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FCL policies for justice and compassion in California legislation.
- Strengthening, enforcing, and publicizing victims rights.
- Protection of the rights of the accused.
- Abolition of the death penalty.
- Strong gun control legislation.
- Programs that stress alternatives to incarceration for individuals whose
illegal acts will not harm the community.
- Opposition to expansion of prisons and jails.
- Assurance that prisoners civil rights are protected.
- Presumption of innocence that prohibits incarceration before conviction
unless the accused, if released, is a public threat or will not appear for
trial.
- Bail that reflects the financial circumstances of the accused and the
seriousness of the crime.
- Affirmation of the principle that the criminal justice system be
rehabilitative rather then punitive.
- Support and counseling from parole staff to minimize chances of recidivism.
- Community involvement by police to prevent crime.
- Civilian review boards to oversee accusations of police misconduct.
- Opposition to trying juveniles as adults.
- Strengthening preventive programs for juveniles.
- Prompt decisions in juvenile cases.
- Education that is publicly and sufficiently funded.
- Public services for those in need that provide adequate income assistance,
affordable child care, and work that fills a social need.
- Expansion of permanent low-cost housing and help for the homeless.
- Respect for the dignity of those who receive public assistance.
- Public funding of political campaigns and public access to all deliberations of legislative committees.
- Protection of the civil and human rights of immigrants.
- Assurance that people will not be denied employment or insurance because they are at risk, genetically or othenvise, of becoming ill or of contracting communicable disease.
- Uncoerced exercise of religion that opposes
any form of mandatory school prayer.
- Affirmation of health care as a fundamental right.
- Availability of reasonably priced health insurance.
- Expansion of public health care programs, especially for young children.
- Financial assistance for individuals through Medi-Cal.
- Preventive health care measures such as immunizations, prenatal care,
food stamps, and school lunch programs for those in need.
- Expanded
substance abuse education and treatment.
- Prevention of and protection against environmental threats to public health.
- AIDS prevention and treatment programs.
- Repeal of mandatory sentencing laws for possession and sale of drugs.
- Education for sexual responsibility.
- The right of women to choose abortion.
- Adequate resources for humane treatment of mentally ill individuals.
Economic needs and resources
- Progressive taxation of income.
- Tax structures that encourage home ownership.
- Limiting of tax shelters which produce little benefit to society or
to the economy.
- Land use planning that preserves wilderness, wetland and park land.
- Clean air, water and soil legislation.
- Energy conservation policies.
- Training of teachers and students in the use of non-violent conflict
resolution.
- Conversion from a military to a civilian peacetime economy.
- Non-registrants for the draft, non-violent demonstrators for peace,
and others who engage in similar non-violent acts of conscience should not
be punished.
- Public schools should not be used for military testing, recruiting or
training.
INDEX OF POLICIES:
- Taxation, Peace,
Gambling
- Human Services
- Civil Liberties,
Equal Opportunities,
Open Government,
Agricultural Labor,
Treatment of Immigrants
- Criminal Justice,
Police and Community Relations,
Firearms Control
- Health Care,
Drug Abuse,
Family Planning and Sex Education,
Mental Illness
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