Resources

General Research | Fighting injunctions in the Mission District of San Francisco | Fighting injunctions in Los Angeles | Downloads (fact sheets, flyers, petition)

Anti-Bratton Resources & De-Bunking Suppression Style Policing (more coming soon!)

Beware of Bratton flyer: PDF (download, print, distribute)
What is Operation Ceasefire?: PDF (download, print, distribute)

2012 Election Resources
STIC People’s Platform: A people’s plan for real safety. Compare this to what candidates are running on this election season.
VOTER GUIDES: ready to print out and photocopy double-sided. Guides researched and put together by XMC.

XMC All City voter guide : Info on North Oakland (District 1), Fruitvale (District 5), and At-Large candidates, plus history of gang injunctions in Oakland, the impacts of policing and gentrification in the neighborhoods.

XMC District 1 voter guide grayscale: Info on North Oakland (District 1) candidates, plus history of gang injunctions in Oakland, the impacts of policing and gentrification in the neighborhood.

General Research & Reports

STIC summary of OPD strategic plan, April 2012: OPD has revised its 5-year strategic plan. Read this 2-page summary to learn more about Oakland re-instating call-ins, a new Mayor Gang Prevention Task Force, geographic policing, collaboration with OUSD and OHA.

Spending Trade-offs: Oakland Social Service Investments and Police Costs Binder, Nov 8, a resource binder

Betraying the Model City, from Critical Resistance

Money Well Spent: How positive social investments will reduce incarceration rates, improve public safety, and promote the well-being of communities, from the Justice Policy Institute, September 2010.

Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies, from the Justice Policy Institute, 2007

What you should know about gang injunctions in the Western Addition, an informational report prepared by the Brothers for Change Community Action Team, 2008-2009

Click here to download the ACLU’s fact sheet on “gang” injunctions.

Displacing the Dream: A Report on Bay Area Newspaper Coverage of Development and Gentrification, Youth Media Council

Fighting injunctions in the Mission District of San Francisco

Documents from H.O.M.E.Y. (Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth)

Gang Injunctions FAQ – English

Gang Injunctions FAQ Spanish

Mission Demands