On Tuesday, February 27th, the City Council of Santa Cruz, CA put Santa Cruz on record as the first community in the country to officially oppose the use of preemptive military force against the sovereign country of Iran, whether overt or covert!

By a vote of 5 to 2, the Council passed the resolution below, which also included strong language about an immediate withdrawal from Iraq!

Over 75 community members attended, and many spoke on behalf of the resolution - the council also received dozens of emails and phone calls supporting them in taking this action - there were no negative public comments or messages received.