Our vision, our demands, and the steps we’re taking to make real change.
We call on the San Pablo City Council to establish a community-led task force to:
Together, we can turn a building designed for surveillance and incarceration into a hub for healing, learning, and opportunity. The space already belongs to us — it's time to reshape it for what our community truly deserves.
What was meant to be a gun range becomes a vibrant youth center — a place for young people to build friendships, receive free academic support, explore their creativity, and feel truly safe.
Instead of being used for surveillance, the rooftop transforms into a thriving community garden — offering fresh produce, sustainable farming workshops, and a space for neighbors to nourish both the land and each other.
A former police lounge is reimagined as a welcoming community kitchen — an incubator for local food entrepreneurs, a space for shared meals, or simply a warm place to gather and care for one another.
Our city council has a responsibility to listen to the people they serve — not just the police chief or city manager.
Learn more about our city officials and those who have influence over this project by clicking on their photos.
Contractors & City Employees
These demands are about building the foundation for real community power in San Pablo. To shape the future, we need transparency, representation, and a city that truly listens to its people.
To build trust and democratic legitimacy, the city must take these immediate steps related to the facility:
Stop all additional funding for the facility until the task force concludes its work and delivers its findings publicly.
Convene a special session for community testimony, with no time limits, language interpretation, and accurate minutes
Ensure that the task force includes directly impacted residents, with representation across neighborhoods, age groups, racial backgrounds, and lived experiences.
These structural changes are necessary for lasting change — not just for this project, but for every decision that affects us:
SRI consulting has failed to build public trust. We call for its immediate termination and a commitment to survey practices that are transparent and community-led.
We need a transparency law that makes public records and responses easily accessible, notifies the public of changes in surveillance or policing tools, and establishes a binding process for real community input in major decisions.
Our campaign is grounded in shifting power to the community, putting San Pablo’s $47 million investment back into the hands of its people.