In concert with scores of protests, marches and rallies around the globe on May Day—or International Worker’s Day—Watsonville and Santa Cruz took to the streets in solidarity with workers, and to show displeasure with the Trump administration.
Waving signs and chanting theirdisapproval of the president’s broad layoffs, defunding, cuts and illegal deportations as well as attacks on education and libraries, more than 200 people swarmed Watsonville Plaza for a string of speeches and to line Main Street to show their signs to the passing rush hour traffic.
“I am here because I am proud of Watsonville for showing up and I want us to hang together,” said Patty Reed of Pajaro as she waved her homemade sign reading ‘Americans Don’t Need Overlords.’ “I made a bunch of signs and I gave them away for free. They refer to Project 2025 message.”
Colleen Scobbe of Capitola said she has also been to several recent protests against the current White House.
“I am out here to represent all of these people who have lost jobs, the laws that have been broken, the truths that have been told that are lies, to regain our democracy and our Constitution,” she said. “We just have to show up over and over and over again and help our representatives and senators to get a backbone. You have to keep showing up. I’ve been to all of these protests; I’m going to keep showing up as much as I can.”
In Santa Cruz, about 100 people gathered at the Town Clock downtown and waved similar signs and heard speeches over a bullhorn honoring labor and at the same time denouncing Trump’s policies. The group eventually marched through downtown Santa Cruz to carry their message along Pacific Avenue.
Why aren’t these people working or going to school? Most of those shown in protesting photos are able bodied working age individuals. Why? Because they are fearful that Freeloading California is in deep trouble. Did you know that 99% of Medical funds come from federal dollars? That means that taxpayers and businesses across the US pay for Medical which California uses as a slush fund.
The thing is that after the budget is passed and the cuts are made it will be up to Sacramento to make up the funds that they decided to distribute for instance free medical for the undocumented. Newsome wants it Sacramento pays for it
Also no one outside of California cares if you protest and bash Trump so put your signs away and GET A JOB.