A Future to Believe In Santa Maria, CA on 5/28

[silvershadow]

A Future to Believe In Santa Maria, CA on 5/28
OFFICIAL EVENT
Join Bernie Sanders for a rally in Santa Maria, California.

This event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are strongly encouraged. Admission is first come, first served.

For security reasons, please do not bring bags and limit what you bring to small, personal items like keys and cell phones. Weapons, sharp objects, chairs, and signs or banners will not be allowed through security. Public transit is offered via public bus lines 5 & 6 to stop at Broadway at Morrison (Santa Maria High School stop). Limited on-site parking is available, carpooling is strongly encouraged.

DOORS OPEN:10:30 a.m.
DATE:Saturday, May 28, 2016
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HOST:Bernie Sanders
LOCATION:Santa Maria High School, Wilson Stadium (Santa Maria, CA)
901 S Broadway
Santa Maria, CA 93454
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https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/rally/gpg4rz

[SunSeeker]

1. Please stop spamming the California group with Sanders announcements that belong in GDP or BS Group.

I would imagine most of us in this group have already voted by mail anyway. I did:

[silvershadow]

2. I checked. Your dramatic characterization is inaccurate. nt

[SunSeeker]

6. You are turning the California Group into GDP. Not cool.

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[SunSeeker]

8. Oh please. Another Sanders rally is not an "important event for California."

What you are doing is very transparent. You are posting in the California Group to get Sanders campaign announcements on the front page.

[silvershadow]

9. Wow. Not worthy of a response.

[Retrograde]

10. It'll all be over soon.

Your county uses a different ballot format than mine - our default ballots are all in English and Spanish!

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. I know that town well

Santa Maria even though its in Santa Barbara county and its second largest city is rather conservative as compared to the city of Santa Barbara. A lot of military and sub contractors live there and work at the bases and surrounding support businesses. It has a large farming and migrant worker population, it grows strawberries and other crops year

I find it interesting the campaign chose it. There are I think 3 major high schools but that one is the largest for a population of 100,000. so the gym is not Texas size.

It is fairly close to San Luis Obispo which is not as large 45,000 but does have Cal Poly college and the town is very liberal. 30 min drive to Santa Maria. Santa Barbara is almost a one hour drive.

Thanks for the heads up.... I wonder what the turnout will be.

[silvershadow]

4. Thanks for your insightful comments. I too am interested in the turnout. Glad

you found the post useful!

[hopemountain]

5. the population demographics have somewhat

changed - many residents work and commute to santa barbara and goleta - housing is less expensive and shopping, too.

but, yes - military and subcontractors who are unable to find housing in limited lompoc and are flabbergasted by the cost of living in the santa ynez valley or santa barbara.

many of the old ranching and farming families still live there.

however, the most significant population which continues to increase are the farmworker families that have remained and are now generational.

perhaps campaign staff chose it to reach out to a marginalized working class community. also, alan hancock college is an integral component of the community economic base.