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Residents urge council to oppose ICE assistance, fund immigrant relief and explain public-comment procedures
Summary
At two public-comment periods, residents asked the council to refuse local assistance to ICE, asked for a $100,000 emergency assistance fund for families affected by immigration enforcement, raised concerns about a redistricting lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act, and sought clearer rules about council responses during public comment.
Multiple residents used the meeting’s two public-comment periods to press the City Council on immigration enforcement, local process and redistricting.
Chris McLaughlin urged the council not to let local property-tax-funded policing support federal immigration enforcement, saying local funds should be reserved for public safety. Tasia Search, a 30-year resident, asked the council to pass a resolution calling on federal representatives to oppose ICE activity in the city…
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