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Siskiyou Asian American Community Celebrates Restored Human Right to Water

After Recent Settlement Agreement, Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors Repeals Discriminatory Water Ordinances

Class Action Against County’s Sweeping Persecution Campaign Continues

YREKA, Calif. – Two years after Siskiyou County enacted a series of targeted ordinancesthat deprived thousands of Hmong American, Chinese American, and other Asian American residents of basic water for survival, hygiene, and wildfire defense, community members secured an important milestone this week in their fight to build a home, live safely, and raise their families without fear of bigotry and racist persecution by local officials.

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