Santa Rosa Unanimously Approves New Limits on City Cooperation With Federal Immigration Officials
The Nov. 10 vote further limits authorities' access to city property and records. Interim City Manager Jason Nutt said talks with the Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition after a contentious hearing two weeks earlier helped bring the policies forward.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (derivative work) / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
The Santa Rosa City Council on Nov. 10 unanimously approved a pair of policies aimed at curbing collaboration between city staff and federal immigration officials, further limiting authorities' access to city property and records, the Press Democrat reported.
The vote was met by applause from community members and immigration advocates, many of them members of the Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition, which has pushed for stronger local protections. In a contentious hearing just two weeks earlier, advocates had said the city's efforts did not go far enough. Interim City Manager Jason Nutt said conversations with community members and advocacy organizations since then had been crucial in bringing the two policies to the council. "I'm very thankful that (the City Attorney's Office was) able to take the feedback we heard," Nutt said, the newspaper reported.
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