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Marin County executive says proposed budget will exclude sheriff’s SCAP funding as residents demand end to ICE cooperation
Summary
County Executive Derek Johnson told the Board of Supervisors his proposed budget will not include SCAP funding; public commenters urged the board to direct the sheriff to cease cooperation with ICE and to adopt a resolution to that effect. The board heard dozens of public speakers pressing for clear policy action.
County Executive Derek Johnson told the Marin County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 10 that the budget he will present to the board “does not include SCAP funding,” a decision he said followed ‘‘extensive conversations with stakeholders’’ (Derek Johnson).
The announcement came during a day of extended public comment in which dozens of residents, county employees and community groups urged the board to go further than the budget omission: many asked for a formal board resolution directing the Marin County Sheriff’s Office to end cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to stop practices such as publishing jail booking logs that commenters say expose people to federal enforcement.
Multiple speakers tied the issue to public safety and civil rights. One caller, identified on the record as Raqid, said a sheriff’s cooperation with ICE ‘‘is the type of violence that you guys are inviting’’ and urged the board to ‘‘stop cooperating with ICE’’ (public commenter Raqid). Other speakers praised the County Executive’s decision to omit SCAP funding from the proposed budget but called for explicit, enforceable local limits on sheriff cooperation.
Community organizations also described recent oversight activity: one online commenter said a Civilian Oversight Commission had formed an ad hoc subcommittee to investigate the SCAP program and recommended the board use its March truth-act hearing to seek sheriff disclosure of SCAP-related data consistent with SB 54 reporting requirements.
County Executive Johnson framed the decision as consistent with previously adopted county statements of support for immigrant communities, and he said staff are preparing an operational plan to support residents in the event of expanded federal enforcement activity. ‘‘We stand ready to be with our immigrant residents during times of uncertainty or challenges,’’ he told the board.
Board members did not take a final vote on a resolution at this meeting. Several supervisors thanked speakers and staff for the conversation; multiple callers asked the board to place a formal agenda item in March for a standing policy or resolution that would clarify whether and how local law enforcement engages with ICE.
What’s next: The board has not adopted a binding directive to the Sheriff’s Office at this meeting. Community groups asked the supervisors to place the matter on a future agenda—several suggested doing so at the March truth-act item or through the Civilian Oversight Commission’s ongoing review. County staff said they have drafted a contingency plan and referenced related oversight activity by local commissions.
