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.

What does Kyle Rittenhouse have to do with Chico? Quite a lot, actually.

A spooky tale of the local cabal turning our city on itself.

Let the spin begin. Now that a federal judge has forced the Chico City Council to comply with the law, the right-wing PAC is springing into action to attempt to rehabilitate their crew. Of course, what they are saying is again not true…

In fact, 3 homeless people have been targeted and shot in the past month, and one was killed.

Rather than look for ways to address the issue, Citizens for a Safe Chico sent out a ghoulish, Halloween-ish email update full of misinformation, outright lies and plain old ugliness. Even more alarming, given recent violence against people on the streets, it again blames the victims rather than the city leaders that got us into this mess. 𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

Two videos about homelessness in Chico. One from Respectful Revolution, a full-length movie that brings you into Comanche Creek Park to meet the people who are living there, and a short we created to educate

Review our latest filings and learn more about why we formed a PAC

Last night, while being interviewed for a possible appointment to the city council, former police Chief O’Brien doubled down, saying he was all for enforcing the city homeless ordinances “as they are,” despite the fact the judge in the case against Chico has at least twice said those ordinances are “illegal as written.”

So it was refreshing to see a more rational perspective from another former Chico Police Chief, Mike Dunbaugh…

When the city council rounded up and evicted people from camps in the dead of winter, when not one Chico shelter was accepting new clients, they were warned repeatedly that it was illegal, not to mention cruel and immoral. Those actions led directly to the latest costly lawsuit, and yet it appears they have still learned nothing..

Chico City Attorney Vince Ewing, asked by Judge England to “define shelter” said, “shelter is a practically-available space for persons who are unhoused to go on a given day that would enable a city … to enforce its anticamping, sit/lie, and so forth ordinances.’ …

Oh, the irony. After the same PAC that got Denlay elected harassed Former Chico City Councilmember Scott Huber about a summer job until he was forced to resign both the job and his position, it appears their candidate hasn't lived in Chico since days after being sworn in.

The Chico News & Review has uncovered significant evidence that Kami and her family decamped from Chico back in December. Pictures shared on social media show the family celebrating Christmas in their Red Bluff home.