Join us in person or online for a Special City Council Meeting on Immigration on Thursday, July 31. Community members are encouraged to stay engaged by attending in person, watching the livestream, or submitting comments. Spanish interpretation will be provided.
For more information, visit Immigration Resource.
The agenda will be posted July 30 or sooner on City Council Meetings
Public Comment
Public comments may be made in person, via Zoom, or by email. Comments submitted by email should be sent to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the start of the Council Meeting. All emailed comments will be provided to City Council and included in the public record.
Watch live on Channel 18, on YouTube, or on the City Council page of the City’s website.
Acompáñanos en persona o en línea para la Reunión Especial del Concejo Municipal sobre Inmigración el jueves 31 de julio. Invitamos a los miembros de la comunidad a mantenerse participativos asistiendo en persona, viendo la transmisión en vivo o enviando comentarios. Se proporcionará interpretación al español.
Para más información, visita Recursos sobre Inmigración.
Comentario público
Los comentarios públicos pueden hacerse en persona, por Zoom o por correo electrónico. Los comentarios enviados por correo electrónico deben enviarse a Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov antes del inicio de la reunión del Concejo Municipal. Todos los comentarios enviados por correo electrónico se proporcionarán al Concejo Municipal y se incluirán en el registro público.
La agenda se publicará el 30 de julio o antes en Reuniones del Concejo Municipal.
Ve la sesión en vivo por el Canal 18, en YouTube, o en la página del Concejo Municipal en el sitio web de la Ciudad.
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I just read this interesting news story.
“Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents
Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals
Sam Levin
Mon 28 Jul 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/doj-la-protesters-false-claims
US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian.
The officers’ testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with “assaulting” and “impeding” federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers’ inaccurate reports, court records show.
The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.
The rapid felony dismissals are a major embarrassment for the Trump-appointed US attorney for southern California, Bill Essayli, and appeared to be the result of an unusual series of missteps by the justice department, former federal prosecutors said.
The Guardian’s review of records found:
Out of nine “assault” and “impeding” felony cases the justice department filed immediately after the start of the protests and promoted by the attorney general, Pam Bondi, prosecutors dismissed seven of them soon after filing the charges.
In reports that led to the detention and prosecution of at least five demonstrators, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents made false statements about the sequence of events and misrepresented incidents captured on video.
One DHS agent accused a protester of shoving an officer, when footage appeared to show the opposite: the officer forcefully pushed the protester.
One indictment named the wrong defendant, a stunning error that has jeopardized one of the government’s most high-profile cases.”
Search “Dropped cases against LA protesters” for more coverage. It’s definitely not being covered widely.
ANON – it is truly great to see these cases dropped. A read a great article the other day about a federal prosecutor screaming at a grand jury so loud it could be heard in the hallway because they refused to indict any protestors, also based on lack of evidence and confirmed lies by the ICE agents.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198346/donald-trump-lawyer-los-angeles-protesters-ice-charged
The LA Times ran the original article but it has a paywall.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/protester-charges-essayli
So, not only are ICE agents covering their faces and not identifying themselves as they rip innocent human beings away from their families, they are also LYING about it.
This entire administration is built on lies and supported by people who are either too dumb to question them or actually support lying to the American people in order to carry out violence and terror on hard working people and their families.
What you should be doing is holding a special meeting on all these crazy electric motorcycle riders that are out of control.
Instead of something you have no control over.
Political posturing. For votes.
BASIC – have you ever lived in Santa Barbara? You new here? Since when has any liberal politician needed to “posture” for liberal votes, especially in the face of our nation’s most barbaric and un-American president in history.
LOL you really think Santa Barbarans need to be convinced to vote blue at this point?
Back to Orange County with you!
News flash: not everyone who lives in Santa Barbara and who grew up here is an ultra-liberal. I know it’s hard for some to comprehend. You just have to not have a close-minded mentality, that’s all. Far left is far left.
BASIC – “News flash: not everyone who lives in Santa Barbara and who grew up here is an ultra-liberal.”
Uh…. yeah. And? Talk about irrelevant LOL! I know plenty of native Cons, never said there weren’t. Are you sure you understood the meaning of the words I typed? Nah, of course not.
Just responding to your previous comment. You come off as a really angry fellow. Didn’t someone else here yesterday say you’d argue with a log or something like that…spot on. I think Antioch “university” has some online law courses. Might be a good vent for you to use your arguing time. Otherwise you’re just cluttering up this site constantly with pointless hatred and garbage, which isn’t at all of value.
BASIC – In no way did you “respond.” The fact that there are some conservative and even MAGA voters in SB is irrelevant. The fact is, this is a very liberal town, always has been, regardless of the few MAGAts like you who showed up.
Again, since you missed it, my point is that, especially in this political climate, liberal SB politicians could do absolutely nothing and still be elected, much less needing to “posture” for votes. Read that again and think about it. With your brain, I mean.
And nope, I’m not angry, I just thoroughly enjoy calling out liars and bigots like you. You don’t get to post hateful BS and outright lies without being exposed.
Cue the bigots, with whatabouts and nonsense.
Thanks to the council for having the well-being of residents in mind, in the face of the fascist behavior we’ve all seen from federal agencies.