𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 "𝐂𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭" 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬

Details on the settlement agreement for the civil rights lawsuit against the city.

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.

ACLU issues scathing report; Chico cited as a case study for violating the civil rights of the unhoused. NY Times opinion and wage gaps

The proposal includes 177 Pallet Shelters. There is a lot to love about these shelters; they are non-congregate, giving people a space with a lockable door to protect their belongings. They include heating and air so people can manage the temperatures inside. They provide people with a modicum of privacy, which can be a major barrier to people being willing to enter congregate shelters. They take around an hour to set up or take down and fold virtually flat.

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.

Working together, and with another Cease and Desist letter, we were able to force the Chico City Council to roll back their illegal action disbanding the Climate Action Commission, and enact the Emergency Shelter Crisis Declaration, which protects the city from liability while sheltering on city-owned properties…

The city finally acknowledges what we’ve known all along and what the judge affirmed - the airport site “did not pass the straight face test.” Now, the city is about to kick 30-50 more people off that site who have been staying there in RVs and campers, including families with children

Two new yes-men appointed, high-density, low-income housing area rezoned for a new gas station, + more cronyism and cash giveaways,

We sent a letter to the council this morning and hope you will take a few minutes to review it, and perhaps send one yourself. The council appointees are as terrible as we would have expected from this council, shady no-bid contracts are being awarded to council cronies, City Attorney Ewing is updating the city’s anti-homeless ordinances to try to pull one over on the public(and the judge), and a right-wing Trump associate is being awarded another no-bid contract to provide services to the city. Phew. This is nuts even for Chico of late.