MariaElena De La Garza, CEO of the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, takes the threat of immigration agents coming to our community seriously. A Watsonville native from a family with mixed immigration status, she writes that the threat is “deeply personal.” Here, she issues a challenge to the community – get 1,000 Santa Cruz County families registered for a child safety plan. Having a plan would give kids and families a roadmap for what to do if a parent or family member gets deported. We have to do this, she says: “Let our legacy be one of courage, compassion and collective action.”
MaríaElena De La Garza
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Nuestros hijos merecen planes de seguridad si ICE viene a separar familias: Estemos listos como comunidad
Esta traducción fue generada utilizando inteligencia artificial y ha sido revisada por un hablante nativo de español; si bien nos esforzamos por lograr precisión, pueden ocurrir algunos errores de traducción. Para leer el artículo en inglés, haga clic aquí. “Cuando ves algo que no está bien, no es justo, no es correcto, tienes la obligación moral de […]
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Recurso de Fuerza: Watsonville council should vote yes on tiny homes project
MaríaElena De La Garza, chief executive officer of Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc., argues for Recurso De Fuerza, a tiny homes project set to build 32 units (34 beds) to help ease the unhoused crisis in Watsonville. The city council is due to vote on the project at its meeting Tuesday.
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Pajaro Valley Health Care District needs solid, continued leadership of Pimentel and Nájera
The fledgling Pajaro Valley Health Care District — cobbled together to protect the bankrupt Watsonville Community Hospital from closing — still has a momentous task ahead to reach stability for our community and its staff. A group of 10 well-respected public service professionals argue for the election of two current health care board representatives. Marcus Pimentel and Jasmine Nájera, both appointed by the board of supervisors to the jobs last year, are pivotal to the district’s future success, they write.