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Latest council meeting · Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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21July
2026
6.4 hours · 25 items

Regular City Council Meeting

  1. Most of the evening turned on two questions: whether to accept the police department's annual report on its military equipment, and whether to fight a county plan to house people leaving jail in Santa Ana.

    Police oversightParks & libraries

  2. The equipment report was accepted five votes to two, after one councilmember moved to reject it outright and told the council his cousin had been killed by police in 2021.

    Police oversightParks & libraries

  3. On the reentry centre the council was unanimous in opposition, but split openly over whether to negotiate with the county or fight it.

    Public safetyHomelessnessEnvironment & water
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