Norman grassroots community groups announced their demands surrounding the cityâs fall year end 2022 proposed budget in a Tuesday press release.Â
The involved community groups include the Red Dirt Collective, Social Injustice League and Norman Collective for Racial Justice, which formed the âPeopleâs Budget Coalition.â The coalition held a series of workshops in April and May to discuss the cityâs budget, according to the release, and declared three demands for the fall year end 2022 budget as the city council continues budget discussions during its Tuesday meeting.Â
In the release, the coalition first called for mobile crisis teams to handle mental health, substance use calls and homeless outreach. The Social Injustice League wrote in the release that, because of the pandemic, the city should set aside money for increasing housing security, homeless services and an accessible homeless shelter.Â