Randy Villegas Called for Defunding the Police and Abolishing Prisons Years Before the National Movement

Randy Villegas Called for Defunding the Police and Abolishing Prisons Years Before the National Movement

Randy Villegas, the Bernie Sanders-backed Democratic nominee challenging Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s competitive 22nd Congressional District, advocated defunding the police, ending detention facilities, and reallocating law-enforcement resources to social services long before “defund the police” became a national slogan after George Floyd’s death in 2020. He has continued that advocacy as a candidate. In his 2022 University of …