Every adult, young person and child in San Diego County deserves to feel safe. Whether at home, on a walk through their neighborhood, at work, or school - a person's safety should not be threatened.
The Supervisor's commitment to reduce gun violence is second to none. She passed a landmark policy preventing the possession and distribution of illegal, unserialized ghost guns in San Diego County. She passed a safe storage ordinance requiring all guns to be secured with a trigger lock or in containers in homes, or structures near homes. And she passed a policy authorizing the County to pursue lawsuits against illegal ghost gun manufacturers.
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer believes delivering high quality community services ensures fewer people fall into incarceration which makes more public safety resources available to protect and seek justice for victims wronged by violent and serious crimes.
Criminal justice reform is about repairing the status quo systems that were allowed to remain for decades, and leveraging modern best practices, services and equipment to rehabilitate the incarcerated people in the County's care.
Supervisor Lawson Remer passed groundbreaking policies to make phone calls free for incarcerated people in County jails, championed the creation of a Safety Through Services effort, and fought to ensure the Community Corrections Partnership Plan used equity as a guiding principle to measure program delivery and outcomes.
She worked with the San Diego County Sheriff to add more mental health services and staffing to jails to reduce deaths. When the Sheriff said more support was needed to recruit deputies, Supervisor Lawson-Remer backed hiring bonuses and referral bonuses to get more deputies hired.
Her efforts to eliminate gun violence and prevent death extends beyond San Diego County. She hosted a community gun violence reduction summit where she advocated for and launched an effort to advance local policies to support enshrining common sense gun safety measures into the United States Constitution.
Progress has been made by Supervisor Lawson-Remer, but more must be done every day to increase public safety.
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San Diego County and national firearm safety group Giffords have partnered to sue a company that manufactures devices and software allowing people to build their own firearms, with the lawsuit alleging the company is selling a banned device in California under a new name.
Wildfires are a year-round threat in San Diego County, but some top firefighters in the region and county leaders say corporate greed is threatening your fire safety.
San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer doesn’t want the County doing business with gun dealers who are not compliant with state and federal laws. The gun procurement policy she announced today seeks to have the county purchase firearms from companies with a clean record, inspection reports, and who implement strict security measures that prevent theft and unauthorized sales. The Board of Supervisors will vote on the policy that Supervisor Lawson-Remer modeled after the City of San Diego’s recently adopted Ira Sharp Firearm Accountability Act.
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