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RCDP Resolutions 2023

Continue Efforts To Increase Racial Diversity After Affirmative Action Was Ended By The U.S. Supreme Court

WHEREAS the mostly white, conservative portion of the United States Supreme Court overturned Affirmative Action in college admissions on June 29, 2023; and WHEREAS evidence indicates that Affirmative Action helped increase racial diversity in higher education and that its discontinuance in California’s institutions of higher education has resulted in lowered diversity in those institutions; and …

Resolution Calling for the Creation of the Office of Inspector General and Oversight Committees for Law Enforcement Agencies in Counties of California that have not established oversight boards under existing California law

WHEREAS transparency and accountability are fundamental principles of a just and equitable society, and law enforcement agencies play a critical role in maintaining public safety and upholding the rule of law, and existing California law authorized each county to create an oversight board; and WHEREAS recent incidents and concerns regarding the conduct of some law …

Resolution In Support Of Investigating, Imposing A Code Of Ethics, And Expanding The Number Of Justices On The U.S. Supreme Court

WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court has issued a series of regressive rulings rolling back fundamental constitutional protections by overturning Roe vs. Wade, ending affirmative action, limiting protections for LGBTQ people, undermining voting rights, gutting environmental regulations to combat climate change, ruling reasonable gun laws unconstitutional, eliminating debt relief for college students, and elevating religious …

Right-Wing School Boards’ Attack on the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQIA+ Communities

WHEREAS, school boards such as the Temecula Valley Unified School Board, the Chino Valley Unified School Board, and the Placentia Yorba Linda Unified School Board have attempted to erase African American, Native American, Asian American, Latino, Women’s, and LGBTQIA+ history under the guise of a K-12 Ban on Critical Race Theory, an academic concept taught …

Stop California Law Enforcement from Purchasing & Collecting Biometric & Personal Data Without a Warrant

WHEREAS federal law protects biometric and personal data from being directly collected by traditional law enforcement means without a warrant, it does not stop law enforcement from obtaining this data indirectly via payment to the owner of a health app that tracks menstruation or ovulation, a location tracker for sex workers to check in with …

Support Of A Health-Based, Rather Than Punitive-Based, Approach to Drug Addiction

WHEREAS, drug addiction and overdoses are serious problems; and WHEREAS, current criminal drug laws ruins lives; make access to treatment and recovery difficult, dangerous, and expensive; distort the priorities of law enforcement; and are deeply inequitable, disproportionately targeting and impacting people of color and/or in poverty; and WHEREAS, California needs a health-based approach to addiction …

Support of SEIU Local 1000 State Workers During Their Contract Campaign

  WHEREAS, the SEIU Local 1000 represents over 90,000 state workers, and these hardworking individuals deserve a contract that reflects the important work they do every day to keep California moving forward; and WHEREAS, state workers in California play a critical role in the functioning of our state and are essential to the success of …

Supporting Federally Recognized Heritage and Pride Months

WHEREAS, California has been stewarded by Indigenous people for 20,000 years and California has Indigenous names (e.g., Temecula means ‘place of the sun’ in Luiseño) and California has both a long Indigenous and Hispanic history and heritage; and WHEREAS, California is currently the most diverse state in the United States with a population that is …