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Proposal to waive city facility fees for government agencies draws strong public pushback over ICE concerns
Summary
Vice Mayor Speake clarified his October request was intended as a limited, one-day-per-year waiver for RCTC to meet in Corona. Still, extensive public comment urged the council to explicitly prohibit federal immigration agencies (ICE) from using free city facilities; council ultimately approved staff’s recommended option to retain current fee structure while taking no immediate policy change.
A council member’s request to consider waiving city facility rental fees for government agencies prompted wide public comment focused on whether federal immigration agencies such as ICE could use city facilities free of charge.
Donna Finch, the city’s community services director, told council that facility rental fees are governed by the city’s master fee recovery schedule and that the city collected roughly $36,000 from other government agencies in fiscal year 2025. Staff presented four options ranging from keeping the current fee structure (Option 1) to eliminating fees for all government agencies (Option 2), eliminating the fee only for council chambers (Option 3), or another customized approach (Option 4). Staff’s recommendation was to keep the current…
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