It’s the first week of July, and that means two things.
(1) We’re now in the last month of the formal legislative session, which tends to feature a flurry of activity as long-awaited priorities emerge, deals get cut, and more.
(2) Lots of July 4th activities, especially for the 250th.
So across this weekend, you might end up bumping into your state representative or state senator. Here’s what you should ask them.
(1) Protecting Our Immigrant Communities: Tell them to ask Legislative Leadership to ensure that the final version of the PROTECT Act contains a clean ban on new 287(g) agreements, without exception; contains strong and clear limitations on communication and collaboration with ICE; and bans courthouse arrests, including on courthouse grounds. Email Your State Legislators
(2) Protecting Our Privacy Rights: Tell them to ask Legislative Leadership to ensure that the final version of the Data Privacy bill completely bans the sale of sensitive data and location data, creates strong statutory limits on data collection and processing, and includes a private right of action to hold companies accountable. Email Your State Legislators
(3) Keeping Momentum for Rent Control: Urge them not to abandon the momentum for a rent control deal. Real progress was made to protect communities from displacement, and we shouldn’t let the SJC ruling on the ballot question to get in the way. Email Your State Legislators.
