Families of people who died in Riverside County jails are pushing for independent oversight of the Sheriff’s Department, while pointing to over $100 million in taxpayer-funded settlements and a disturbing surge of in-custody deaths.
One answer activists with the Riverside Sheriff’s Accountability Coalition (RSAC) are pushing, is the plan to skip the Board of Supervisors entirely, and go straight for a ballot initiative and the community to force real change.
“This is a campaign of the people, by the people, and for the people, and we’re leaving no community behind in our push for 35,000 signatures,” said Fidel Chagolla on behalf of Riverside All of Us or None and Starting Over Strong…