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Residents urge Arcata council to establish sister city with Gaza, call for CalPERS divestment
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment urged the Arcata City Council to approve a sister-city relationship with Gaza City and to ask CalPERS to divest from companies they say are linked to human-rights abuses; council took no formal action on those requests at the meeting.
Several residents used public comment time at the April 16 Arcata City Council meeting to press the council to pursue two related actions: establish a sister-city relationship with Gaza City and send a letter urging CalPERS to divest from companies the speakers said are profiting from violence in Gaza.
One speaker said the Gaza municipality had expressed strong interest in a sister-city relationship and proposed a fundraising campaign to support water distribution in Gaza; the speaker urged the council to consider the request and mentioned an April 24 fundraising variety show. “They identified this as an urgent priority with the…
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