A smarter justice system prioritizes safety, fairness, and rehabilitation. Susan is leading efforts to create meaningful change.

  • Expanded pre-arraignment legal representation, reducing unnecessary incarceration.
  • Led violence prevention initiatives, working with community groups and law enforcement.
  • Increased mental health alternatives to jail, ensuring that people who are suffering from serious mental illnesses receive treatment and tools for recovery.

Next, Susan will:

  • Expand diversion programs to keep people out of jail and on a path to stability.
  • Strengthen violence prevention efforts, investing in holistic, community-based safety initiatives.
  • Ensure rehabilitation and reentry programs help people build a better future.
  • Lead the design of a new County jail to replace the substandard facilities currently in use to create an environment of rehabilitation, low recidivism and safer communities.

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