Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update the city’s charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot.
Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas' charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana., expand the police force and hold city officials more accountable to residents have enough valid signatures for a spot on the November ballot.
Supporters of banning arrests for low-level marijuana possession say the practice disproportionately impacts Black residents in Dallas.that found 85% of the police department’s more than 2,600 marijuana-related arrests between July 2017 and June 2020 were for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and that Black people made up about 57% of the people arrested. Black residents make up about 24% of the city’s population.
A second proposal would require Dallas to waive its governmental immunity so that residents can sue the city to force officials to comply with any city charter provision, ordinance or state law.The last proposal would require the outcome of the city’s annual community survey to result in consequences for the city manager that would range from pay bonuses to termination.
Dallas police staffing numbers and the more than $3 million funding gap for the city’s police and fire pension have been areas of concern for some city officials and residents in recent years. Dallas is also searching for a new city manager after T.C. Broadnax announced in February he was resigning. Austin hired him two months later for its city manager job. The position is the city’s top administrative official and appointed by the City Council.
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