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Demand Orange County Board of Supervisors Designate Vaccination Center in Santa Ana
Demand Orange County Board of Supervisors Designate Vaccination Center in Santa Ana

Tell the Board of Supervisors and OCSD Sheriff Don Barnes to End All Transfers!
End all transfers of community members from Orange County Sheriff’s Department to ICE.

Tell Santa Ana City Council to Protect Affordable Housing
Preserve the City’s Housing Opportunity Ordinance. Maintain the in-lieu fee payment at $15 for all residential projects. Prohibit the diversion of money for affordable housing to public safety programs. Allow money for affordable housing to be used for Cooperative Housing Programs.
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Deport This! was a partnership between Chispa, OC Weekly, and Orange County Immigrant Youth United that ran from 2018 to 2019. The column existed as a rebuttal to Donald Trump’s racist politics and his OC cheerleaders, who’ll no doubt get triggered week after week by the news and vies undocumented young people and our allies.
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Checking In During Covid-19
Today we check in with Ana Ramirez Zarate, David Carbajal, and Sandra Esmeralda de Anda on how they’ve navigated the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tuckered Out: Far Right Rant Shines Light on Immigration Progress
Fearmongering doesn’t change the need for a New Way Forward on immigration.