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Monterey County unanimously votes to be a ‘welcoming county’

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By Sergio Berrueta

January 14, 2025 6:45 PM

Published January 14, 2025 5:53 PM

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The County of Monterey Board of Supervisors have voted to reestablish the county as a 'welcoming county' for immigrants and refugees. The resolution would reestablish the county with the designation after first signing a similar resolution back in 2017.

Not only does this reassure immigrants and undocumented workers and families are protect, but also approved $25,000 "Know Your Rights" ad campaign. This would create public service announcements about immigration rights for Spanish radio and television as well as across social media.

County of Monterey District 3 Supervisor Chris Lopez spoke on the resolution.

"Everyone's dependent on the Salad Bowl," Lopez said. "And it's time to start taking care of those people who've shown up to do the work rather than allowing them to be scapegoated and use fear as a tool against them when they came here with hope and a willingness to work hard to help us do what we do best."

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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