We organize to defund Alameda County's jail and criminal legal system, and build power towards resourcing life-affirming resources like permanent supportive housing, community-based mental health care, living wage jobs for care workers, and more.

Each year we work with various community partners, advocacy groups, and directly-impacted folks to generate a detailed Budget Agenda which we push our County Supervisors to adopt. We also host annual budget townhalls and trainings to ensure our neighbors have a better understanding of the hugely important (and intentionally confusing) County budget process.​

2023-2024 Budget Organizing: $171M in Investments

Budget Training: June 10, 11am-12:30pm

​Learn everything you need to know about the Alameda County's budget process and how we put together a $171 million budget platform that demands for data transparency and stability 
 
Saturday June 10 @ 11am-12:30pm
Zoom Registration: bit.ly/CFCCbdgt
 
With the continued underfunding of our behavioral health and housing infrastructures and overfunding of the jail, black and brown residents with mental health and substance use needs are at high risk of criminalization and incarceration. 
News Features
  • NBC News (May 3, 2023): California prisoner who swallowed a staple ends hunger strike to protest jail conditions
  • Pleasanton Weekly (April 3, 2023): Organizers call for change as death toll at county jail in Dublin continues to grow
  • ​KQED (April 2, 2023): Community and Civil Rights Groups Hold Vigil and Rally Over Recent Deaths at Santa Rita Jail
  • KTVU (April 1, 2023): Protesters decry deaths at Santa Rita Jail; sheriff counters with gradual but impactful change
  • ​CBS News (April 1, 2023): Marchers protest inmate deaths at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin

2022-2023 Budget Campaign

News Features
  • SF Chronicle (July 11, 2022) Grand jury: Mental health failures are making Alameda County’s homeless crisis worse
Alameda County 2022 Budget Training
Presented by John Lindsay-Poland (AFSC) & Tash Nguyen (Restore Oakland) on June 18, 2022. 
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🔮 In this virtual training, we provided basic knowledge of the county budget process; shared what we knew about the County's proposed 2022-23 budget; and shared our budget demands that are informed by incarcerated folks, their loved ones, service providers, and advocates.
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