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Organizers urge city to seek transparency and discontinuance of DA inquiry into referendum signers
Summary
Organizers with Protect Salinas Renters told the Salinas City Council that law-enforcement and district-attorney involvement in an inquiry related to a renters referendum could suppress constitutionally protected petitioning and free speech, and they asked the council to push for transparency and to facilitate discontinuance of the probe.
Speakers representing Protect Salinas Renters told the Salinas City Council they are concerned that an investigation into referendum petition signers threatens constitutional protections for petitioning the government and could chill civic participation.
John, speaking for Protect Salinas Renters, said the involvement of law enforcement and the district attorney in a matter tied to referendum petition signers "raises red flags for civil…
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