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NO INCREASES TO POLICE BUDGET, NO $400,000 SALARIES, INVEST IN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS

This May Day we strike to hold our local governments accountable for their blatant corruption and class warfare. We the people are pressuring them to create an equitable budget for the upcoming fiscal year that prioritizes evidence-based solutions instead of shelling out millions of dollars to inflated police budgets, AI surveillance, out of town developers and corrupt politicians and staff.  

While fascism and authoritarianism shows its face in federal politics, our own local governments become more blatantly corrupt. A mass mobilization aimed towards protecting our own local communities will make real tangible change for our neighbors and friends. 

Outreach services, housing initiatives, libraries, schools, medical services, parks, community centers and a lot more face underfunding and budget cuts. While the City of Reno cites a 21-million-dollar deficit, the most recent proposal for the 2027 Fiscal Year includes a budget increase for RPD of 8 million dollars. Amidst corruption scandals, pedophiles on staff, unfettered surveillance and the recent murder of Michael Johnson Jr, when is enough enough?  In Reno, the city council has long prioritized lining their pockets by giving developers tax cuts to create unaffordable “luxury” apartments that sit empty in our urban core while people freeze in the streets. 

We have the power to demand that our governments work for us!

What are the best interests of your community? What needs to be funded and what should be cut? Budget decisions are made in June, positioning us perfectly to put pressure on them this May Day. Whether you want to see housing-first initiatives, public health efforts, after-school care, no fees for non-profits, support for small businesses or anything else, this is the opportunity to make it known that we deserve a better future.