[Updated: Fri., June 27, 2025, 2pm]
One week after 47 speakers persuaded Lompoc City Council to reverse a vote to slash the Chamber of Commerce’s economic development work, an impassioned crowd of 50 childcare workers overcame a Lompoc Unified School District staff recommendation to hire a for-profit, out-of-state corporation to replace them.
In both cases, novice speakers held back (or failed to hold back) tears as they addressed a microphone for the first time in their lives.