Cudahy residents urge emergency declaration and eviction moratorium as ICE raids heighten school safety concerns

Cudahy — Residents, tenant advocates and a Los Angeles Unified School District board member urged the Cudahy City Council on Aug. 5 to declare a state of emergency and adopt a 60‑day moratorium on evictions, saying recent immigration enforcement activity has left families fearful, unable to work and reluctant to send children to school.

Advocates and several residents addressed the council during public comment, describing what they said were repeated immigration enforcement actions in the region and asking the city to take emergency steps to protect renters and small businesses. Jasmine Gonzalez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice said, “I urge Council to declare a state of emergency and vote on a 60 day emergency moratorium for evictions.”

The request echoed comments from other speakers. Grace Estrella of Communities for a Better Environment told the council that tenants and merchants are avoiding public life because of fear, and Irma Lopez, who identified herself as a Cudahy resident, said families have gone without work and that stress has led some to need hospital care. Email comments submitted for the record made identical…