Protesters Toma Las Calles

Satanic Barbarians Unite!

You let these fools take an inch they will take a mile.

Pity party in SB.

Surf's Up. OR - when it is, is the only thing of relevance in today's society.

Ask Tom Curren.
Resident Pro Surfer in SB. Never worked a day in his life.

"Toma Las Calles marchers hoped to exhibit united white and Latino opposition to the injunction."

What about Asians and Blacks?

"Organizers chose to end the march at Saks because it was the scene of the fatal 2007 stabbing of Luis Angel Linares, the first in a string of public incidents that have led city officials to seek a gang injunction."

Nice gesture, shows that there is concern, but then theere's this:

"Toma Las Calles marchers hoped to exhibit united white and Latino opposition to the injunction."

Sorry muchachos/muchachas, you can't have it both ways. On the 1 hand you're saying you're against gang violence, but on the other hand you're opposed to a tool that would be used against gang members. Which is it? :) henry

I walked by this group while they were "doing whatever" in front of Saks.
I counted 4 police cars and several officers.
There was a somewhat disheveled group blocking the entrance to a successful employer of many local residents.
The entire sidewalk was blocked.
These facts and actions obviously relate directly to opposing the implementation of constitutional gang injunctions?
same old same old

The icecaps are melting and the ocean is rising. In about 100 years we will take over the streets of downtown S.B.

The group will have to change their name to "Toma las Mares".
I wonder if the futuristic Latino gangbangers will instead utilize boats?

To the above blogger the answer is a big fat "yesssssssss!"
All people in Santa Barbara will be living in boats. The wealth shall live on ships, and the less wealthy on catamarans. Car dealerships will be replaced by flotillas selling Evinrude boat accessories.

This will not be such a bad thing for the people living in Santa Barbara because it will go from being the "American Riviera" to the "American Venice". One must prepare for these changes or to put it another way "one must flow with the current".

By the way how old were you when you left Italy?...did you get to see Venice?

“Take the Streets” Ten years or so ago, when the war started, we had Saturday protest marches; they took the steets and tried for the freeway. Every Saturday, for a long time until either they saw how selfish they were or just got tired of giving up their Saturdays. The only thing they accomplished was to break the law, deplete the city’s general fund and stop funding for proactive crime prevention programs on both the east side and west side. The Christmas safe shopper detail was defunded as was the Westside bike patrol. These entitlement oriented people have not shown a will to keep their word or stay within the boundaries of free speech and assembling. They have tainted themselves. As the “Occupy” mentality has proven this last decade. Occupation is outside the 1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. These people have no idea that they are not the ones paying the bill or having services from first responders impeded. They should be required to get a special events permit if they do not communicate cyclically their message in a timely and orderly fashion; not infringing on the rights of others is the litmus test. I say take the streets maintain the streets and keep the sidewalks clear so regular people can pass unhindered. Also, stay out of the road to all you future take the street people that think wrecking some else’s day is cool.

I wish someone would have told them that law enforcement, and politicians do not want to prevent crime, they want to let it happen. They get more funds from scared taxpayers and rich people that way. They are even trying to build a bigger jail, because we "need" it. The truth is they have the Field of Dreams mentality "if you build it, they will come," and they will. It is not hard to lock people up, especially in these times. Change the laws (ala, three strikes style), and voila, you have a surplus of convicts. Incarceration has become a moneymaker for CA, and ultimately it comes out of the scared taxpayers pockets who believe that all these "hardened (place ethnicity you dislike or don't know much about here) gangbangers" are going to take over the streets. For some reason prevention is too costly or goes against most peoples principles, but a blind eye is always turned to the amount that is spent on incarceration and the problem that most of these cons are going to be when they get out. 75% of them don't get out with the right mentality and will be back. That could mean a short violation or a new term, either ways, guess who pays? Not the no job having convict doing push-ups in his cell.

JW: I agree with what you say and I will even take it a step further by pointing out that from what I see, these "occupiers" have no intention of actually addressing the problem in the most simple way--which is by voting out the politicians who have gotten us into this mess.

They talk all about how they are anti-war and anti-our ever-eroding-rights yet when it comes down to the moment of truth, they'll run and vote (with a few exceptions) for the Dear Leader Obama who supported the bailout, the revised Patriot Act of 2006, and the National Defense Authorization Act. (Not that Mitt Romney is any better)

P.S. I also agree with the post AZ2SB made.