Hundreds of people gathered on West Figueroa Street on Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to many Santa Barbara seniors’ “lifeline”: social security.
Protesters leeched onto the street outside of the Social Security Administration Office, holding cardboard signs declaring, “Hands Off Our Social Security!” alongside the familiar, punny insults often flung at the Trump administration.
More than 50 percent of seniors in America rely on social security for all or most of their income, said Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, president of the Social Security Works PAC, who led the event organized by Indivisible Santa Barbara .