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After hours of testimony, Oceanside council directs staff to implement 'community trust' transparency and data protections
Summary
Following a marathon public hearing with more than 60 speakers, the council directed staff to implement a set of measures (Know Your Rights materials, limits on access to nonpublic city property without a warrant, data protections, OPD mutual-aid procedures and disclosures) and agreed to pursue a letter supporting a path to citizenship.
Oceanside — After more than two hours of public testimony and an organized presentation by local advocacy groups, the City Council on Sept. 17 directed staff to implement several measures intended to increase transparency around federal immigration enforcement and to limit local cooperation with immigration operations to the extent allowed by state and federal law.
Councilmembers Jimmy Figueroa and Deputy Mayor Eric Joyce introduced a multi-point package that staff and community groups had discussed in advance. The adopted directions, as read into the record, included: requiring multi-lingual "Know Your Rights" materials to be displayed…
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