Arcata, California, to penalize officials who cooperate with Patriot Act

The San Francisco Chronicle is Reporting Arcata, that tiny North Coast bastion of the robustly liberal, has quietly made itself the first city in the nation to outlaw voluntary compliance with the USA Patriot Act.

Town leaders know their new law outlawing the bigger law is probably illegal. And they don’t know anyone local who’s had troubles because of the Patriot Act.