YOU'RE INVITED! We have over 1,600 petition signatures to deliver to the Oakland City Council and we need your help on the morning of April 19th to make the delivery. Get details and RSVP here.

We'll also be delivering the support letter signed by: 

Alameda County Democratic Party, Senior & Disability Action, Oakland Education Association, California Nurses Association, Sierra Club of San Francisco Bay, St. Benedict Catholic Church, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Restore Oakland, East Bay Center For The Blind, Center for Empowering Refugees & Immigrants, Anti Police-Terror Project, Community Democracy Project, Latine Young Democrats of the East Bay, Clausen House, The Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, Roll Out Crew, The Original Scraper Bike Team, Spokeland, Panther Skate Plaza, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, and Bike East Bay

Preventable traffic violence in Oakland has killed over 300 people and injured over 30,000 in the past decade. disproportionately affecting Black, Asian, older Oaklanders, and Oaklanders with disabilities. The City Government has the responsibility to ensure residents can travel safely throughout our city and must support traffic violence solutions in its coming budget.

We are encouraged to see that the entire City Council said they want to prioritize concrete solutions to traffic violence and will be delivering the petition and coalition letter urging them to follow through on its intentions and invest in permanent public safety by reallocating $20 million from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) to the Oakland Department of Transportation’s (OakDOT) budget for reshaping our streets and sidewalks to be safer, calmer, and more accessible. By redirecting a portion of existing public safety funds to OakDOT, we can make our communities safer places to live, travel, and work, while being fiscally responsible with the city’s limited resources.

We hope you can make it for the event!

See you soon,

Carter Lavin
Traffic Violence Rapid Response volunteer