Thursday • May 16 • 7:00 – 8:00 (with option to stay on until 8:30 for discussion) • on Zoom • Free
MILPA and SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Santa Cruz County invite you to an online forum about our local county budget process and how to advocate for changes to make our communities healthier, safer and more equitable. Our local government has a moral obligation to meet our community’s basic needs, but we know that investments in housing and healthcare – particularly mental health and substance use disorder services – have been severely underfunded. How can someone be safe or thrive without a roof over their head? And why do we continue to increase funding for carceral systems that criminalize people experiencing poverty, mental health challenges, and Black and Brown people disproportionately?
Together we can impact how our tax dollars are spent.
Register for County Budget Workshop
Public hearings are at 9am on May 21, May 22 and June 4. This workshop will help prepare folks to write to their supervisor and make comments.
Hearings are at the Governmental Center Building – Board Chambers
701 Ocean Street Room 525 Santa Cruz, CA 95060
or on zoom. Please check the BOS website for zoom option.
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 
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