Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an ordinance on Thursday codifying components of her Executive Directive 17 to protect the city from federal immigration enforcement.
The ordinance requires signage at City-owned lots or areas with open space stating the property may not be used for staging, processing, or operations purposes by immigration enforcement agents. It also requires City departments to physically secure their sites to restrict unauthorized access by federal agents to non-public areas of City facilities, and requires City contractors and bidders to disclose data sharing agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Bass originally issued Executive Directive 17 in February to build on the City's efforts to combat federal overreach by the Trump administration and to prohibit the use of City property for staging of immigration enforcement actions. Earlier this year, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a motion to codify the directive, seconded by Councilmembers Hugo Soto-MartÃnez, Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, Curren Price, and Bob Blumenfield. The motion was adopted unanimously, and the City Council approved the draft ordinance for the Mayor's signature.
"The immigration raids may have left our daily headlines, but they haven't stopped. We cannot let our guard down," said Mayor Bass. "That's why I'm proud that critical components of my Executive Directive 17 will be enshrined in City code. City government must be a source of trust and protection for the people we serve."
Bass is also scheduled to speak at 6:15 PM at an event highlighting the Korean American community's contributions to Los Angeles.