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Residents urge review of committee member after racialized social‑media repost
Summary
Multiple residents and cultural leaders told the Encinitas City Council the social‑media repost by a city appointee demeaned a West African student assembly and called for the council to agendize a formal review of the appointee’s fitness to serve.
Several members of Encinitas’s West African dance and arts community urged the City Council to review and remove a committee member after a social‑media repost they said demeaned a Black History Month student assembly.
Lisonbee Smith, a UC San Diego dance professor who identified herself as an Encinitas resident, told the council: “I'm here to urge you to remove committee member Steve Hubeck from his appointment with the city of Encinitas.” She described the repost as labeling students “blacks dressed in tribal gear and…
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