November 12, 2024
WHEREAS, there is new leadership in the Fullerton, Irvine, and Santa Ana City Councils as a result of the 2024 elections; and
WHEREAS, the priorities and needs of the students and residents of Orange County have not changed; and
WHEREAS, police departments continue to ravage our communities, with Santa Ana PD using excessive force against the unhoused, Fullerton PD continuing to employ murderers, and Irvine PD actively infiltrating popular movements and supporting the violent and illegal response by the UCPD to the UCI encampment; and
WHEREAS, through investments and partnerships, most cities – including Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Irvine – continue to fund and be complicit in the genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestine; let it be
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the City Councils of Fullerton, Santa Ana, and Irvine (collectively the “City Councils”) to demilitarize by revoking their AB 481 policies and not passing new policies under AB 481, which automatically denies police departments the ability to acquire or use military equipment; and let it be further
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the City Councils to work toward lessening the number of police in the Cities’ respective police departments, replacing them with professionals trained to handle specific categories of incidents; and let it be further
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the City Councils to refuse to renew, and not to enter into, any future “mutual aid” agreements with other city or university police departments, or with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department or California Highway Patrol; and let it be further
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the City Councils to require their police departments to immediately cease the sweeping of unhoused encampments; and let it be further
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the Irvine City Council to require the Irvine Police Department not to deploy in response to any nonviolent protest, or any protest on a university campus; and let it be further
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the City Councils to immediately divest from all companies that financially and materially support the genocide in and occupation of Palestine; and
RESOLVED, that Titan YDSA calls on the Irvine and Fullerton City Councils to immediately pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Palestine.
This resolution was passed unanimously by the membership of Titan YDSA.