During the 2018 Smart on Crime Innovations Conference, FFJC Co-Director Joanna Weiss participated in a panel about eliminating “user fees” in the justice system. The panel featured several experts from across the political spectrum, including San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros, Right on Crime’s Marc Levin, the National Juvenile Defender Center’s Mary Ann Scali, and the panel was moderated by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation’s Juliene James.
During the panel, discussion centered around models for fee elimination including San Francisco’s elimination of discretionary fees, litigation against driver’s license suspensions for nonpayment of fines and fees, discussion of the harms caused by charging fees to justice-involved youth, and how best to demonstrate the negative fiscal impacts of user fees.
You can watch the full panel video on YouTube.