AB 1932 – C.R.I.S.E.S. Act

How does it align with yli’s values?

Each year, law enforcement in the United States kill upwards of 1,300 people — a national epidemic that exceeds the annual total before the global 2020 George Floyd uprisings. Between 2015 and 2024, police shot and killed over 2,000 people suffering a mental health crisis, at least 274 of whom were killed in California. By the most conservative estimates, at least 1 in 4 fatal law enforcement encounters involves an individual with serious mental illness.

Across California, community organizations are successfully responding to emergency situations. These community-based responses have shown positive impacts and cost savings. AB 1932 will extend the CRISES Act program, and will scale up community-based alternatives to law enforcement as first responders in emergency situations unrelated to a fire department or emergency medical service response.

yli partners with thousands of youth across the state, the majority of whom are low-income youth of color. We witness first hand the impacts of our state’s harmful “justice” system on their lives, and are staunch advocates of measures that will reduce the criminalization, incarceration and murder of our loved ones.

This policy aligns with our Racial Justice Platform, which addresses the impacts of the carceral system on communities of color.

What is yli doing about it?

We have just signed on to this letter endorsing this bill, and we are showing our support on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Who supports this bill?

• Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMOC)(Co-Sponsor)
• Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP)(Co-Sponsor)
• Black Lives Matter California (BLM-CA) (Co-Sponsor)
• Black Arts Movement Business District CDC (Co-Sponsor)
• Communities United for Restorative Justice (CURYJ) (Co-Sponsor)
• Justice Teams Network (JTN)(Co-Sponsor)
• Silicon Valley De-Bug (SVD)(Co-Sponsor)
• Youth Justice Coalition (YJC)(Co-Sponsor)