Public Health Campaign In Sacramento Focuses On Police Shootings And Violence
The California Endowment funded a billboard that calls attention to issues facing communities of color. Leaders at the foundation said that the fact people of certain demographics are more likely to face and be victims of violence is a public health issue.
Capital Public Radio:
Police Shooting Billboard Marks Shift In Public Health Conversation
The billboard is part of an ongoing public health campaign that zooms in on violence, police shootings and other issues facing communities of color. Some of the group’s prior ads faced pushback for being too political, but leaders behind the movement say their message is about health. (Caiola, 4/23)
In other news from across the state —
Los Angeles Times:
With Money Tied Up In Court, California Lawmakers Try Again With New Plan To Spend $2 Billion On Homeless Housing
A measure to spend $2 billion on housing homeless Californians could be on the November statewide ballot. State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) is pushing the idea to deal with what he said was a “burgeoning humanitarian crisis whose epicenter is here in California.” De León’s new measure is a do-over for a 2016 plan passed by the Legislature to redirect $2 billion toward building homeless housing from a voter-approved 1% income tax surcharge on millionaires that funds mental health services. (Dillon, 4/24)