SB 94 ACTION ALERT - Sign up for a Virtual Power Hour!
Three available SB 94 vitural Power Hour sessions next week for sign up
Friends, family and supporters - it's time to power up your activism ahead of the upcoming California Legislative session in support of SB 94!
Our friends at the Ella Baker Center would like to invite you to a VERY important set of Power Hours for Senate Bill 94 over the next week. A power hour is where we meet on Zoom to learn how to advocate for a bill, connect our friends and family to the campaign, and demand that the California assembly reform our broken criminal justice system!
SB 94, Judicial Review of Old Sentences, is authored by State Senator Dave Cortese (D15) and would create rigorous sentencing review for some individuals serving life without parole for offenses committed before June 6, 1990, and have served at least 25 years of their sentence. Courts will review evidence of mitigating factors and rehabilitation, and judges will have the discretion to leave the sentence unchanged or to resentence the person with parole eligibility.
The bill has made its way through the legislature and has one last vote on the Assembly Floor. We anticipate a vote in the coming weeks, and as the political landscape has shifted back to old “tough on crime” narratives and fear-based myths, it is more important than ever that the Assemblymembers experience an outpouring of support on this vital bill.
We will meet on zoom and walk you through the details of the bill and provide you with template emails, phone scripts to contact your Assemblymember, letters of support and resources to mobilize your friends and family to take action!
Send an email to policy@ellabakercenter.org and let us know which time(s) you can attend and we will send you a calendar invite and the zoom link.
Available times/dates (all times Pacific):
- Monday, March 25th - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- Tuesday, March 26th - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Sunday, April 7th - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
This safe, sane, compassionate, and targeted reform needs your support, and policy makers in Sacramento need to your hear voice. We hope to "see" you at one of the Power Hours, and as always, we are deeply grateful to all our advocates for their hard work toward our shared goals of a fairer justice system.
