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    Petition to Governor Jerry Brown Of California

    Reduce Prison Sentences For Inmates To Serve 60% Instead of 85% & Drop Gang Enhancement for Rehabilitated Inmates

    California prisons have become severely overcrowded over the past decade or so. Currently, non-violent, low-level offenders must only serve 33% of their sentence. This is a significant change compared to the previous 65% that was implemented years ago. This has reduced prison population quite a bit, but most California prisons are still over 100% capacity. By reducing the mandatory 85% to 60%, we could reduce the prison population by significant amounts. It is a step that is vital for California to take. For young offenders (under age of 23 when sentenced) serving long sentences, this could mean an opportunity to build a brighter, better future and the ability to get an education, a well-paying job and the opportunity to get married and have children. For many inmates charged with a gang enhancement (PC-186.22), the enhancements are lengthy, often up to ten years. What constitutes as a "gang member" in the laws eyes? Inmates are often convicted of a gang enhancement for being somehow associating or interacting with a gang member. The justice system does not have an accurate way of proving whether someone is a true gang member or not. How do you rehabilitate a "gang member" who was never one to begin with? What are those extra ten years doing for society, the inmate and their families? Governor Brown, we ask that you please review Penal Code 186.22 and review inmates gang affiliations, as well as give them a second chance. Remove gang enhancements for those who have dropped out of the gang and those who were convicted for simply associating those who interacted at one time or another with a gang member. Being friends with a gang member should not cost anyone ten years of their life. Many people may not look at the human side of prisoners, but the truth is they are people just like us. For the majority of inmates, prison is a reality check and helps them change into different, better people. Please help us bring hundreds, maybe even thousands of families back together. Make the justice system JUST again! This would NOT release non-rehabilitated inmates. 

    Amy Davis
    San Martin, CA, United States
    131,923
    Supporters
    • Amy Davis San Martin, CA, United States
    • 131,923 supporters
    • Created Nov 17, 2015
    Petition to Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh, Erin O'Toole, Annamie Paul

    No to Bill C7. DO NOT Eliminate "Reasonably Foreseeable" Death Requirement for MAiD

    … (medical assistance in dying). Read the bill here. This bill would expand eligibility for MAID to … assistance in dying – aka assisted suicide aka euthanasia) became law in Canada. Several important … Canadian Journal of Bioethics entitled, Medical Assistance in Dying: Challenges of Monitoring the …, over 13,000 Canadians died with medical assistance (25). For almost 10,000 of those MAID cases, we … extend medical assistance in dying beyond the dying. We need to STOP Bill C-7 before it becomes law. For…

    Dignity Denied - A Defiant Group of Disabled People and others demanding the right to live in dignity
    12,131
    Supporters
    • Dignity Denied - A Defiant Group of Disabled People and others demanding the right to live in dignity
    • 12,131 supporters
    • Created Nov 29, 2020
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    Petition to Food and Drug Administration

    Eliminate FDA regulation of CLOTH MENSTRUAL PADS (or reduce fee for small businesses)

    … businesses to close when the FDA comes calling for payment. We ask for your assistance in eliminating the…

    Jennifer Fleming
    Livonia, MI, United States
    9,111
    Supporters
    • Jennifer Fleming Livonia, MI, United States
    • 9,111 supporters
    • Created Feb 2, 2017
    Petition to Governor J.B. Pritzker

    Extended Daycare Assistance for Foster Children in Illinois

    … assistance for foster children.  This assistance makes it possible for many people, who may otherwise … assistance.  The reasoning behind this is that at three years old, these children qualify for Head Start … security and safety they felt in these daycares and these homes.  We must eliminate daycare funding as … if needed. A simple extension of daycare assistance for children adopted from foster care until the … working foster families in Illinois, I ask that you please consider extending daycare assistance to…

    Raven Larkin
    United States
    3,234
    Supporters
    • Raven Larkin United States
    • 3,234 supporters
    • Created Jan 23, 2020
    Petition to Bill Morneau, Justin Trudeau

    Eliminate 20k requirement for CEBA Loan Program

    …Sign the petition to ask the Finance Ministry and Government of Canada to eliminate the $20,000 …-19 with revenue gone down to $0. These businesses may need assistance to cover operational expenses…

    James Arjuna
    Canada
    3,165
    Supporters
    • James Arjuna Canada
    • 3,165 supporters
    • Created Apr 10, 2020
    Petition to Nicholas J. Sacco, Nellie Pou, Robert Menendez, Paul A. Sarlo, Loretta Weinberg, Joseph Lagana, Gerald Cardinale, Kristin M. Corrado, Craig J. Coughlin, Linda Carter, Pedro Mejia, Daniel R. Benson,...

    Require NJ supermarkets to separate and donate excess food to charity organizations

    … A CHARITY ORGANIZATION AND HAVE A SENSIBLE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ELIMINATE FOOD WASTE AND DONATE … that supermarkets above ~4,500 square feet sign an agreement with food assistance organizations to … representatives of both food assistance organizations and supermarkets observed that donation quantities…

    FrontLine Teens
    33,249
    Supporters
    • FrontLine Teens
    • 33,249 supporters
    • Created May 1, 2021
    Petition to 厚生労働大臣 後藤 茂之, 日本産科婦人科学会理事長 , 日本薬剤師会会長

    アフターピル(緊急避妊薬)を必要とするすべての女性に届けたい!

    … to the baby or getting an abortion. Victims of sexual assault can receive financial assistance for …. Eliminate the difference in cost compared to other countries. ○      Collaborate with the Ministry of…

    染矢 明日香
    Japan
    143,498
    Supporters
    • 染矢 明日香 Japan
    • 143,498 supporters
    • Created Sep 25, 2018
    Petition to Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chris Smith, Donald Norcross, Frank LoBiondo, Thomas MacArthur, Josh Gottheimer, Frank Pallone, Leonard Lance, Bill Pascrell, Donald Payne, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Albio Sires

    Stop destructive cuts to food assistance for millions of Americans!

    …The proposed $190 billion cut to food assistance in President Trump’s Budget will hurt tens of … food on the table. The Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP) is the first line of defense … this assistance. If this proposal is approved, New Jersey would be required to contribute an estimated…

    New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition
    2,142
    Supporters
    • New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition
    • 2,142 supporters
    • Created May 30, 2017
    Petition to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Aaron Ford, Barbara Bailey, Tina Orwall, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, Dick Durbin, Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Tammy Baldwin, Chris Murp...

    Protect the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

    … Forgiveness Eliminate all Federal Subsidized Loans, meaning that all Federal loans will begin … plan to eliminate PSLF is an not only an insult, but also an outrage to everyone who has dedicated … Congress block the Department of Education’s proposal to kill this vital financial assistance program.…

    Tim Lavelle
    Norco, CA, United States
    28,262
    Supporters
    • Tim Lavelle Norco, CA, United States
    • 28,262 supporters
    • Created May 19, 2017
    Petition to

    Eliminate property taxes & JCAD

    … board, nor the state comptroller’s property tax assistance division- it’s justifiable that we as the … demanding that you hear our pleas to eliminate the locally administered and collected ad valorem …, establishing the Property Taxpayer Assistance Division. Yet, the comptroller and this division have very … sued, are still under complete control of the State and the State has the authority to eliminate ad … White introduced a bill to eliminate property taxes this past session but Speaker Phelan ignored it…

    Alicia Davis
    Kirbyville, TX, United States
    1,166
    Supporters
    • Alicia Davis Kirbyville, TX, United States
    • 1,166 supporters
    • Created Apr 25, 2022
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