- A paid organizer, Cipriano Vargas appears on the banner masthead of the Center for Policy Initiatives -CPI. Vargas authored “DEMANDS” to “Dismantle the racist Street Gang and Gang Intervention Units”.
- Vargas authored DEMANDS cuts of 54.9 million from local police budgets.
- Vargas called law enforcement “a resource to intimidate the community”
- Vargas called School Deputies a “school to prison pipeline”
- November 15, 2019, Cipriano Vargas not only made the motion to fire school resource officers (SROs) from Vista schools, he cast the deciding vote to fire our school deputies.
- Vargas was quoted saying, “The emotional stress and anxiety” that students face because of the presence of law enforcement, “Negatively impacts the learning outcomes of all students.”
- Cipriano Vargas is endorsed by politicians and organizations who also support defunding the police.
Related News and Sources
Invest in San Diego Families
https://cpisandiego.org/invest-in-san-diego-families-isdf/
CPI People’s Budget FY 2022
https://cpisandiego.org/sd-peoples-budget-fy22/
CPI People’s Budget One Page FY 2022
https://cpisandiego.org/research/sd-peoples-budget-one-pager-fy-2022/
Vargas implies that Vista Law Enforcement Officers are a resource to intimidate the community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_jrjZqJNxo
Cipriano Vargas uses the phrase, School to Prison Pipeline to refer to Law Enforcement Officers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5fKeh1q9bo
Cipriano Vargas Fires School Resource Officers 11 14 19 Audio Board Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYSxmwmUzbA&t=312s
Vista Unified Passes Resolution Embracing a New Border Vision
https://www.southernborder.org/vista_unified_school_district_passes_resolution_embracing_a_new_border_vision
ACCE: Cipriano Vargas
https://www.acceaction.org/cipriano_vargas