Santa Ana councilmembers voted to drop work on a proposed policy that would have required the city’s Police Department to publicly post alerts about federal immigration enforcement activity.
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Discussing the letter during a closed session on Tuesday, June 17, the council voted 5-2, with councilmembers Benjamin Vazquez and Johnathan Hernandez opposed, to kill the proposal now. Councilmembers had asked city staff previously for more information about how the policy would work and what could be the implications.
“After reviewing the legal analysis and potential criminal liability and consequences to staff and elected officials, the council voted to discontinue further work on the councilmember-generated policy proposal,” City Attorney Sonia Carvalho reported out of the closed session.
Stupid is as stupid does..
They finally figured out that Fed money is drying up.
A rational decision … at last.