Meet the two moms behind Scotts Valley’s new pro-democracy group
After the killings by federal immigration officers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two U.S. citizens, moms Holley Gilliland and Jess Florence decided they wanted to work together and take action in their own city of Scotts Valley, rather than drive down Highway 17. They have since spearheaded three other events, slowly building their new pro-democracy group that has close ties to Indivisible Santa Cruz County, called Scotts Valley Democracy Rising. Read more from Caly Luna Plowman.
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