Council's "feel good" resolution is a nice sop to anti-war activists--but as mentioned above, required pressure. Much more needs to be done.
Anti-war activists need to remember that the City Council took 2 years to get together and pass a resolution urging "a plan" to get the troops out of Iraq (significantly weaker than Arcata City Council's resolution last summer).
I encourage folks to call City Council (423-5020) and demand:
1. Santa Cruz be declared an amnesty-for- war-resisters zone (perhaps a Warcriminal Free Zone?) which encourages locals not to be pressured into joining the illegal military occupation abroad
2. Suppport for school districts resisting recruitment efforts.
3. A long overdue accounting of how much money in City investments (tens of millions of dollars) is going to military or military-related projects.

I've asked City Council to look into these issues, even to simply get staff to issue an FYI on what the current situation is. Nothing happening.

Not even from Green Party guru Tim Fitzmaurice, SCAN-endorsed Ed Porter, and/or Labor hero Tony Madrigal.

If they heard from more constituents, they might feel more inclined to act.