AB309, co-sponsored by the California Pharmacists Association, Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Health Officers’ Association of California was passed by the full Senate! Thank you to Assemblymember Zbur for championing this bill! #HealthNotHarm

Addressing the root causes of crime promotes accountability while ending cycles of incarceration. It means investing in #JusticeThatWorks—solutions that build lasting safety through hope. That’s why we are calling on the California legislature to pass #AB1231, the #SaferCommunitiesAct.

#AB1231, DPA sponsored bill, passed the Senate Public Safety today! Thank you to Assemblymember Elhawary for championing this bill and to the Public Safety committee members for protecting public health and saving lives. #caleg #HealthNotHarm @the-ilrc.bsky.social @seiuca.bsky.social @vera.org

DPA sponsored bill, #AB309, passed the Senate Business & Professions Committee today! Thank you to Assemblymember Zbur for championing this bill and to the B&P committee members for protecting public health and saving lives. #caleg #HealthNotHarm @capharm.bsky.social @sfaidsfound.bsky.social

It’s so wild to me that this critical SF-based study from earlier this year — which shows a relationship btwn arrests of people who deal drugs and overdose rates — is systematically being ignored by the media and city leadership tinyurl.com/4wfxpm8k

#AB309, sponsored by CA Pharmacists Assn, DPA, SF AIDS Foundation, & Health Officers’ Assn of CA passed Senate Health Committee! AB 309 reaffirms CA’s commitment to evidence-based methods of reducing transmission rates of viral hepatitis and HIV. #caleg #HealthNotHarm @asmrickzbur.bsky.social

Today, we hear from Edwin: incarcerated as a young adult, Edwin knows firsthand how diversion, not punishment, offers a better approach. The #SaferCommunitiesAct is a research-backed way to promote health and growth while keeping families together. #AB1231 makes our communities safer & stronger.

This #TestimonyThursday, Brucelee shares how access to job training and substance use counseling changed his life. By being given a second chance, he found a path to healing, and today, he’s a substance use counselor helping others break the same cycles he once faced.

#AB1231 passed the Assembly and is headed to the Senate! Thank you, Asm. Sade Elhawary for leading with compassion. S/O to our cosponsor group for their commitment to justice. #AB1231 gives communities tools to offer support instead of punishment. #SaferCommunitiesAct #caleg #HealthNotHarm

We’re building a future where drug policy allows people to be safe, stay alive, and thrive...but we can’t do it without YOU. This November, join us in Detroit to strategize, organize, and mobilize for our families. Register now for #Reform2025 reformconference.org/register/

We’re continuing the fight to protect overdose prevention funding! Now is not the time to cut millions from the CA Overdose Prevention & Harm Reduction Initiative (COPHRI) as proposed in the Governor's #MayReivse. Save COPHRI and save lives! #caleg #overdose #MayRevise #HealthNotHarm

Our California state budget must prioritize #HealthNotHarm. The #MayRevise fulfills a number of commitments, such as behavioral health workforce expansion through BH-CONNECT. This coupled with the release of #Prop1 funds will enhance access to behavioral health services, treatment, & housing. 🧵

The Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act (#AB1231) is a smart, cost-effective bill that empowers judges to choose rehabilitation over incarceration for low-level felonies. Let’s break cycles of harm & build safer neighborhoods.