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Simi Valley officials and residents demand transparency, hate‑crime review after Regal Plaza assault
Summary
Simi Valley Mayor Ruth Kavanaugh and dozens of residents on Aug. 4 focused the City Council’s public‑comment period on a violent Aug. 1 parking‑lot assault at Regal Plaza that many speakers called a hate crime and urged the Ventura County District Attorney and Simi Valley Police Department to pursue hate‑crime charges and full transparency.
Simi Valley — Hundreds of residents pressed the Simi Valley City Council on Aug. 4 to treat the Aug. 1 attack in the Regal Plaza parking lot as a hate crime and to provide transparent, urgent follow‑up after videos of the incident circulated online.
Mayor Ruth Kavanaugh opened the meeting by describing the episode and the city’s response: “As of today, 4 juvenile suspects have been identified and arrested for battery,” she said, adding that the Simi Valley Police Department was working “with integrity, professionalism, and transparency” and coordinating with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.
The comments that followed came largely during the public‑statements portion of the meeting. Speakers said the video footage showed a group of teens assaulting a Black teenager while making racial slurs, and…
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