Overview

• Dozens of demonstrations are set for North Bay and San Francisco Bay Area cities including Santa Rosa, Napa, Sonoma Valley, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.
• Organizers have timed the protests to coincide with President Trump’s birthday and a military parade marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C.
• Indivisible Sonoma County is urging participants to don red noses, big shoes and crazy wigs in a clown theme to satirize what they call authoritarian leadership.
• Santa Rosa and Napa County law enforcement agencies have increased staffing and held coordination meetings to ensure protesters can exercise their rights peacefully.
• The rallies follow recent immigration enforcement protests and drew added momentum from this week’s forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla at a federal news conference.