Examples of Policies Introduced and/or Passed by YEOs Around the Country

(by Topic)(To view examples by state, click here)

All over the country, members of the YEO Network are taking strong and decisive action to uplift the lives of Black Americans and to enact meaningful and long-overdue reforms to police departments. Below, you can find many of these policies, organized by topic; some reforms fall into more than one category. If you

don’t see your policy in here, or would like more information about one of the policies you see below, contact Alana at abyrd@pfaw.org.

Officers in Schools

● Raaheela Ahmed, School Board Member, Prince George’s County, introduced a resolution to end the school district’s agreement with law enforcement placed in schools (6/8/20)

● Tay Anderson, School Board Director, Denver, CO, introduced and unanimously passed a resolution to end the contract between the Denver Police Department and Denver Public Schools (6/5/20)

● Markus Batchelor, Vice President, Ward 8, State Board of Education, Washington, DC, led and passed a resolution for police free schools and reinvestment in solutions that truly make students safe (7/15/20)

● Neftali Galarza, Board Trustee, Coachella Valley Unified School District, CA, voted to cancel the contract between the school district and the local police department (7/13/18)

● Consuelo Hernandez, School Board Member, Tucson, AZ, introduced and passed a resolution calling for implicit bias training for school resource officers (SROs) (6/23/20)

● Josh Pauly, Director, Board of Education, MN, introduced and passed a resolution to terminate the contract between Minneapolis Public Schools and Minneapolis Police Department (6/2/20)

● Paula Phillips and Sequanna Taylor, School Board Directors, Milwaukee, WI, authored and passed resolution to terminate contracts with MPD (6/18/20)

● K. Alexander Wallace, School Board Member, Prince George’s, Upper Marlboro, MD, introduced The PGCPS GROWTH Act, which calls for prioritizing expanded mental healthcare for students and staff, diversifying our student services staff and reducing the student to staff ratios for counselors, social workers, etc., and implementing Restorative Approaches training in all schools by SY21. The resolution also calls for the CEO of Schools to establish a community-based work group to study the use of School Resource

Officers in our buildings, create a training program for all SROs before they enter our schools, and expand crisis intervention training for PGCPS staff (6/10/20)

Police Department Funding and Criminal Justice System Reform

Transferring Funds and Defunding● Elizabeth Alcantar, Mayor, Cudahy, CA, worked on the effort to decrease the sheriff

department’s budget, to be diverted to community programming (6/23/20)● Gregorio Casar, Councilmember, Austin, TX, proposed a bill with $93-123M worth of

changes to the Austin Police Department, which will ensure major reinvestment into services that make the community safer.

○ Reinvestments include: a new family violence shelter, permanent supportive housing, mental health response teams, victim services, a violence prevention office, gun violence intervention, substance use services, food access, youth programming, abortion access, and public health response to the pandemic.

○ The bill also removes functions from the APD and makes them independent, removing Internal Affairs from the police department, and making forensics independent (8/4/20)

● Jillian Johnson, Mayor Pro Tem, Durham, NC, (as a council member) led the push for higher wages for city workers rather than increased police spending (2019)

● Janice Li and Rebecca Saltzman, BART Board Directors, San Francisco, CA, proposed an amendment that would immediately shift $2 million from additional police officers to unarmed ambassadors instead (6/19/20)

● Teresa Mosqueda, City Councilmember, Citywide/Position 8, Seattle, WA○ Announced a launch to an inquest and is committed to the following principles:

■ Will not pass the Mayor's 2020 revised budget until the council goes through a simultaneous transparent deep dive into SPD's funding.

■ Defunding the police by ideally 50% and using those resources to invest back into communities the city has failed.

■ Invest in black-led organizers, organizations creating change so that they can continue to hold the city accountable.

■ Create anti-racist low barrier housing, investing in equitable transit, provide permanent supportive housing, providing housing options for survivors of violence and more.

■ Working with council colleagues, community organizations that are black-led, and leaders around the nation to adopt policies and procedures to transform the police department into a department that can truly serve and protect ALL of its residents

■ All members of council expressed support for this budget inquisition and to reinvest into community safety and stability

○ Signed onto a joint letter from elected officials throughout the Seattle region to send a unified and sole message: deescalate, defund the police, and reinvest in what makes our communities safe and healthy (6/8/20)

● Mariah Parker, Commissioner, Athens, GA, pitched a plan to defund police by 50% in the next ten years and fund a committee to study the plan for $50,000. Although the proposal was cut out of the final budget, most elements of the 50/10 Plan were adopted; such as bringing in house EMS dispatch for 911 calls, funding a third mental health co-

responder team for ACCPD, funding a social worker position for our Public Defender office, and pay increases for Public Defenders (6/11/20)

● Brandon Scott, Council President, Baltimore, MD, helped lead the cut of $22M to BPD budget (6/16/20)

● Erica Thomas, State Representative, Austell, GA, supported dissolving the Glynn County Policy Department (6/19/20)

● Gregorio Casar, Councilmember, Austin, TX, helped pass items to begin moving public dollars away from over-policing (6/11/20)

● James Harnett, Commissioner, District 2A08, Washington, DC, introduced and passed a resolution that moves funding from the police department to social service programs (6/15/20)

Use of Force Reforms● Luis Alejo, County Supervisor, Salinas, CA, condemned the killing of George Floyd and in

a referral called for a broad review and “community dialogue” of the county Sheriff’s Office use of force policies, as well as recruitment and training, inclusion of language and cultural sensitivity, crisis management, and dealing with people who have mental health conditions (6/9/20)

● Jesse Arreguin, Mayor; and Rigel Robinson, Council Member, Berkeley, CA, introduced and passed a far-reaching policy that, among other things, bans the use of tear gas (6/9/20)

● Park Cannon, 58th District; Bee Nguyen, 89th District; Renitta Shannon, 84th District; and Erica Thomas, 39th District, State Representatives, GA, filed a bill that requires law enforcement departments to create a “use of force” database that the public can access (1/17/20)

● Melvin Carter, Mayor, St. Paul, MN, updated the city’s use of force policies, which, notably, will help the police department distinguish between passive and aggressive resistance, more clearly define an officer’s duty to intervene, and increase the instances when medics must be called to a scene (6/5/20)

● Gregorio Casar, Councilmember, Austin, TX, helped pass items to ban tear gas, ban sonic weapons, ban facial recognition, ban munitions against protestors, and begin moving public dollars away from over-policing (6/11/20)

● Joaquin Castro, Congressman, 20th District, TX, reintroduced the Pride Act, which requires state & local law enforcement to track use of force incidents between civilians and officers (6/4/20)

● James Harnett, Commissioner, District 2A08, Washington, DC, helped pass emergency legislation to ban the use of chokeholds, ban the local police department from purchasing military equipment (and moving to sell/destroy what they already have), require the release of body camera video within 72 hours of a significant use of force, and remove the role of police unions in mediating disputes over the use of force (6/9/20)

● Leslie Herod, State Representative, 8th District, CO, introduced and passed SB20-217: Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity, which will enact several provisions to prevent police brutality and increase transparency and accountability in law enforcement, including: reining in use of deadly force by officers; ending qualified immunity; requiring public reporting on policing; preventing the rehiring of bad actors; creating a duty to intervene statute; restricting the use of chemical agents and projectiles; and mandating body cameras, creating penalties for tampering (6/12/20)

● Eric Lesser, State Senator, 1st District, MA, helped pass a police reform bill to ban choke-

holds, limit the use of tear gas, license all law enforcement officers, and train officers in the history of racism (7/14/20)

● Mari Manoogian, State Representative; and Jeremy Moss, State Senator, MI, introduced a resolution to reaffirm the right of the free press to investigate and report on police violence, the use of excessive force by the police, protests, or riots freely and without intimidation or violent obstruction by the government (6/29/20)

● Teresa Mosqueda, City Councilmember, Citywide/Position 8, Seattle, WA:○ Implored SPD and the Mayor’s office to end the use of non-lethal weapons ; stop

the use of military forces against civilian demonstrations; get officers who are being investigated off the street and don’t prosecute the prosecutors; and to invest in upstream programs to create healthier, safer communities.

○ Repeatedly called for a stop to the use of tear gas and pepper spray - especially during a global deadly pandemic that affects the respiratory system.

● Brianne Nadeau, Councilmember, 1st Ward, DC, introduced a bill to ban the use of tear gas by District Police (6/4/20)

● Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, 5th District, MN, introduced bills to create a new federal agency to investigate police misuse of force, criminalize police violence against protesters, and limit the President's ability to deploy troops against U.S. citizens (6/4/20)

● Ras Smith, State Representative, 62nd District; and Zach Wahls, State Senator, 37th District, IA, introduced and passed the More Perfect Union Plan. This plan: bans police chokeholds, makes it illegal to rehire police fired for misconduct, and allows the Attorney General to investigate police misconduct (6/4/20)

● Miro Weinberger, Mayor, Burlington, VT, released updated use of force policy (6/5/20)● Braxton Winston, City Councilor, Charlotte, NC, introduced and passed a motion to stop

the city from buying tear gas for one year (6/8/20)

Increasing Accountability● Dorcey Applyrs, Common Councilor, Albany, NY, passed a police identification law (2017)● Park Cannon, 58th District; Bee Nguyen, 89th District; Renitta Shannon, 84th District;

and Erica Thomas, 39th District, State Representatives, GA, filed a bill that requires law enforcement departments to create a “use of force” database that the public can access (1/17/20)

● Gregorio Casar, Councilmember, Austin, TX, proposed a bill with $93-123M worth of changes to the Austin Police Department, which will ensure major reinvestment into services that make the community safer.

○ Reinvestments include: a new family violence shelter, permanent supportive housing, mental health response teams, victim services, a violence prevention office, gun violence intervention, substance use services, food access, youth programming, abortion access, and public health response to the pandemic.

○ The bill also removes functions from the APD and makes them independent, removing Internal Affairs from the police department, and making forensics independent (8/4/20)

● Joaquin Castro, Congressman, 20th District, TX, reintroduced the Pride Act, which requires state & local law enforcement to track use of force incidents between civilians and officers (6/4/20)

● James Harnett, Commissioner, District 2A08, Washington, DC, helped pass emergency legislation to ban the use of chokeholds, ban the local police department from purchasing military equipment (and moving to sell/destroy what they already have), require the

release of body camera video within 72 hours of a significant use of force, and remove the role of police unions in mediating disputes over the use of force (6/9/20)

● Leslie Herod, State Representative, 8th District, CO, introduced and passed SB20-217: Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity, which will enact several provisions to prevent police brutality and increase transparency and accountability in law enforcement, including: reining in use of deadly force by officers; ending qualified immunity; requiring public reporting on policing; preventing the rehiring of bad actors; creating a duty to intervene statute; restricting the use of chemical agents and projectiles; and mandating body cameras, creating penalties for tampering (6/12/20)

● Ryan Lynch, State Representative, 76th District, MT, introduced, passed, and established a criminal justice oversight council (2019)

● Rigel Robinson, City Councilor, District 7, Berkeley, CA, introduced a “No Police Revolving Door” ordinance, which will designate past misconduct (and the act of resigning during a misconduct investigation) as immediate disqualifiers in the Berkeley Police Department recruitment process

● Brandon Scott, Council President, Baltimore, MD:○ Introduced the Public Information Act, which provides that a record of an

investigation or adjudication of alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer is not a personnel record for purposes of the Public Information Act; it also authorizes a custodian to deny inspection of specified records relating to alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer, subject to specified conditions (10/1/17)

○ Introduced body camera legislation, requiring all police officers employed by the Baltimore City Police Department to be personally equipped with digital audio and video recording devices (12/4/14)

● Ras Smith, State Representative, 62nd District; and Zach Wahls, State Senator, 37th District, IA, introduced and passed the More Perfect Union Plan. This plan: bans police chokeholds, makes it illegal to rehire police fired for misconduct, and allows the Attorney General to investigate police misconduct (6/4/20)

● Levar Stoney, Mayor, Richmond, VA, announced his intent to tap mental health professionals as the first responders for people in mental health crises, as opposed to police; and is establishing an independent civilian review board to oversee Richmond police (6/7/20)

● Virgil Watkins, County Commissioner, Macon, GA, introduced a resolution authorizing the sheriff to purchase body cameras to be used by law enforcement officers and to provide for electronic server storage solutions for video obtained by said body cameras (6/21/20)

Reimagining Police Departments● Jesse Arreguin, Mayor; and Rigel Robinson, Council Member, Berkeley, CA, introduced

and passed an ordinance to create a new department and to pull all traffic and enforcement from the police department (6/22/20)

● Lisa Bender, President; Phillipe Cunningham, Member; and Jeremiah Ellison, Member, City Council, Minneapolis, MN, drafted an ordinance to dismantle police and instead provide community safety and violence prevention department (6/26/20)

● Leslie Herod, State Representative, 8th District, CO, introduced and passed SB20-217: Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity, which will enact several provisions to prevent police brutality and increase transparency and accountability in law enforcement, including: reining in use of deadly force by officers; ending qualified immunity; requiring public

reporting on policing; preventing the rehiring of bad actors; creating a duty to intervene statute; restricting the use of chemical agents and projectiles; and mandating body cameras, creating penalties for tampering (6/12/20)

● Kenyatta Johnson, Council Member, Philadelphia, PA, introduced the “Let Philly Breathe” Bill and passed a resolution that authorizes the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to examine the community’s priorities on the collective bargaining process for the Philadelphia Police Department (6/12/20)

● Eric Lesser, State Senator, 1st District, MA, helped pass a police reform bill to ban choke-holds, limit the use of tear gas, license all law enforcement officers, and train officers in the history of racism (7/14/20)

● Janice Li and Rebecca Saltzman, BART Board Directors, San Francisco, CA, introduced an amendment to the BART budget calling for stakeholder process on new approaches that emphasize responding to homelessness, behavioral health & substance use w/o relying on armed police (6/25/20)

● Teresa Mosqueda, City Councilmember, Citywide/Position 8, Seattle, WA○ Signed a letter authored by Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and President

Gonzalez, and signed onto by eight other elected city, county and state elected officials of color who represent the Seattle community, which urged Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best to enact meaningful and transformative changes to the very nature of policing throughout the city.

○ Signed onto a joint letter from elected officials throughout the Seattle region to send a unified and sole message: deescalate, defund the police, and reinvest in what makes our communities safe and healthy (6/8/20)

● Katherine Gilmore Richardson, City Councilor, Philadelphia, PA, introduced bill for FOP contracts to be negotiated with community input (6/19/20)

● Lea Webb, Former City Councilmember, Binghamton, NY, introduced a Police Modernization Law to stop racial profiling, provide yearly training on diversity and de-escalation techniques, and recruit more miniorities for the Police Department (4/22/15)

Engaging the Community● Luis Alejo, County Supervisor, Salinas, CA, condemned the killing of George Floyd and in

a referral called for a broad review and “community dialogue” of the county Sheriff’s Office use of force policies, as well as recruitment and training, inclusion of language and cultural sensitivity, crisis management, and dealing with people who have mental health conditions (6/9/20)

● Teresa Mosqueda, City Councilmember, Citywide/Position 8, Seattle, WA, announced a launch to an inquest and is committed to the following principles:

○ Will not pass the Mayor's 2020 revised budget until the council goes through a simultaneous transparent deep dive into SPD's funding.

○ Defunding the police by ideally 50% and using those resources to invest back into communities the city has failed.

○ Invest in black-led organizers, organizations creating change so that they can continue to hold the city accountable.

○ Create anti-racist low barrier housing, investing in equitable transit, provide permanent supportive housing, providing housing options for survivors of violence and more.

○ Working with council colleagues, community organizations that are black-led, and leaders around the nation to adopt policies and procedures to transform the

police department into a department that can truly serve and protect ALL of its residents

● Timothy Ragland, Mayor, Talladega, AL, helped unanimously pass a Citizen’s Review Board (7/7/20)

● Brandon Scott, Council President, Baltimore, MD:○ Created a Public Safety Advisory Commission, which is a board of citizens who

develop a community interaction plan for the police department (11/21/19)○ Introduced legislation to create a Community Policing Committee (10/1/17)

● Levar Stoney, Mayor, Richmond, VA, announced his intent to tap mental health professionals as the first responders for people in mental health crises, as opposed to police; and is establishing an independent civilian review board to oversee Richmond police (6/7/20)

Responding to Protests● Jesse Arreguin, Mayor; and Rigel Robinson, Council Member, Berkeley, CA, introduced

and passed a far-reaching policy that, among other things, bans the use of tear gas (6/9/20)

● Gregorio Casar, Councilmember, Austin, TX, helped pass items to ban tear gas, ban sonic weapons, ban facial recognition, ban munitions against protestors, and begin moving public dollars away from over-policing (6/11/20)

● Leslie Herod, State Representative, 8th District, CO, introduced and passed SB20-217: Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity, which will enact several provisions to prevent police brutality and increase transparency and accountability in law enforcement, including: reining in use of deadly force by officers; ending qualified immunity; requiring public reporting on policing; preventing the rehiring of bad actors; creating a duty to intervene statute; restricting the use of chemical agents and projectiles; and mandating body cameras, creating penalties for tampering (6/12/20)

● Eric Lesser, State Senator, 1st District, MA, helped pass a police reform bill to ban choke-holds, limit the use of tear gas, license all law enforcement officers, and train officers in the history of racism (7/14/20)

● Mari Manoogian, State Representative; and Jeremy Moss, State Senator, MI, introduced a resolution to reaffirm the right of the free press to investigate and report on police violence, the use of excessive force by the police, protests, or riots freely and without intimidation or violent obstruction by the government (6/29/20)

● Teresa Mosqueda, City Councilmember, Citywide/Position 8, Seattle, WA, repeatedly called for a stop to the use of tear gas and pepper spray - especially during a global deadly pandemic that affects the respiratory system.

● Brianne Nadeau, Councilmember, 1st Ward, DC, introduced a bill to ban the use of tear gas by District Police (6/4/20)

● Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, 5th District, MN, introduced bills to create a new federal agency to investigate police misuse of force, criminalize police violence against protesters, and limit the President's ability to deploy troops against U.S. citizens (6/4/20)

● Braxton Winston, City Councilor, Charlotte, NC, introduced and passed a motion to stop the city from buying tear gas for one year (6/8/20)

Reforming the Criminal Justice System● Charles Booker, State Representative, 43rd District, KY, sponsored and helped pass

felony expungement legislation (3/14/19)● David Bowen, State Representative, 10th District, WI:

○ Introduced legislation to prevent prosecution of victims of human trafficking practicing self-defense (5/5/19)

○ Introduced legislation banning the use of handcuffs on minors in courts (1/22/20)○ Introduced legislation creating a sentence adjustment procedure for “youthful

offenders” (1/22/20)● David Crowley, County Executive, Milwaukee County, WI, called for transforming the

criminal justice system through a racial equity lens (8/3/20)● Matt Hansen, State Senator, 26th District, NE, introduced and passed a bill to eliminate

civil fines for shoplifting (3/12/19)● Andrew Lewis, City Councilor, Seattle, WA, introduced and unanimously passed removal

of the crime of drug traffic loitering and prostitution loitering from the city's criminal code (6/22/20)

● Andrew Lewis, Councilmember, North Westwood, CA, introduced a motion condemning UCLA’s approving a LAPD “field jail” (6/4/20)

● Marcelia Nicholson, County Supervisor, Milwaukee, WI:○ Introduced and passed a resolution that seeks to restore voting rights to people

on probation and parole and decrease felony disenfranchisement (10/24/19)○ Called for the repeal of the 1994 federal crime bill, and more investment in public

education (9/13/19)● Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, 5th District, MN, introduced bills to create a new federal

agency to investigate police misuse of force, criminalize police violence against protesters, and limit the President's ability to deploy troops against U.S. citizens (6/4/20)

● Melissa Robinson, City Councilor, Kansas City, MO, joined Kansas City Mayor to remove marijauna conviction from city code (6/18/20)

● Robert White, Councilmember, Washington, D.C., introduced and passed the Restore the Vote Amendment Act (June 2019)

Celebrating Black Lives and Dismantling Structural Racism

● Sarah Anthony, State Representative, 68th District, MI, introduced an amendment to allocate funding to expand the Michigan Department of Civil Rights ALPACT program across the state, in order to help bring community leaders together to build trust and open lines of communication between law enforcement and the community (6/3/20)

● Dorcey Applyrs and Jahmel Robinson, Common Councilors, Albany, NY, passed a comprehensive Equity Agenda (2019)

● Adam Bazaldua, City Councilor, District 7, Dallas, TX, wrote a letter to the Texas Department of Transportation asking them to rename a section of R.L. Thornton Freeway after Juanita J. Craft (8/3/20)

● Ethan Bertrand, Board of Directors, Isla Vista, CA, supported and revised a resolution condemning police brutality and declaring racism a public health emergency (6/19/20)

● Raquel Castañeda-López, City Councilor, Detroit, MI, called for the removal of the city’s Christopher Columbus statue, which were finally heeded (6/15/20)

● David Crowley, County Executive, Milwaukee County, WI, declared Juneteenth a permanent holiday (6/25/20)

● Denise Davis, Mayor Pro Tem, Redlands, CA, introduced and passed a resolution

declaring racism a public health crisis (7/22/20)● Anthony D. Dowling, Councilor, Village of Indiantown, FL, helped pass two resolutions for

diversity (6/12/20):○ Celebrating The Diversity Of Our Community And Denouncing All Acts of Racism,

Intolerance And Unlawful Discrimination○ Designating June 19th of Each Year As “Juneteenth Independence Day”

● Sollie Flora, City Councilor, Mission, KS, introduced a Black Lives Matter resolution (6/15/20)

● Alex Garza, 12th District; Jon Hoadley, 60th District; and Robert Wittenberg, 27th District, State Representatives, MI, helped introduce and pass a resolution to declare February 26, 2020, as Black Farmers Awareness Day in the state of Michigan (2/26/20)

● Eric Hinson, County Commissioner, Gadsden County Commission, FL, helped pass a bill to remove the confederate statue from the grounds of the county courthouse in Quincy (6/11/20)

● Candace Hollingsworth, Mayor, Hyattsville, MD, outlined 35 racial equity policy goals for the city (6/2/20)

● Matt Hughes, Commissioner, Hillsborough, NC, introduced and passed a resolution making Juneteenth Day a holiday beginning in 2021 (6/29/20)

● Joshua Lafazan, Legislator, Nassau County, NY, introduced legislation to rename a county building in Mineola that houses the Board of Elections after Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman to win a seat in Congress (7/21/20)

● London Lamar, State Representative, Memphis, TN, introduced a bill that will remove the governor's requirement to proclaim Nathan Bedford Forrest Day as a state holiday. Forrest was a confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan (6/10/20)

● Daniel Lavelle, Councilman, 6th District, Pittsburgh, PA:○ Introduced a resolution establishing racism as a public health crisis and

established an all-in policy forum to combat racism and an all-in fund to direct resources for the Black community (10/22/19)

○ Introduced an ordinance for equity reporting requirements for department directors (5/14/19)

● Andrew Lewis, 7th District; Teresa Mosqueda, At-Large, Position 8; and Girmay Zahilay, 2nd District, City Councilors, Seattle, WA, helped pass a ban on the use of chokeholds as well as the Seattle Police Department using crowd control weapons; the bill also requires certain uniformed peace officers not to cover the serial number engraved on their badge with a mourning band (6/16/20)

● Nick Melvoin, School Board Member, Los Angeles, CA, introduced and unanimously approved resolution supporting affirmative action legislation (6/23/20)

● Jason Morgan, County Commissioner, Ann Arbor, MI, helped unanimously pass resolution declaring racism a public health crisis (7/1/20)

● Bee Nguyen, State Representative, Atlanta, GA, introduced bill to repeal Georgia’s “Stand your Ground” law (6/17/20)

● Jared Nicholson, School Board Member, Lynn, MA, helped pass a resolution in support of eradicating racism (6/11/20)

● Marcelia Nicholson, County Supervisor, Milwaukee, WI:○ Introduced and passed legislation declaring Juneteenth a major Milwaukee

County holiday (7/22/20)○ Introduced and passed legislation condemning racial injustice in Milwaukee and

across the nation - and requesting reports on key county departments’ policies

and practices to achieve racial equity (7/22/20)○ Introduced and passed a resolution calling on the state of Wisconsin and all

Wisconsin counties to make positive policy changes which will work toward eliminating systemic poverty and inequality (7/16/20)

○ Established a new committee to pursue racial equity (6/4/20)○ Introduced and passed a bill requesting the County Executive’s Office create a

chapter to achieve racial equity and health in the Milwaukee County General Office (4/29/20)

○ Declared racism a public health crisis (4/4/19)● Ryan O’Malley, Councillor, Ward 4, Malden, MA, introduced a proposal to create

inclusionary zoning (9/21/16)● Ilhan Omar, Congresswoman, 5th District, MN, introduced a bill to create a relief fund for

communities trying to rebuild (6/4/20)● Channel Powe, School Board Member, Balsz School District, AZ, introduced a Resolution

on the Commitment of Balsz Elementary School District Governing Board to Black Students and Black Lives (6/9/20)

● Candice Quarles, City Councilor, DeSoto, TX:○ Helped pass a resolution aimed at increasing opportunities for Minority and

Women-Owned Business (M/WBE) and Small Business Enterprises (SBE), as well as Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) (8/4/20)

○ Supported a Black Lives Matter resolution stating systemic racism that causes police brutality be explicitly and unequivocally condemned today, tomorrow, and forever more within the City of DeSoto (6/16/20)

● Timothy Ragland, Mayor, Talladega, AL, introduced a proclamation declaring June, 19 2020 Juneteenth (6/18/20)

● Khalif Rainey, Alderman, Milwaukee, WI, urged the Mayor to fully fund an Office of African American Affairs in budget (6/17/20)

● Rigel Robinson, City Councilor, District 7, Berkeley, CA, passed an ordinance banning discimination based on hair and headwear ( October 2019)

● Evetty Satterfield, School Board Member, Knoxville, TN, helped pass resolution acknowledging Juneteenth and Affirming Black Lives Matter (6/19/20)

● Tami Sawyer, County Commissioner, Memphis, TN, introduced and passed resolution to name Racism as a Pandemic in Shelby County (6/22/20)

● Derrell Slaughter, County Commissioner, Lansing, MI, introduced and passed resolution that would declare racism a public health crisis (6/9/20)

● Peter Spadafore, City Council President, Lansing, MI, helped pass resolution declaring racism a public health crisis (6/22/20)

● Levar Stoney, Mayor, Richmond, VA, announced his decision to remove confederate statues from the city (6/7/20)

● James Talarico, State Representative, 52nd District, TX, called for an emergency legislative session to deal with police violence and systematic racism (6/3/20)

● Igor Tregub, Commissioner, Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, CA, introduced and passed a Black Lives Matter resolution (6/11/20)

● Ashley Vanorny, City Councilor, Cedar Rapids, IA, helped pass city proclamation that Black Lives Matter (6/23/20)

● Miro Weinberger, Mayor, Burlington, VT, released an 8-point plan to protect BIPOC and ensure a racially just recovery (6/5/20)

● Brandon Whipple, Mayor, Wichita, KS, passed a proclamation celebrating Juneteenth as

a holiday (6/19/20)● Gretchen Whitmer, Governor, MI:

○ Signed an executive order creating a Black Leadership Advisory Council (8/5/20)○ Signed an executive directive recognizing racism as a public health crisis in

Michigan (8/5/20)● Jocelyn Yow, Mayor Pro Tem, Eastvale, CA, urged staff to create an order prohibiting the

Confederate flag from all city spaces and public events in the city (6/11/20)