Jolt
Afternoon Jolt: Good News for Police Accountability
Today's winner: City Council Member Nick Licata.
Over repeated protests from Mayor Mike McGinn, Licata talked his council colleagues into accepting a two-year, $8.5-million no-interest loan from the Museum of History and Industry, enabling the council to restore funding for human-services, neighborhood, and public safety programs Mayor Mike McGinn had proposed cutting.
Among the funding Licata was able to restore: $150,000 for longer winter shelter hours; $297,000 for a batterers' intervention program for low-income domestic violence offenders; $60,000 for child care referral services; $290,000 for crime victims' advocates; $230,000 to keep the Human Rights, Women’s, LGBT, and People with Disabilities Commissions; $104,000 to restore drop-in hours at community centers; $600,000 to restore neighborhood coordinator positions; and $227,000 to fund historic preservation programs.
Perhaps most importantly, given a rash of recent police beatings of civilians, the MOHAI loan Licata secured restores $87,000 to the Office of Professional Accountability Auditor, which "had been scaled back under the Mayor's budget," Licata wrote in a recent blog post . "With the number of recent police incidents involving questionable police tactics in dealing with civilians, it is most critical that we keep this office fully functioning."
Bonus winner: Mayor Mike McGinn
The city made it through 0.5 inches of snow today without incident!
Over repeated protests from Mayor Mike McGinn, Licata talked his council colleagues into accepting a two-year, $8.5-million no-interest loan from the Museum of History and Industry, enabling the council to restore funding for human-services, neighborhood, and public safety programs Mayor Mike McGinn had proposed cutting.
Among the funding Licata was able to restore: $150,000 for longer winter shelter hours; $297,000 for a batterers' intervention program for low-income domestic violence offenders; $60,000 for child care referral services; $290,000 for crime victims' advocates; $230,000 to keep the Human Rights, Women’s, LGBT, and People with Disabilities Commissions; $104,000 to restore drop-in hours at community centers; $600,000 to restore neighborhood coordinator positions; and $227,000 to fund historic preservation programs.
Perhaps most importantly, given a rash of recent police beatings of civilians, the MOHAI loan Licata secured restores $87,000 to the Office of Professional Accountability Auditor, which "had been scaled back under the Mayor's budget," Licata wrote in a recent blog post . "With the number of recent police incidents involving questionable police tactics in dealing with civilians, it is most critical that we keep this office fully functioning."
Bonus winner: Mayor Mike McGinn
The city made it through 0.5 inches of snow today without incident!
