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Posts by Evan Walker
Blog Post Governor's proposed supplemental budget focuses on behavioral health and housing resources Proposal funds some important needs but fails to consider the well-being of everyone in the state
Blog Post Final budget includes some key criminal legal system funding changes Legislators expand economic and legal security for criminal legal system-impacted people
Blog Post House and Senate budget proposals address criminal legal system impacts Lawmakers should adopt funding proposals that get us closer to important reforms
Blog Post Washington courts shouldn’t be funded off the backs of people who can’t pay fines and fees Don’t believe false narratives. Fines and fees fund courts, not victim restitution.
Blog Post Legislators must eliminate youth fines and fees Testimony: Passing SSB 5474 would bring transformative relief to youth legal system
Blog Post Legislators must increase opportunities for legal financial obligations (LFO) relief Passing HB 1412 would bring LFO relief and advance economic, racial, and legal justice
Blog Post Reforming Washington’s legal system of fines and fees advances racial and economic justice New policy brief advances needed reforms to Washington’s harmful reliance on legal system fines and fees
Blog Post Getting rid of legal financial obligations can protect the economic security of thousands of Washingtonians New report highlights need to end the inequitable system of fines and fees that disproportionately harms low-income people of color