State Senate Approves (27-12) Statewide Sanctuary Bill SB 54 With Amendments, Advancing It To Assembly
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(April 4, 2017) -- As linked on our front page and flashed immediately after the vote, the CA state Senate voted 27-12 on April 3 to approve and advance to the Assembly SB 54, the "Statewide Sanctuary" bill.
Among LB-area lawmakers, State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D, LB-Huntington Park) voted "yes" and state Sen. Janet Nguyen (R, SE LB-Western OC) voted "no."
The measure, amended Mar. 29 (details below) would generally forbid state and local law enforcement agencies, school police and security departments from investigating, interrogating, detaining, detecting, reporting or arresting persons for immigration enforcement purposes. Recent amendments, proposed by SB 54's author state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin deLeon (D, Los Angeles), address some of the issues raised by law enforcement (although three agencies remain opposed, see below).
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The amendments: (1) allow local law enforcement to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and transfer people of ICE, without a warrant, if the person was previously deported for a violent felony; 2) allow response to notification request from ICE and releasing date information if that information is available to the public; 3) allow ICE to interview people in custody or transfer to federal immigration authorities if there is a judicial warrant; 4) clarify that local law enforcement can participate in a joint task force so long as immigration enforcements not the "primary" purpose; and 5) add public libraries to the list of places that are safe zones.
To view SB 54's most recent full text, click here. To view the full Senate Floor Legislative Analysis of the measure, click here.
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On Feb. 7, the LB City Council voted 7-0 (Mungo and Andrews present earlier, exited before the item) to support SB 54 before the amendments were added.
The Senate Floor Legislative Analysis lists Support/Opposition (as of Mar. 30) as follows:
SUPPORT:
Abriendo Puerta/Opening Doors
AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
Alliance San Diego
American Academy of Pediatrics, California
American Civil Liberties Union
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-California
Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Asian Law Alliance
ASPIRE
Bill Wilson Center
California Adolescent Health Collaborative
California Association for Bilingual Education
California Central Valley Journey for Justice
California College and University Police Chiefs Association
California Faculty Association
California Federation of Teachers (CFT), AFL-CIO
California Health + Advocates
California Immigrant Policy Center
California Labor Federation
California La Raza Lawyers Association
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Californians for Justice Education Fund
Californians for Safety and Justice
Californians Together Coalition
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Central American Resource Center-Los Angeles
Centro Laboral de Graton
Children’s Defense Fund-CA
Courage Campaign
CREDO
Drug Policy Alliance
Equality California
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles
Evergreen Teachers Association
Faith in the Valley
Filipino Youth Coalition
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice
Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Coalition
Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
La Raza Roundtable de California
Latino and Latina Roundtable
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Mi Familia Vota
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project
MomsRising
Monument Impact
Muslim Student Association West
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles
North County Immigration Task Force of San Diego
National Council of Jewish Women California
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
National Immigration Law Center
Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress
Nikkei Progressives
Orange County Immigrant Youth United
Our Family Coalition
Pangea Legal Services
Peace and Freedom Party of California
PolicyLink
RISE San Luis Obispo
San Diego Dream Team
San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium
San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association
San Joaquin Immigrant Youth Collective
Santa Cruz County Immigration Project
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network
SEIU California
SEIU Local 1021
Somos Mayfair
South Asian Network
Students Matter
Tongan American Youth Foundation
The Children’s Partnership
The Utility Reform Network
Training Occupational Development Educating Communities Legal Center
UDW/AFSCME Local 3930
UNITE HERE
UPLIFT
Village Connect, Inc.
Voices for Progress Education Fund
Warehouse Worker Resource Center
Western Center on Law and Poverty
YWCA Glendale
A number of individuals
OPPOSITION:
California Peace Officers’ Association
California State Sheriffs’ Association
San Bernardino County Sheriff
A number of individuals
SB 54 now moves to the Assembly, where it already has several co-authors.
