“If it had been Black Lives Matter it would’ve been approved in a heartbeat. “
No it wouldn’t. Upland is in deep financial doo doo. The city doesn’t have the resources to handle anything much less an assault by say BLM, or Antifa, whatever.
The guy who said no to any permit is recently appointed interim City Manager. He’s going to try to straighten out the mess the city is in until they get a new City Manager.
Upland just can’t afford to take the chance to issue a permit for any such assembly no matter the intent as they don’t have the financial resources should something go awry.
They were doing great when I left Chino in 1974. What happened?
BLM and Antifa don’t ask. They just do. Permits? We don need no steenk-eng permits!