policing is not gonna go away and it's something residents will need to be invested in.... it will save lives. #oakmtg

Libby closes by pleading with residents to stop traumatizing first responders, animals and refugees with fireworks. #oakmtg

*about. My autocorrect sucks.

Tagging some concerned citizens: @hyphy_republic, @jtu, @meganasteffen, @killerswan