Advocates from across the state penned a letter to Maryland House and Senate leaders Monday, imploring them to convene a special session to address a slew of problems Marylanders are facing as 2020 wears on.
Among their concerns: safeguards for homeowners and tenants at risk of homelessness, protection for workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, ballot access and police reform.
“We remain deeply concerned for the most vulnerable, especially under the failed leadership of Governor [Lawrence J.] Hogan [Jr. (R)],” they wrote. “Black, brown, and other marginalized communities confront a tsunami of negative COVID-19 health outcomes, economic freefall including mass evictions, and the relentless denial of their humanity by the police and other pillars of the criminal justice system.”
Over 70 advocacy organizations, including 1199 SEIU, CASA and the ACLU of Maryland, sent a letter to Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) raising concerns about compounding issues — many of which have been brought on by the public health emergency.
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