After pushback from community members and Española Humane workers during its Feb. 22 meeting, the Española City Council abandoned proposed amendments to animal regulations in the city code, settling instead
In December 2021, the Española Police Department purchased a new subscription for facial recognition software from New York City firm Clearview AI, according to city receipts and documents.
Española City Councilors at their Oct. 26 meeting were presented with a well-thought out and reasoned proposal to change the qualifications and pay for the city’s municipal judge.
   The Española City Council unanimously voted at its April 13 meeting to amend a new ordinance allowing the use of off-highway vehicles (OHV) on city owned and controlled roads. The ordinance was heard and discussed during its first public hearing.
   The discussion leading up to the vote featured public comment from members of the OHV operators community and was tense at times as the council worked to clarify the ordinanceâs interaction with existing state law on the issue.
   Councilor Justin Salazar-Torres presented ordinance 2021-01, which has progressed through the Public Safety Committee and was advertised on March 18. The title of the ordinance allows all-terrain vehicles, but that was struck from the language of the law to only allow OHVs, which are operated with a steering wheel and non-straddled seating similar to cars or trucks.