On April 20th, the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to move forward the VISION Act, AB 937, which would end the practice of transferring immigrants from local law enforcement custody to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

If you’ve been following Alliance San Diego, you know that we’re sounding the alarm 🚨on a case of voter manipulation happening here in San Diego.

In the wake of the conviction of police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, we recognize that true justice does not come from one case, but from systemic change and Alliance San Diego is working to bring about that change beginning in San Diego. During the San Diego City Council meeting held on April 13th, Samuel Sinyangwe, policy analyst and racial justice activist, presented findings from the Evaluating Policing in San Diego report.

The problem

It starts with a pretext stop. 

In San Diego, law enforcement officers can stop a motorist if the officer has reasonable suspicion to make the stop. Not only does this legal standard give police officers broad authority to stop anyone they think might be committing a crime, but it gives opportunity for officers to unfairly target our communities, especially Black and brown communities.