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De-Bug Letter in Response to Mayor Mahan's 2026 Budget Message
Despite the $56 million shortfall, the Mayor is still calling for a budget that prioritizes policing as a strategy to criminalize, unhouse, and gentrify our community while lining the pockets of housing and tech developers to create a San Jose that belongs to the wealthy. It is a budget that deems those of us who have built San Jose for generations as expendable.
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Straight Outta The Gang Database: Challenging Gang Allegations through the RJA
San Mateo County Participatory Defense Organizer Jamilah Rosales-Webb writes about a major prima facie win in her hometown of East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park. A breakthrough for CRJA claims, Chris Echols, through his attorney Roscoe Elliot, won a major hurdle to challenge the entire infrastructure of the Menlo Park Police gang database that has criminalized Black and Brown individuals in the community for years.
Jamilah Rosales-Webb
Feb 254 min read
RJA Violation Found Against a Prosecutor’s Expert Witness
Xavier España detail a recent RJA violation found against a District Attorney Office expert witness who tried to associate the Latinx community with domestic violence to prove the defendant was guilty.
Xavier España
Feb 25 min read
Protect Your People Public Safety & Justice Committee Community Report: A Sharing of Direct Experience, Analysis, and Critique of the Santa Clara County Criminal Legal System from January-August 2025
Editor's Note: The Protect Your People Public Safety & Justice Committee Community Report was assembled by De-Bug families and organizers...
SV De-Bug staff
Sep 18, 20251 min read
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