Santa Maria City Council

Assistant City Manager Chuen Wu says they’ll be accepting applications until March 26. But, there’s no guarantee that the city council will pick someone from that application pool.

In a phone interview with KCBX, Carlos Escobedo said he thinks people may make assumptions about the timing of his resignation.

Audience members also chanted “shame” after the Santa Maria City Council voted against creating an ad hoc committee on immigration issues.

At a Santa Maria City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilmember Gloria Soto opened her comment with disappointment. “ I was extremely underwhelmed by what I read,” Soto said in response to a new resolution expressing support for the city’s immigrant community.