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Palo Alto council votes unanimously to join San Francisco lawsuit challenging federal immigration directives
Summary
After closed session, the City Council directed the city attorney to join City and County of San Francisco's litigation challenging federal directives that threaten to withhold funds from jurisdictions limiting local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Vote was 7–0.
PALO ALTO — After returning from a closed session on Tuesday evening, the Palo Alto City Council announced it had directed the city attorney to take the necessary steps to join the City and County of San Francisco in a federal lawsuit challenging recent federal executive orders and administrative directives relating to immigration enforcement.
Mayor Loughing reported the council's direction to join the litigation, naming the case as City and County of San Francisco v. Trump, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, case number 25‑cv‑1350. "This challenges federal executive orders and administrative directives that threaten to withhold federal funds and initiate enforcement action against state and local government entities," the mayor said. The council characterized the action as taken "in compliance with the California Values Act."
The vote was unanimous, 7–0. Council members did not elaborate on the timetable for joining the litigation or the exact procedural steps for filing the City's notice of intervention or related pleading, but staff said the direction authorizes the city attorney to proceed.
