Revised - Standing Up For Utah’s Needs 2020 Report
This report deals with issues in our Declaration of Human Rights - Transparent and Ethical Government, Education, Tax Restructuring, Health, Healthy Environment, Violence Prevention, and Dignity and Respect.
Issues covered in this Report:
Education: Pg 35
Equal Dignity & Respect: Pg 9
Environmental Health: Pg 25
Health: Pg 47
Violence Prevention: Pg 9 & 63
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Dear Fellow Utahns,
Our 2020 report is UCC’s sixth, and our first since 2018. We consider it our most important report, due to the gravity of the issues specifically relating to this particular place and time. Our positions respond to urgent needs displayed and documented by the pandemic that beset Utah and the country in February 2020 and which continues to surge as we issue our report. Our positions also reflect needs dramatized by the economic downturn accompanying the pandemic, unmistakable signs of racial injustice, and by earlier, failed legislative attempts at tax restructuring.
For the first time, our report includes an introductory section, based on the problems and opportunities facing Utah that were set forth by the Governor’s Office in the early months of the pandemic. In lieu of our past executive summaries, each of the following committee reports includes its own first-page summary of major positions. Finally, a new concluding section sets forth tax restructuring options for serious consideration to better position Utah for long-term prosperity and economic dignity for all Utahns.
The introduction and conclusion are important bookends to our report. Both undergird our seven committee reports and positions. Our Declaration of Utah Human Rights continues to serve as the framework for our work. The entire report takes seriously the invitation from government leaders to help transform government policies and programs into something bolder and better.
This is the challenge awaiting all of us.
Sincerely,
The Utah Citizens’ Counsel