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Residents urge Santa Maria council to form immigration ad hoc committee; council agrees to re‑agenda item
Summary
Dozens of residents and advocates urged the Santa Maria City Council to establish an immigration ad hoc committee, criticizing a recent resolution as inadequate and urging clearer council support for immigrant families. Council voted to take the item off the table and return it for discussion in March.
Dozens of residents told the Santa Maria City Council on Feb. 17 that the city must do more to address immigration enforcement and its local effects, pressing elected officials to form an immigration ad hoc committee and to be more vocal on behalf of immigrant families.
Speakers including Robert Gibson of the In‑Home Supportive Services caregivers union, Danny Mogg of Indivisible, Cliff Solomon of Indivisible Santa Maria and community attorneys described a wave of local concern following the council’s Feb. 3 meeting. Gibson asked the council to create an ad hoc committee to address integration and short‑term worker programs, saying “as a…
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