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Agenda Item
5 26-0391 Subject: Reaffirming The City Of Oakland's Sanctuary City Policy
From: Councilmembers Wang And Gallo
Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance: (1) Reafffirming The City Of Oakland's Sanctuary City Policy (Collectively Found In Resolution Numbers 63950, 80584, 86498, 87036 C.M.S., And Ordinance Number 13515 C.M.S.); (2) Prohibiting The Use Of City Property For Non-City Purposes; (3) Setting Parameters For Responding To Civil Immigration Detainer And Notification Requests; And (4) Consolidating And Codifying These Provisions As Chapters Of The Oakland Municipal Code And Designating This Ordinance As The "City Of Refuge" Ordinance
I have been an Oakland resident for over 35 years, and fully support that Oakland has status as a sanctuary city. I am concerned, however, that this status means little for the public safety of our Oakland community if there is no concrete information about what specific relationship the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents.
Additionally, it is my understanding that there are many other issues regarding the OPD that have not been brought up for review, including civilanizing OPD jobs, OPD overtime, GPS in OPD vehicles, union contract negotiations and a proper evaluation of the MACRO program which is supposed to free up OPD officers to address serious crimes.
Again - I am glad that the Public Safety Committee is discussing the reaffirmation of our sanctuary city status. This is the time to determine what "City of Refuge" actually means to Oakland residents. We deserve to know.
Street Level Health Project supports the full Oakland City of Refuge Ordinance fully and for the City of Oakland to take a firm stance on protecting and defending immigrant communities at this time. This committee should adopt the full ordinance because internal consistency matters in lawmaking.The draft says city services should not depend on citizenship status. It says city employees should not use city resources to enforce federal civil immigration law. It says ICE should not enter non-public city areas without a judicial warrant. It says city property should not be used to assist federal immigration enforcement. Once the ordinance says all of that, it would make no sense to leave detention-related cooperation under defined. The civil detainer provisions prevent that inconsistency. There should be no loopholes or inconsistencies that undermine the full protection needed for our communities. We have seen in our county how joint operations have led to immigration enforcement transfers in the process and at times this has also meant collateral arrests. They align detention-related decisions with the ordinance's broader command: Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft. Thank you.
This committee should adopt the full ordinance because internal consistency matters in lawmaking. The draft says city services should not depend on citizenship status. It says city employees should not use city resources to enforce federal civil immigration law. It says ICE should not enter non-public city areas without a judicial warrant. It says city property should not be used to assist federal immigration enforcement. Once the ordinance says all of that, it would make no sense to leave detention-related cooperation undefined. The civil detainer provisions prevent that inconsistency. They align detention-related decisions with the ordinance's broader command: Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft. Thank you.
I have lived in Oakland for over a decade, and 3 of my children and their families have lived here twice as long. Oakland's ability to welcome and integrate all sort of people is, I believe, our greatest strength and should be fiercely protected.
Please advance the full City of Refuge Ordinance to the City Counsel. Thank you.
I support the full City of Refuge Ordinance. I'm proud that Oakland is a sanctuary city, and we should reaffirm this status at a time when immigrants are under attack from the federal government. I also support the provisions in the ordinance that prohibit the use of city property and resources for the purposes of aiding immigration enforcement actions by ICE and other agencies.
I support the full City of Refuge Ordinance because it commits to a single, enforceable structure across city government. It protects access to city services, limits ICE access to non-public city space without a judicial warrant, and bars the use of city property and city staff to support federal immigration enforcement.
Complete protection means protecting people at every stage, including through the civil detainer provisions. The ordinance and subsequent protection for residents regardless of citizenship status should apply to city services, city property, city employees, non-public spaces, and detention-related decisions.
This ordinance as drafted in full makes clear that Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft of the ordinance. Thank you!
I have been an Oakland resident for over 35 years, and fully support that Oakland has status as a sanctuary city. I am concerned, however, that this status means little for the public safety of our Oakland community if there is no concrete information about what specific relationship the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents.
Additionally, it is my understanding that there are many other issues regarding the OPD that have not been brought up for review, including civilanizing OPD jobs, OPD overtime, GPS in OPD vehicles, union contract negotiations and a proper evaluation of the MACRO program which is supposed to free up OPD officers to address serious crimes.
Again - I am glad that the Public Safety Committee is discussing the reaffirmation of our sanctuary city status. This is the time to determine what "City of Refuge" actually means to Oakland residents. We deserve to know.
Street Level Health Project supports the full Oakland City of Refuge Ordinance fully and for the City of Oakland to take a firm stance on protecting and defending immigrant communities at this time. This committee should adopt the full ordinance because internal consistency matters in lawmaking.The draft says city services should not depend on citizenship status. It says city employees should not use city resources to enforce federal civil immigration law. It says ICE should not enter non-public city areas without a judicial warrant. It says city property should not be used to assist federal immigration enforcement. Once the ordinance says all of that, it would make no sense to leave detention-related cooperation under defined. The civil detainer provisions prevent that inconsistency. There should be no loopholes or inconsistencies that undermine the full protection needed for our communities. We have seen in our county how joint operations have led to immigration enforcement transfers in the process and at times this has also meant collateral arrests. They align detention-related decisions with the ordinance's broader command: Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft. Thank you.
This committee should adopt the full ordinance because internal consistency matters in lawmaking. The draft says city services should not depend on citizenship status. It says city employees should not use city resources to enforce federal civil immigration law. It says ICE should not enter non-public city areas without a judicial warrant. It says city property should not be used to assist federal immigration enforcement. Once the ordinance says all of that, it would make no sense to leave detention-related cooperation undefined. The civil detainer provisions prevent that inconsistency. They align detention-related decisions with the ordinance's broader command: Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft. Thank you.
I have lived in Oakland for over a decade, and 3 of my children and their families have lived here twice as long. Oakland's ability to welcome and integrate all sort of people is, I believe, our greatest strength and should be fiercely protected.
Please advance the full City of Refuge Ordinance to the City Counsel. Thank you.
I support the full City of Refuge Ordinance. I'm proud that Oakland is a sanctuary city, and we should reaffirm this status at a time when immigrants are under attack from the federal government. I also support the provisions in the ordinance that prohibit the use of city property and resources for the purposes of aiding immigration enforcement actions by ICE and other agencies.
I support the full City of Refuge Ordinance because it commits to a single, enforceable structure across city government. It protects access to city services, limits ICE access to non-public city space without a judicial warrant, and bars the use of city property and city staff to support federal immigration enforcement.
Complete protection means protecting people at every stage, including through the civil detainer provisions. The ordinance and subsequent protection for residents regardless of citizenship status should apply to city services, city property, city employees, non-public spaces, and detention-related decisions.
This ordinance as drafted in full makes clear that Oakland will not be part of civil immigration enforcement except in the narrow circumstances the law expressly allows. Please approve the full draft of the ordinance. Thank you!