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The Forces Within the (Task) Force: The Working Groups

The Voices of the People in the Center
One of the RPS Task Force s working groups focused on community engagement, including the strategies used by the task force itself to involve not just a broad range of Austinites, but those most directly harmed [who] stand in the center of the engagement and design of our recommendations. On April 10, after the task force released its draft recommendation, it held a virtual community listening session (with simultaneous translation in nine languages), which collected testimony from more than 150 Austinites and which was viewed on livestream by more than 1,200 others. In its report, the task force presents the following top 10 list as a snapshot of what we heard : ....

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The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

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At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at their feet. Vanessa Fuentes expressed her gratitude. Ann Kitchen promised to study the recommendations. Alison Alter praised the task force members for pouring themselves into the work.
Those whom they d praised – the community activists the task force comprises – were quite untouched. With the three-hour meeting wrapping up, they wanted to know where they stood.
It s imperative that we see the city manager s office, staff, council, and the city as a whole make a public commitment, said Monica Guzmán of Go Austin/Vamos Austin. ....

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Virginia Lawmakers Move to Legalize Marijuana….In 2024

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A flowering marijuana plant at the gLeaf facility. (Photo: Alex Scribner/VPM News)
Virginia cannabis connoisseurs will have to wait nearly three years before the drug is fully legalized under a plan approved by the General Assembly on Saturday. And while the Jan. 1, 2024 start date is firm under the current legislation, lawmakers will have to re-approve large parts of the regulations guiding legalization when they meet next year.
The bill now heads to Gov. Ralph Northam, who has made legalization a priority in his final year in office.
The agreement passed over the objections of a coalition of criminal justice advocates ranging from the ACLU of Virginia to the advocacy group Marijuana Justice. Many had pushed for the state to remove all fines and penalties for possessing the drug beginning July 1 of this year. Seven Democratic lawmakers in the House of Delegates appeared to agree, sitting out the vote. ....

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Lawmakers debate potential framework of legalizing marijuana in Virginia

Lawmakers debate potential framework of legalizing marijuana in Virginia
Lawmakers debate potential framework of legalizing marijuana in Virginia
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RICHMOND, Va. A bill that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Virginia and set the framework the potential billion-dollar industry got its first hearing before state lawmakers Tuesday morning.
Governor Ralph Northam (D) has publicly backed the effort, which as currently written would allow sales to those 21 and older starting in January 2023.
Although many lawmakers and activists expect the legislation to pass this year, what the regulatory framework looks like will be hotly debated in the weeks to come. ....

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