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.

While City Manager Mark Orme, City Clerk Debbie Presson, Police Chief Matt Madden all received raises, as did all Chico Police, regular city staff haven’t received a raise in 11 YEARS…

There is literally no downside to renewing the Shelter Crisis Declaration. There are no costs, only potential benefits. It’s time to rise above pandering to an ill-informed minority. It’s time to educate our citizens and demonstrate to the judge the city is taking his admonitions seriously. It’s time to protect our community from additional liability as we begin the process of sheltering people on city-owned land. It’s time to do the right thing for Chico.

Things that make you go huh 🤔 Chico spends 48.7% of it’s budget on the Police Department. By comparison, NYC spends 7.7%, Los Angeles 25.5% and Chicago comes in high at 37%….

Chico City Council violates Brown Act at 4-6-21 Meeting

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, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, 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.

𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨

Ever seen that joke office sign, "The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves?" It was amusing until we realized it’s the actual strategy the City of Chico is putting it into action against the homeless…

City and County finally rein in vigilante leader.

Gallery of pictures from the March 2nd City Hall Evictions Protest