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Santa Rosa residents voice concerns with Flock Cameras, City Council to vote on study session
Santa Rosa residents aren’t giving up on their efforts to ditch Flock Safety. Over ten community members voiced their concerns over Santa Rosa’s use of Flock ALPR technologies during public comment at Santa Rosa’s city hall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13. After public comment, Council member Eddie Alvarez proposed a motion for a community study…
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Marin residents stage sing-in, demand action on ICE-free ordinance
“We will remember in November.” Those words were directed at Marin County Board of Supervisors President Eric Lucan during Tuesday morning’s Board of Supervisors meeting in San Rafael. Lucan and fellow Democrat Jackie Elward are running against each other in the Nov. 3 general election for California’s 12th Assembly District. More than 40 members of…
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Petaluma City Council to Consider Resolution on City Cooperation with ICE on Monday
PETALUMA, Calif. – As ICE makes headlines nationally, residents in Petaluma are pushing back locally. On Monday, Sept. 28, the Petaluma City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution adopting policies and procedures governing the city’s interactions with immigration authorities and access to city property, facilities and information. The resolution, which advocates have referred to…
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Residents voice concerns over Flock cameras at Santa Rosa Community Advisory Board Meeting
Santa Rosa residents and community members alongside the North Bay Organizing Project shared their concerns with Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan over Flock cameras and surveillance at the town’s Community Advisory Board meeting last month, on July 22. After Cregan held a presentation on Flock cameras and ALPRs, community members had two minutes each…
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Santa Rosa residents are organizing against Flock cameras in their community
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Nationwide, communities are pushing back on Flock’s usage in their towns – and Santa Rosa is no different. The Civil Liberties Task Force of North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) held a ‘What the Flock’ teach-in outside Santa Rosa city hall on the city’s use of Flock cameras and Automatic License Plate…
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Petaluma City Council to put ‘no-cooperation with ICE’ ordinance on future agenda
PETALUMA, Calif. – Petaluma City Hall was packed on Tuesday, July 6, as residents and community members urged the City Council to adopt a no-cooperation ordinance with ICE. Councilmember Janice Cader Thompson said she and Mayor Kevin McDonnell signed an agreement to place the ordinance on a future City Council agenda. Before the meeting, Migrant…
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“Be United” – Community members rally for the firing and decertification of officer Bianca Camacho and demand justice for Maurice Williams
FAIRFIELD, Calif – Community members rallied and demanded justice for 16-year-old Maurice Williams at Fairfield City Hall earlier this week, after videos circulated online showing Fairfield Police Officer Bianca Camacho aggressively and repeatedly beating the highschooler’s head on the pavement at Fairfield High School. The Fairfield Police Department in a press release on Wednesday said…
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Flyers, Building Community, and ICE watch – meet the Norcal Chicane organization creating solidarity in Napa
NAPA, Calif. – Community Service Organization (CSO) North Bay is a grassroots Chicane organization performing “Barrio Walks,” walking through neighborhoods, monitoring for ICE activity, and handing out “know your rights” pamphlets and cards to community members. For one year now, community organizer Aldo Solano, and other CSO members have been walking through Napa neighborhoods to…
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