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Residents Clash Over NorCal Resist at Davis HRC Meeting; Some Defend Group’s Immigration Work
Summary
Public comment at the Davis Human Relations Commission meeting included sharply divided views on NorCal Resist: some speakers defended the group’s immigrant-rights organizing and mutual-aid work while others warned against perceived political positions; the commission said invited presentations will be limited to the survey’s sanctuary-city focus.
Several public commenters at the Davis Human Relations Commission’s December meeting reacted strongly to a subcommittee report that referenced local organizing groups.
Leanne Herrickstadt, who identified herself as a volunteer with NorCal Resist, said the commission should distinguish political advocacy from hate speech and urged caution in treating advocacy groups as monolithic. "My safety as a Jewish person does not come from punishing political speech," she said, adding that organizations use emotion and money to shape public narratives.
Other residents pushed back. One speaker described…
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