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To prevent another Stockton tragedy, invest in violence intervention
Free Republic Browse · Search News/Activism Topics · Post Article Skip to comments. To prevent another Stockton tragedy, invest in violence intervention Sacramento Bee ^ | December 23, 2025 | By Tinisch Hollins Posted on by artichokegrower Last month’s mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in Stockton that left four people dead, 13 injured and more than 150 guests at the targeted event likely severely traumatized, should have been a rallying moment for California’s political leaders.
California built survivor care then walked away - Capitol Weekly
Opinion Image by Change Consulting. by TINISCH HOLLINS posted 12.23.2025 Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy or politics. Please read our guidelines for opinion pieces before submitting an Op-Ed. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered for publication. OPINION – The Stockton mass shooting that occurred over Thanksgiving weekend has shaken the crime survivor community.
To prevent another Stockton tragedy, invest in violence intervention | Opinion Original
Last month’s mass shooting at a child’s birthday party in Stockton that left four people dead, 13 injured and more than 150 guests at the targeted event likely severely traumatized, should have been a rallying moment for California’s political leaders.
Op-ed | It’s Time to Invest in Trauma Recovery Centers — Our Safety Depends on It - Davis Vanguard
“Healing is not secondary to safety. Healing is safety.” – Tinisch Hollins Last month in San Francisco, an 8-year-old boy witnessed his father, Robert Paul Byrd II, get fatally stabbed at a crosswalk as they were walking home from Commodore Sloat Elementary School. In the days after the tragedy, law enforcement announced a suspect had been arrested, that there was “no imminent threat” and justice would be served.
Tinisch Hollins: California should reinvest prison savings in crime prevention Original
This month’s announcement by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that it is seeking to close the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by next Fall provides a golden opportunity to shore up funding for programs rooted in the community and proven to prevent crime and harm before they occur, without which we will never achieve the true community safety we all deserve. It is critical California seizes this chance.
A California bill seeks to answer if costly addiction treatment programs work | Opinion Original
California is mired in co-occurring addiction and mental health crises that have left millions of our fellow citizens in dire straits, filled our local jails and helped fuel feelings of vulnerability and insecurity among residents of too many neighborhoods and communities up and down the state.
Why is the DOJ slashing funding for crime victims and crime prevention? Original
The recent Department of Justice decision to yank hundreds of millions of dollars of funding from groups around the country that work with crime victims and which do critical work preventing crime and harm before they occur is a tragedy. It will only make communities far less safe and far less resilient.
We must preserve funding for services that prevent crime - Capitol Weekly
News by TINISCH HOLLINS posted 04.21.2025 OPINION – Earlier this year, local and state officials met to discuss implementation challenges for Proposition 36 which voters passed in November. There have been many challenges, but the most prominent is that Prop 36 not only provided no funding for its promised drug treatment programs, it also effectively defunds the programs that are providing effective mental health and drug treatment right now.
Vote no on Prop 36: prisons are not treatment centers - Capitol Weekly
Opinion Crime rate symbol, image by Dmitry Demidovich by TINISCH HOLLINS posted 10.10.2024 OPINION – We all deserve to feel safe, no matter where we live or how much money we make. While safety is a priority for all communities, our elected leaders are divided on the approach and solutions to real safety. The fear and frustration many of us feel is a result of this division. Many cities in California are experiencing a safety crisis.
To solve homelessness, first do no harm
Tinisch HollinsCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Ore., where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass, giving cities and states the green light to fine or arrest homeless people wi...
Do no harm to homeless
California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Oregon, where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land.
We can solve homelessness. First, do no harm.
California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Oregon, where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land.
We can solve homelessness: First, do no harm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Oregon, where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land.
We can solve homelessness without criminalizing it
California’s great debate resumes about how to cope with volatile swings in tax revenues
We can solve homelessness without criminalizing it Original
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes just weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Oregon, where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land even as it failed to provide shelter beds.
State must more closely monitor how criminal justice realignment dollars are spent - Capitol Weekly
Opinion by DARRELL STEINBERG and TINISCH HOLLINS posted 08.12.2024 For several years, there has been a steady drumbeat of deaths and mental health crises in local jails across the state, and an increase in media reports about the chaos and violence that results from a system that remains over-reliant on incarceration to address society’s most pressing challenges.
California Voice: Prop. 47 has responsibly reformed the criminal justice system
During the past decade, there’s been an ongoing effort by those with a vested interest in protecting the old, failed approaches of our criminal justice system to spread disinformation about the impact reforms to that broken system have had. That effort has entered hyperdrive as property crime rates have ticked up from historic lows since the start of the global pandemic.
Prop. 47 has responsibly reformed the criminal justice system
During the past decade, there’s been an ongoing effort by those with a vested interest in protecting the old, failed approaches of our criminal justice system to spread disinformation about the impact reforms to that broken system have had. That effort has entered hyperdrive as property crime rates have ticked up from historic lows since the start of the global pandemic.
Proposition 47 has shown us how to responsibly reform the criminal justice system Original
During the past decade, there has been an ongoing and concerted effort by those with a vested interest in protecting the old, failed approaches of our criminal justice system to spread disinformation about the impact reforms to that broken system have had.
California is failing to support victims of crime. Here’s how the state can do better | Opinion Original
We are failing crime survivors. We fail them through our unwillingness to address root causes of crime, by insisting that accountability can only take the form of incarceration, in our negligence to invest in prevention and rehabilitative efforts, and by making it nearly impossible for survivors to access the services and support they need the most. My family and I know this from personal experience.
Safety in California hinges on continuing to close prisons, fund crime prevention - Capitol Weekly
Opinion by posted Twitter Facebook Email OPINION – As both a survivor of violent crime and someone who has had loved ones who are incarcerated, I commend Gov. Gavin Newsom for his bold new vision for California’s most infamous prison, San Quentin. In words and action, his administration is elevating the urgency to make corrective rehabilitation real in California, and creating a national model for an evidence-backed, effective justice system that actually builds safer communities.
CA ‘Just Safe’ Campaign Aims to Redefine Public Safety - El Observador
The group’s executive director, Tinisch Hollins, said these shootings and others plague a society that neglects mental health.“So, the goal of this is to invite conversation about doubling down on investments that lead to well-being,” said Hollins, “like mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, education.While accountability is important for people involved with the justice system, Hollins said she agrees with the state’s efforts in recent years to prioritize rehabilitation over...
Investments in reentry and victims services are essential for public safety Original
Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the nation’s most sweeping law to permanently seal old conviction records. It was the latest in a series of recent legislative and budgetary reforms that is reorienting California’s approach to safety and justice toward what works: prevention and healing over punishment and incarceration.
Needed: a true safety strategy - not the same failed approaches - Capitol Weekly
News by posted Twitter Facebook Email The terrible gun violence in Sacramento shows, once again, that we cannot delay our effort to make Californians safer. Sadly, this task is being made harder by individuals making false claims about the incident to advance an incarceration-first agenda that is both ineffective and very expensive. Our collective well-being and safety depend on staying the course toward a new, more effective shared safety strategy that works for all Californians.
Voters are clear on what the drivers of crime are and how to address them
There’s been a lot of reporting recently on the rise in gun-related homicides in California, and elected officials and other leaders are right to be paying attention. Even as overall crime has remained historically low, the same communities that have long experienced high levels of concentrated violence are seeing an uptick in gun violence, while local news is saturated with coverage of crime.
T-Pain: A year after Floyd's death, nation must do more for Black and brown victims of crime
For most in the Black community, the overwhelming public outcry following the murder of George Floyd a year ago – and the attention on Derek Chauvin’s trial – was stunning. After so many deaths at the hands of the state, it was surprising to see America respond with the outrage the murder deserved. Yet, Black trauma shouldn’t have to be videotaped for it to matter. The truth is that the Black and brown communities most harmed by violence are often left out of conversations on solutions.
Respond to the homicide crisis by meeting the needs of our hurting communities
By Tinisch Hollins and Aqeela Sherrills A small but influential group within the Los Angeles law enforcement community is perpetrating fraud upon the people of their county. This vocal faction of the region’s prosecutors and police are hoping to reverse years of successful, popular reforms with false claims that these reforms harm public safety and go against the interests of crime victims.
Tinisch Hollins: Prop. 20 does nothing to fix California's broken criminal justice system
I lost my brother James to gun violence in 2013. I lost a second brother Mitchell to gun violence in 2017. The impact of their deaths on my life and my family — the trauma we feel — has not gone away. I relive it every day. For me, fixing our broken justice system and supporting survivors of crime is personal. When my family members were taken from me, I became a crime survivor.
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