Chico Makes National News Again for Human Rights Violations
The Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is partnering with the ACLU and others to draw attention to the human and civil rights violations taking place in the US as well as review relevant law, and Chico is the city they have chosen as an exemplar of poor leadership and bad policy leading to these violations.
City of Chico Employees Havenโt had a Raise in 11 Years
While City Manager Mark Orme, City Clerk Debbie Presson, Police Chief Matt Madden all received raises, as did all Chico Police, regular city staff havenโt received a raise in 11 YEARSโฆ
Why the Chico City Council Should Renew the Shelter Crisis Declarationโฆ
There is literally no downside to renewing the Shelter Crisis Declaration. There are no costs, only potential benefits. Itโs time to rise above pandering to an ill-informed minority. Itโs time to educate our citizens and demonstrate to the judge the city is taking his admonitions seriously. Itโs time to protect our community from additional liability as we begin the process of sheltering people on city-owned land. Itโs time to do the right thing for Chico.
Chico spends 48.7% of itโs budget on the Police Department.
Things that make you go huh ๐ค Chico spends 48.7% of itโs budget on the Police Department. By comparison, NYC spends 7.7%, Los Angeles 25.5% and Chicago comes in high at 37%โฆ.
Chico City Council Brown Act Violation
Chico City Council violates Brown Act at 4-6-21 Meeting
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) filed suit against the city of Chico on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento. LSNC previously warned the city they were out of compliance with the law and faced potential litigation back in January.
Nonetheless, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐ข๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, potentially losing the city hundreds of thousands in funding, and are now costing the city hundreds of thousands more to fight a lawsuit based on their specific decision to make people's live miserable.
๐๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ
๐๐ง๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ
Ever seen that joke office sign, "The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves?" It was amusing until we realized itโs the actual strategy the City of Chico is putting it into action against the homelessโฆ
City and County (Finally) Warn Off Vigilante Leader
City and County finally rein in vigilante leader.
Protests at City Council
Gallery of pictures from the March 2nd City Hall Evictions Protest
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