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San Francisco County, CA eliminated all county-imposed criminal justice fees and moved to discharge $33 million in criminal justice debt owed by more than 21,000 people.
The City of Los Angeles voided nearly 2 million minor citations and warrants that had kept people trapped in the court system.
Durham, NC recently implemented a program with the District Attorney and the court to waive old traffic fines and fees and helped restore 35,000 driver’s licenses that had been suspended for non-payment.
Groups working for misdemeanor reform:
Public Defenders Ask Seattle To Stop Prosecuting Misdemeanors
King County Department of Public Defense
Decriminalize Seattle
COVID-19 Mutual Aid Network
Community Passageways
Creative Justice
CHOOSE 180
United Better Thinking
ACLU of Washington
Texas Organizing Project
Is focusing on bail reform, cite and release, and end to debtors prison