10 20-0477 Subject: Budget Directives For FY 20-21
From: President Pro Tempore Kalb And Councilmember Bas
Recommendation: Adopt A FY20-21 Budget Directive As Follows: City Council Directs The City Administrator To Immediately Undertake A Thorough Review Of 911 And Non-Emergency Police Calls For Service To Determine The Categories And Relative Volume Of Such Calls And To Evaluate Various Alternate Responder Models, Including Those That Include Mental Health Professionals, As Well As Evaluating The Potential For Creating A Civilian Traffic Unit For Most Moving Violations Or Using Technology For Traffic Enforcement, And Other Alternate Responder Opportunities That Would Be More Appropriate To The Nature Of The Service Requests, And To Review Other Strategies To Reduce Or Re-Direct 911 Call Volumes, With The Report Including Possible Action Items And FY21-23 Budget Recommendations Presented To The Council No Later Than October 30, 2020, And With The Police Commission Being Consulted On Such Analysis Prior To Presentation To City Council
We can investigate alternatives that still involve policing all we want but I believe the only solution here is to continue to defund the OPD until we abolish the need for policing altogether. Police are not trained (13-19 weeks of police academy when it takes 4-5 years to become a beautician) to handle community health, well-being or protection. In fact they are a direct threat to all of the above. Police have killed individuals who called because they were suicidal due to racial profiling.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November
My name is Audrey Darnis and I am an Oakland resident (District 3). I am voicing my unequivocal support for defunding OPD and reinvesting in alternate community safety measures.
I also strongly support immediately banning and harshly disincentivizing police use of chokeholds.
As an OUSD teacher in district 5, I’ve seen firsthand the traumatic effects that OPD has on our community and our children, harming our most vulnerable Black, Brown, and queer youth. It is wonderful that OUSD is cutting ties with OPD, but the positive effects of that will be limited if youths are still routinely harassed and criminalized by police in their communities.
As you know, numerous impartial studies have been conducted proving how mismanaged, misbudgeted, and ineffective police departments are, and how they manufacture more crime (and overpolice for nonviolent misdemeanors) far more than they actually work to keep us safe.
This measure does NOT do enough. We MUST figure out safer ways of protecting those who are most vulnerable in our community, and those who need the most support. Policing low-income communities is NOT the answer.
Oakland is EXACTLY the sort of progressive city that needs to follow Minneapolis’s lead in immediately making good on our unfulfilled promises to our citizens by defunding the police and reinvesting that money in social programs and nonpolicing community based safety structures. We keep us safe!
I urge you to be on the right side of history.
As an Oakland native (and a middle-class white person), I FULLY support defunding the OPD. We desperately need those funds in other areas that would go much further to prevent crime like affordable housing, education, social services, mental health services, public health (COVID-19 response), transportation, and more. Police are not necessary for up to 96% of the calls that they currently receive, and are often poorly trained to handle complex situations. Start defunding immediately, and enact reforms in the meantime to make sure no one else dies.
I am a resident of District one and fully support significant defunding of OPD. Other community organizations such as public school teachers, mental health practitioners, Counselors, food programs, housing programs and other community peace keepers would do extremely well to have some of the funding directed to them. Thank you.
Like others are saying, redirecting 50% of OPD's budget to other more worthwhile services would be a good start. After all, it's well-known that introducing a weapon into a situation drastically increases the chance that a weapon will be used. To be clear, police officers don't just carry weapons--they ARE weapons. Weapons to harass the poor and/or people of color. It only takes a cop to ruin someone's day (or worse), But what if we sent a social worker instead? Or a counselor? Or a teacher? When someone wants help, they should have someone who can provide assistance, not a threat of violence.
I live in District 2 and am in full support of taking money from the growth of OPD and refunding our sorely needed social services, especially alternative resources for protecting ourselves that do not involve police. Police have proven to be both ineffective in handling mental health concerns, acting to protect all citizens, actually resolving crimes, and taking responsibility for acts of brutality. We need a different way to get help! We simply do not need such a huge police force because they are so dangerous, but we do need better schools, better wages for educators, more mental health response teams, and City Council Members that listen to public outcry!
We want:
- An immediate commitment in this FY 2020-21 budget to reallocate at least $25 million of the OPD budget toward community programs and service.
- A commitment to developing a plan for a 50% reduction in the OPD budget for the next two-year budget cycle FY 2021-23, from 44% to 22% of the General Purpose Fund and conversely, significantly increase funding for departments providing community programs and services that address the root causes of violence and crime.
I am committed to getting council members elected in the fall that actually have the backbone to fight for what the people need. I am sickened by the negligence after all this protesting and all the engagement from the communities that you would turn your backs and oppose defunding the OPD.
I am a resident of district 3 and have lived in Oakland for 8 years. I urge you to divert 50% of the OPD budget to public schools and housing. If we want our community to thrive, we need to actually create opportunities for people. Over policing only perpetuates cycles of trauma and poverty - making it nearly impossible to find work and housing if someone has been to prison. Let’s put our money and energy towards our community’s wellbeing instead of funding their destruction.
I am a resident of District 5. I would like to urge all the members of the city council, but especially my own representative Noel Gallo and council president Rebecca Kaplan, to take the opportunity to reinvest the funds that are currently being wasted on military toys and weapons for a police force with drastically diminishing returns for the citizens of Oakland. It's time to acknowledge that we have long since passed the point where spending another dollar on cops is addressing any of the causes of the problems we face in Oakland. We need to invest that money in schools, housing, social services, public transit, parks, summer programs for youth; the list is endless. What we don't need is even one more set of body armor or Army surplus vehicle for cops from Contra Costa to take selfies with.
It's time for us to seize this opportunity to use our city's budget for the things that really matter, for the root causes of the problems of our community. It's not time to spend another $300 million dollars on aggressive, armed, adversarial policing of our people. Noel Gallo and other members of the council have pledged to cut the OPD budget by $150 million dollars in recent weeks. It's time to live up to that promise. Or else I, and my neighbors, will be seeking other representation.
As a resident of district 4, I support gathering and analyzing data on the types of issues the police department responds to in order to redirect taxpayer money towards alternative first responder models. I urge the City Council to move as quickly as possible to reduce the budget for the Oakland Police Department and redirect funding to other emergency services.
i don’t want the police to come when i am experiencing a 5150 emergency. i don’t allow anyone else who carry guns into my house. the ONLY reason i ever call 9-1-1 is when i need a 5150. and every single time, the cops have come and been inappropriate and mean and condescending to a situation they are not trained to handle, that they do not even want to handle, and that they are incapable of handling without resorting to some micro or macro aggression!
YOU MUST PASS THIS BUDGET CUT TO THE OPD!!!
we are tired of getting killed out here. i don’t even know if i’m gonna make it to my 50’s because i’m afraid a cop is gonna shoot me.
i’m finally happy with where i am in my life, and the last thing i want is for some cop to come and take all that i’ve worked my whole life for away from me and my family!
I'm a resident of District 3. I implore the entire council to reopen the approved budget discussion. This measure is not doing enough for the City of Oakland. I urge you to decrease the budget even more and invest in the community. We need to distribute the funds to health care, housing, schools, and other services that that support and serve the community without violence.
My name is Meredith and I am a resident and vote in district two. While I support the spirit of this resolution to “evaluate various alternate responder models” it does not do enough, and so I continue to urge you to defund OPD.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I am a resident of District 2. I support police budgetary review and efforts to redirect police duties to alternative social services. However, the current measure does not go far enough. I urge you to implement the demands of the APTP:
- Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million).
- Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD.
- Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, mental health workers and other services that actually keep the community safe.
I am a homeowner and resident in District One. I urge the council to reopen the discussion of the budget approved. This budget did not go far enough to make cuts in the Police Department and direct those funds elsewhere. Police do not need nearly half of our budget. Cut the budget and invest in our community. Please be a leader for California and our country to follow.
I urge the Council to reopen the discussion on the budget and make substantial cuts to the police department budget. These funds should be redirected to social services that will increase public safety.
As a resident of district five, I am commenting in support of the continued demands by the community to defund OPD and redirect those resources to Systems that serve the community by addressing the root causes of its problems. Your plan to explore alternatives to our current emergency response systems sounds like a step in the right direction, but is far too little too late. The people of Oakland will no longer settle for half measures (quarter measures? tenth measures?) while the Oakland Police Department continues to soak up almost half of the city’s budget — almost as much as every other budget item combined! It is long past time we took the necessary steps to address issues like housing, healthcare, mental health services, education, etc. etc. rather than spending nearly half the city’s budget trying to fix the issues created by our lack of support for these systems. When we have criminalized the very people who are the victims of these failed systems, we are all essentially asking the police to keep society healthy by attacking the people experiencing symptoms, rather than attacking the disease itself or even its symptoms. We have seen time and time again that this is ineffective, especially considering that violence and coercive force are the only tools the police seem to want to use for these purposes.
We demand Real Change. Defund Oakland PD. 50% and reinvest that money in our communities. The people are paying attention, and will no longer settle for bsnss as usual.
I am a resident of District 3 and while I support the efforts to redirect police duties to alternative social services, this measure does not nearly go far enough. We are in the midst of multiple severe crisis with regards to public health, housing, mental health, jobs, education, and the environment. It is shameful that we are spending 40% of our general fund on the police who are over militarized, routinely abuse overtime wages, and have a history of violence against our black and brown neighbors and sexual exploitation of minors. I'm calling on the city counsel to defund the Oakland Police Department by at least 50% and to redirect those funds to social services that will actually address the crises in our community instead of pretending that police will solve all our problems.
I am a resident of District 3, and while I am in support of a budgetary and police review- I believe that we need to completely reimagine the Oakland Police Department and defund OPD by at least 50%, redirecting those funds to community service initiatives, parks and rec, education, as well as the Black New Deal.
OPD has shown time and time again that they do not have community trust or support, and their complete misuse of overtime hours and their incredibly large budget is evidence that there need to be fundamental changes to OPD. FInally, it is unconscionable that a city like Oakland gives almost 40% of their entire city budget to policing, one of the highest of any comparably sized city in California. This needs to change immediately, and pushing this issue down the line is a mistake
I am a resident of district 3. While I support the spirit of this resolution to “evaluate various alternate responder models” it does not do enough, and so I continue to urge you to defund OPD.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I support redirecting non emergency calls to non-police responders. However, this will not be enough to solve the larger issue of police violence and the dire lack of resources in our community. I want to see the council reduce the OPD budget by at least $150 million/year, and redirect that funding to affordable housing, mental health services, universal childcare, affordable healthcare, education, after-school programs, recreation, and other community programs. It's embarrassing that we spend more money on policing than nearly every other city in the U.S., while residents struggle to stay housed, put food on the table, take care of their kids, access healthcare, or even feel any sense of safety in their community. Council Member Gallo -- I will not support your reelection this November if you don't make good on your verbal promise to divert $150 million from OPD this budget cycle.
We can investigate alternatives that still involve policing all we want but I believe the only solution here is to continue to defund the OPD until we abolish the need for policing altogether. Police are not trained (13-19 weeks of police academy when it takes 4-5 years to become a beautician) to handle community health, well-being or protection. In fact they are a direct threat to all of the above. Police have killed individuals who called because they were suicidal due to racial profiling.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November
My name is Audrey Darnis and I am an Oakland resident (District 3). I am voicing my unequivocal support for defunding OPD and reinvesting in alternate community safety measures.
I also strongly support immediately banning and harshly disincentivizing police use of chokeholds.
As an OUSD teacher in district 5, I’ve seen firsthand the traumatic effects that OPD has on our community and our children, harming our most vulnerable Black, Brown, and queer youth. It is wonderful that OUSD is cutting ties with OPD, but the positive effects of that will be limited if youths are still routinely harassed and criminalized by police in their communities.
As you know, numerous impartial studies have been conducted proving how mismanaged, misbudgeted, and ineffective police departments are, and how they manufacture more crime (and overpolice for nonviolent misdemeanors) far more than they actually work to keep us safe.
This measure does NOT do enough. We MUST figure out safer ways of protecting those who are most vulnerable in our community, and those who need the most support. Policing low-income communities is NOT the answer.
Oakland is EXACTLY the sort of progressive city that needs to follow Minneapolis’s lead in immediately making good on our unfulfilled promises to our citizens by defunding the police and reinvesting that money in social programs and nonpolicing community based safety structures. We keep us safe!
I urge you to be on the right side of history.
As an Oakland native (and a middle-class white person), I FULLY support defunding the OPD. We desperately need those funds in other areas that would go much further to prevent crime like affordable housing, education, social services, mental health services, public health (COVID-19 response), transportation, and more. Police are not necessary for up to 96% of the calls that they currently receive, and are often poorly trained to handle complex situations. Start defunding immediately, and enact reforms in the meantime to make sure no one else dies.
I am a resident of District one and fully support significant defunding of OPD. Other community organizations such as public school teachers, mental health practitioners, Counselors, food programs, housing programs and other community peace keepers would do extremely well to have some of the funding directed to them. Thank you.
Like others are saying, redirecting 50% of OPD's budget to other more worthwhile services would be a good start. After all, it's well-known that introducing a weapon into a situation drastically increases the chance that a weapon will be used. To be clear, police officers don't just carry weapons--they ARE weapons. Weapons to harass the poor and/or people of color. It only takes a cop to ruin someone's day (or worse), But what if we sent a social worker instead? Or a counselor? Or a teacher? When someone wants help, they should have someone who can provide assistance, not a threat of violence.
I live in District 2 and am in full support of taking money from the growth of OPD and refunding our sorely needed social services, especially alternative resources for protecting ourselves that do not involve police. Police have proven to be both ineffective in handling mental health concerns, acting to protect all citizens, actually resolving crimes, and taking responsibility for acts of brutality. We need a different way to get help! We simply do not need such a huge police force because they are so dangerous, but we do need better schools, better wages for educators, more mental health response teams, and City Council Members that listen to public outcry!
We want:
- An immediate commitment in this FY 2020-21 budget to reallocate at least $25 million of the OPD budget toward community programs and service.
- A commitment to developing a plan for a 50% reduction in the OPD budget for the next two-year budget cycle FY 2021-23, from 44% to 22% of the General Purpose Fund and conversely, significantly increase funding for departments providing community programs and services that address the root causes of violence and crime.
I am committed to getting council members elected in the fall that actually have the backbone to fight for what the people need. I am sickened by the negligence after all this protesting and all the engagement from the communities that you would turn your backs and oppose defunding the OPD.
I am a resident of district 3 and have lived in Oakland for 8 years. I urge you to divert 50% of the OPD budget to public schools and housing. If we want our community to thrive, we need to actually create opportunities for people. Over policing only perpetuates cycles of trauma and poverty - making it nearly impossible to find work and housing if someone has been to prison. Let’s put our money and energy towards our community’s wellbeing instead of funding their destruction.
I am a resident of District 5. I would like to urge all the members of the city council, but especially my own representative Noel Gallo and council president Rebecca Kaplan, to take the opportunity to reinvest the funds that are currently being wasted on military toys and weapons for a police force with drastically diminishing returns for the citizens of Oakland. It's time to acknowledge that we have long since passed the point where spending another dollar on cops is addressing any of the causes of the problems we face in Oakland. We need to invest that money in schools, housing, social services, public transit, parks, summer programs for youth; the list is endless. What we don't need is even one more set of body armor or Army surplus vehicle for cops from Contra Costa to take selfies with.
It's time for us to seize this opportunity to use our city's budget for the things that really matter, for the root causes of the problems of our community. It's not time to spend another $300 million dollars on aggressive, armed, adversarial policing of our people. Noel Gallo and other members of the council have pledged to cut the OPD budget by $150 million dollars in recent weeks. It's time to live up to that promise. Or else I, and my neighbors, will be seeking other representation.
As a resident of district 4, I support gathering and analyzing data on the types of issues the police department responds to in order to redirect taxpayer money towards alternative first responder models. I urge the City Council to move as quickly as possible to reduce the budget for the Oakland Police Department and redirect funding to other emergency services.
i don’t want the police to come when i am experiencing a 5150 emergency. i don’t allow anyone else who carry guns into my house. the ONLY reason i ever call 9-1-1 is when i need a 5150. and every single time, the cops have come and been inappropriate and mean and condescending to a situation they are not trained to handle, that they do not even want to handle, and that they are incapable of handling without resorting to some micro or macro aggression!
YOU MUST PASS THIS BUDGET CUT TO THE OPD!!!
we are tired of getting killed out here. i don’t even know if i’m gonna make it to my 50’s because i’m afraid a cop is gonna shoot me.
i’m finally happy with where i am in my life, and the last thing i want is for some cop to come and take all that i’ve worked my whole life for away from me and my family!
please listen to your community!
thank you,
Amrit Kohli
108th Ave & Bancroft
I'm a resident of District 3. I implore the entire council to reopen the approved budget discussion. This measure is not doing enough for the City of Oakland. I urge you to decrease the budget even more and invest in the community. We need to distribute the funds to health care, housing, schools, and other services that that support and serve the community without violence.
My name is Meredith and I am a resident and vote in district two. While I support the spirit of this resolution to “evaluate various alternate responder models” it does not do enough, and so I continue to urge you to defund OPD.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I am a resident of District 2. I support police budgetary review and efforts to redirect police duties to alternative social services. However, the current measure does not go far enough. I urge you to implement the demands of the APTP:
- Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million).
- Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD.
- Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, mental health workers and other services that actually keep the community safe.
Thank you.
I am a homeowner and resident in District One. I urge the council to reopen the discussion of the budget approved. This budget did not go far enough to make cuts in the Police Department and direct those funds elsewhere. Police do not need nearly half of our budget. Cut the budget and invest in our community. Please be a leader for California and our country to follow.
I urge the Council to reopen the discussion on the budget and make substantial cuts to the police department budget. These funds should be redirected to social services that will increase public safety.
William Chorneau
As a resident of district five, I am commenting in support of the continued demands by the community to defund OPD and redirect those resources to Systems that serve the community by addressing the root causes of its problems. Your plan to explore alternatives to our current emergency response systems sounds like a step in the right direction, but is far too little too late. The people of Oakland will no longer settle for half measures (quarter measures? tenth measures?) while the Oakland Police Department continues to soak up almost half of the city’s budget — almost as much as every other budget item combined! It is long past time we took the necessary steps to address issues like housing, healthcare, mental health services, education, etc. etc. rather than spending nearly half the city’s budget trying to fix the issues created by our lack of support for these systems. When we have criminalized the very people who are the victims of these failed systems, we are all essentially asking the police to keep society healthy by attacking the people experiencing symptoms, rather than attacking the disease itself or even its symptoms. We have seen time and time again that this is ineffective, especially considering that violence and coercive force are the only tools the police seem to want to use for these purposes.
We demand Real Change. Defund Oakland PD. 50% and reinvest that money in our communities. The people are paying attention, and will no longer settle for bsnss as usual.
I am a resident of District 3 and while I support the efforts to redirect police duties to alternative social services, this measure does not nearly go far enough. We are in the midst of multiple severe crisis with regards to public health, housing, mental health, jobs, education, and the environment. It is shameful that we are spending 40% of our general fund on the police who are over militarized, routinely abuse overtime wages, and have a history of violence against our black and brown neighbors and sexual exploitation of minors. I'm calling on the city counsel to defund the Oakland Police Department by at least 50% and to redirect those funds to social services that will actually address the crises in our community instead of pretending that police will solve all our problems.
I am a resident of District 3, and while I am in support of a budgetary and police review- I believe that we need to completely reimagine the Oakland Police Department and defund OPD by at least 50%, redirecting those funds to community service initiatives, parks and rec, education, as well as the Black New Deal.
OPD has shown time and time again that they do not have community trust or support, and their complete misuse of overtime hours and their incredibly large budget is evidence that there need to be fundamental changes to OPD. FInally, it is unconscionable that a city like Oakland gives almost 40% of their entire city budget to policing, one of the highest of any comparably sized city in California. This needs to change immediately, and pushing this issue down the line is a mistake
I am a resident of district 3. While I support the spirit of this resolution to “evaluate various alternate responder models” it does not do enough, and so I continue to urge you to defund OPD.
Over 700 people e-commented on the last two meetings. Over 150 spoke at the meeting itself. Over 95% of both sets of comments were in favor of defunding the police. Listen to your constituents.
As Oakland residents, we continue to demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. DEFUND OPD by 50%
2. INVEST ALL SAVINGS in the Black New Deal
3. STOP the use of violence against protesters
4. CANCEL CHP's contract & remove them from Oakland
In light of this new resolution, we also demand the council...
5. INCLUDE affected communities in the design of alternative-to-police programs
6. PREVENT the introduction of traffic cameras, facial recognition, & all “automated enforcement solutions” in Oakland
Thank you for being on the right side of history. We will remember in November.
I support redirecting non emergency calls to non-police responders. However, this will not be enough to solve the larger issue of police violence and the dire lack of resources in our community. I want to see the council reduce the OPD budget by at least $150 million/year, and redirect that funding to affordable housing, mental health services, universal childcare, affordable healthcare, education, after-school programs, recreation, and other community programs. It's embarrassing that we spend more money on policing than nearly every other city in the U.S., while residents struggle to stay housed, put food on the table, take care of their kids, access healthcare, or even feel any sense of safety in their community. Council Member Gallo -- I will not support your reelection this November if you don't make good on your verbal promise to divert $150 million from OPD this budget cycle.