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A Partial transcript of the Measure H debate (Santa Barbara County split) held April 19 in Santa Ynez Valley.

All eyes on Atenco as a boy dies and police officers are beaten...this situation presents a crisis which legal observers, human rights activists and humanitarian organizations must watch closely...

Thousands took to the streets to protest HR 4437 that threatens to criminalize undocumented workers and seprate families.

Thursday, April 20 2006
Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) approved today by a 12-0-1 vote (Solvang abstained) an ambitious expenditure plan to extend for 30 years the current Measure D sales tax for transportation purposes set
to expire in 2010. Agreement on this plan represents a historic moment for SBCAG, capping a contentious and divisive process that pitted road maintenance against transit needs; South Coast against North County; local control versus regional projects; and freeway widening against commuter rail. When the dust settled, the Board emerged unified and most of the attending public erupted in cheers.

COPE Act poses immediate threat to “Community Access TV”, “Net Neutrality” and “Low Income, Rural, and Minority Communities--Redlining”. Washington legislators plan to fast-track full hearings of COPE late in April—Common Cause and other organizations offer quick and simple “Action Steps” the public can take to defeat this bill. Jump to www.mnn.org/saveaccess to see what these organizations say about the bill.

SBCAN/SBCORE will be hosting a debate and forum on 4/8 featuring all candidates for 2nd district county supervisor

Santa Barbara – March 25
Approximately 3,000 marchers braved the rain to make their voices be heard: “We want fair immigration laws which do not criminalize us!”. Responding to the most radical anti-immigrant bill in years, HR4437 just passed the House of Representatives in December 2005 after only two weeks of debate