I certainly did and your original comment was not referring to the anarchist-type that shows up at any and all protests which was the prominent part of the article... and yes, I have most certainly been to Santa Cruz, many times, we have good friends who live there and I grew up in California......
My response to said poster; was that was probably not likely; but more likely they were the anarchists (who were rioting); as illegals tend to not go around painting anarchist signs.