Watch: What Did Bill Brown Know about ICE and When Did He Know It? Commuter Train Late Again; Monet on the Way
On a new edition of Newsmakers TV, Nick Welsh, Josh Molina and Ryan P. Cruz join the genial host to dig into the week's biggest local news stories in Santa Barbara.
California’s top cop this week chided Sheriff Bill Brown over problematic reports that document dealings between federal immigration agents and local law enforcement, amid ongoing community criticisms about ICE activity at the county jail.
Not great timing for a data snafu, Sheriff Bill.
On a new episode of Newsmakers TV, Nick Welsh reprises his reporting, which disclosed a letter to Brown from state Attorney General Rob Bonta, calling into question the sheriff’s low-ball reports about the number of transfers from county jail inmates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents - filings that themselves are at odds with statistics Brown’s department provided the Board of Supervisors.
Ryan P. Cruz breaks down his latest assessment of the scope, strategies and trend lines of ICE activity on Central Coast, with up-to-the-minute details on the most recent arrests carried out on the East Side, once again with no public statements or transparency of any kind by federal officials.
Josh Molina explains the latest, maddening announcement from regional transportation officials that the establishment of commuter train service linking Ventura and Goleta through Santa Barbara has been delayed — again! — and now is estimated to start in January at the earliest.
Plus: a startling announcement that one of Santa Barbara’s most venerable providers of services for homeless people will be closing its doors; the Historic Landmarks Commission prepares to rule on the Museum of Art’s outside-the-box plans to welcome a blockbuster Impressionist exhibition; and Jerry has thoughts about Trump trampling on the rule of law.
All this and more, right here, right now on Newsmakers TV.
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