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Recommendation to: 1) Direct City Attorney to draft a resolution entitled the Long Beach Values Act of 2017, affirming the City's commitment to the laws adopted in SB 54 (De Leon) and the City's continued support of the California Trust Act;
2) Direct City Manager, through the Office of Equity, to partner with local immigrant rights organizations, the Long Beach Sanctuary City Coalition, Centro Cha, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and Long Beach Unified School District, to write and present a local policy that expands on SB 54 in 60 days. Policy considerations should include:
· Protecting and advocating for local DACA and DREAMER students.
· Preventing future deportations of local residents.
· Examining partnerships with LA County for local legal defense fund.
· Protecting the confidentiality of local immigrant residents and their information, and ensuring no City resources are used to create registries based on religious affiliation, immigration status or any other protected class such as gender, sexual orientation, race, etc.
· Affirm an aggressive approach to advocating at the federal and
state level for pro-immigrant policies.
DISCUSSION
On February 7 of this year, the Long Beach City Council became the first city in California to support SB 54, the California Values Act.
With this month's adoption of SB 54, it is imperative the City of Long Beach re-affirm our support for this legislation. In addition, it is important to adopt a local policy that protects immigrants and expands on the protections in SB 54. As a vibrant, multi-cultural city, Long Beach's identity is linked to the hard work, entrepreneurship, and diversity of our immigrant communities and American-born residents.
Immigrants, and programs that support immigrants such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the LA Justice Fund, and others are important to the City of Long Beach. As directed by Presidential Executive Order in 2012, DAC...
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