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Supervisors unanimously update sanctuary-city policy to add narrow exceptions and new procedures
Summary
After negotiations with Sheriff Hennessy and immigrant-rights advocates, the Board amended and unanimously passed revised sanctuary-city and due-process language clarifying exceptions for notification/detention and adding procedural safeguards.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved amendments on May 24 to the city’s sanctuary-city policy that update when local law enforcement may respond to federal immigration notification or detention requests.
Supervisor John Avalos introduced the amendment, and Vicki Hennessy, the San Francisco Sheriff, worked with supervisors and advocates to negotiate specific carve-outs and procedural safeguards. The measure removes obsolete language from the 1989 ordinance and aligns local practice with changes in federal…
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