5. Repeal Laws that Criminalize Survival
    • Repeal local ordinances that criminalize people involved in the sex trades, drug trades, and street economies.

    • Repeal local ordinances that criminalize the occupation of public spaces—particularly for people experiencing homelessness—under statutes against loitering, loitering for the purposes of sex work, fare beating, panhandling, soliciting, camping, sleeping, and public urination and defecation. 

      • Refuse to deploy police when they are contacted in relation to the above.

    • Repeal statutes that criminalize survivors of gendered violence, including mandatory arrest and failure to protect laws.

    • On the road to complete decriminalization, immediately decriminalize all misdemeanor offenses, which currently account for 80% of total court dockets.

    • End all fines and fees associated with the criminal legal process, including ticketing, cash bail, court costs, and parole and probation fees.