Watch: How 'No Kings' Built a Pro-Democracy Coalition; City Falters on Housing as Danes Eye New Town in No. County; Chik-fil-A!
This week's Newsmakers TV episode offers a preview of Saturday's mass demonstrations, a look at the reaction to Cesar Chavez scandal, and a wrap-up of developments on the housing beat.
On Saturday, organizers of “No Kings” rallies throughout Santa Barbara County expect the largest crowds yet to turn out in opposition to the unbridled cruelty, corruption and chaos of the Trump regime.
On a new episode of Newsmakers TV, the Independent’s Christina McDermott returns with a preview of the third mass demonstration of the sprawling pro-democracy coalition organized by the grassroots group “Indivisible,” which is set to stage 3,000 protests across the nation, including rallies in Carpinteria, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and Solvang.
Christina also has the scoop on plans for a 4,000 unit new community proposed to be built in North County, the most startling development in a big week on the local housing beat; Indy colleague Ryan Cruz and News-Press Editor Josh Molina break down the latest at City Hall, where new data showed Santa Barbara lagging in its efforts to spur construction of units that working people can afford, while council members forked out more than $60,000 for a new consultant to lead the liberal majority’s contentious plan to impose rent control.
Plus: the culture war over Chik-fil-A surfaces in Goleta, and a look at how state and local jurisdictions responded to shocking revelations about the disgraced, late labor icon Cesar Chavez.
All this, right here, right now on Newsmakers TV.
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