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Please publicly post this as part of the Supplemental Material for Monday's Agenda, Item 14
Proposed PASADENA CITY COUNCIL Actions.docx
The Mayor and I will be asking consideration of the attached DRAFT motion in response to the Information Item listing potential actions already enacted by other jurisdictions. Only Item 12 is not specifically based on items in the Agenda Report but is congruent with them.
Councilmember, District 2
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Proposed PASADENA CITY COUNCIL Actions
to Mitigate the Impacts of Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement Overreach on City Resources, Property, and Community Safety WHER
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The City of Pasadena is committed to promoting public safety, protecting community trust, and ensuring that all residents can access City services without fear; and
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he City has an interest in maintaining authority over the use of its property, resources, personnel, and contractual relationships; and E
vidence of unconstitutional, illegal, reckless and cruel activities by Federal Homeland Security personnel has generated both fear and protests that directly affect Pasadena residents and their City government,
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ecent local government actions across California and other jurisdictions have identified operational, fiscal, and community impacts associated with the use of municipal property, facilities, and relationships in connection with federal civil immigration enforcement activities; and
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he Pasadena City Council seeks to evaluate and implement appropriate administrative practices, policies, and ordinances to clarify City procedures, strengthen transparency, and protect City assets while complying with applicable federal, state, and local law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PASADENA:
1. Ci
ty Property Use Limitations
Directs the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to develop and implement administrative policies limiting the use of City-owned or City- controlled property — including parking lots, vacant lots, garages, and non-public portions of City facilities — for use as staging areas, processing locations, or operations bases for civil immigration enforcement activities, consistent with
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applicable law and recognizing exceptions for judicial warrants, criminal enforcement, and existing contractual rights.
2. Property Identification, Signage, and Access Controls Directs the City Manager to:
• identify City properties that have been used or may be susceptible to such uses;
• develop and deploy standardized signage clarifying permitted uses of City property; and
• implement reasonable access control measures, including physical barriers where appropriate.
3. Employee and Contractor Reporting Protocol
Directs the City Manager to establish procedures requiring City employees and contractors to report attempted or actual use of City property for civil immigration enforcement staging, processing, or operational purposes through appropriate supervisory channels.
4. Ban on Use of City Property
Directs the City Manager, with assistance from the City Attorney, to evaluate a ban on any use of City property by civil law enforcement entities for staging, processing, or operational purposes, including identification of legal constraints and administrative considerations.
5. Transparency and Documentation of Federal Enforcement Activity Requests that the City Manager work with the Chief of Police to review and, where appropriate, update Pasadena Police Department protocols regarding officer presence at civil immigration enforcement scenes, including:
• documentation practices;
• supervisory identification of federal personnel when feasible; • evidence preservation;
• medical response;
• public communication and de-escalation practices; and
• procedures for receiving and documenting public complaints regarding potential unlawful conduct.
6. Evidence Preservation, Referral, and Public Reporting Directs the City Manager and Chief of Police to evaluate mechanisms for preserving documentation of relevant incidents, establishing referral pathways to appropriate authorities where warranted, and providing periodic aggregated reporting consistent with legal requirements.
7. Monitoring of Federal Agent Identification Requirements Directs the City Manager and City Attorney to monitor the status of state and federal law regarding law enforcement identification requirements and to report back on any City policy or coordination actions that may be appropriate.
8. Private Property Policy Options
Directs the City Manager, with assistance from the City Attorney and Planning Department, to study and report back on potential regulating of private property use for civil immigration enforcement activities, including any land-use, fiscal, or regulatory tools and associated legal considerations.
9. Contractor Disclosure Requirements
Directs the City Manager and City Attorney to evaluate and, if appropriate, return with draft ordinance language requiring disclosure by City contractors and bidders of contracts or agreements with the Department of Homeland Security including specificity as to the federal agency within the department, the nature of the work, and the terms of compensation. The ordinance should require bidders to disclose all third-party data sharing. These requirements should also be incorporated into all new contracts, consistent with procurement law.
10. Publish a Comprehensive Webpage of Resources
Directs the City Manager to compile a comprehensive inventory of relevant public and community resources for the community that is regularly updated, similar to the “Protecting Chicago” site for that City. City Departments and Agencies shall also make available to the public similar printed and posted materials regarding the rights of employees, tenants, and security staff.
11. Private Property Signage
Directs the City Manager, working with the City Attorney, to develop appropriate language for signage that landowners and leaseholders could display to delineate the non-public areas of the property in which the landowner or leaseholder wishes to restrict activities related to civil immigration enforcement, including for hospitals, clinics, churches, schools and daycare programs.
12. Consideration of Establishing Certified Monitoring Protections Directs the City Manager to work with the City Attorney and Police Chief to meet with organizations currently engaged in lawful monitoring of immigrant enforcement to explore regular liaison and communication. This would include consideration of the potential for certifying trained observers (similar to a press pass) to foster lawful exercise of the right to monitor immigration enforcement activities with the goal of ensuring orderly and peaceful interaction between Pasadena Police and citizen monitors without infringing on the rights of any citizen to exercise their rights.
13. Implementation Report
Directs the City Manager to coordinate interdepartmental implementation planning and return to the City Council within 30 days with:
• administrative policy recommendations;
• draft ordinances or resolutions where appropriate;
• legal analysis of proposed actions; and
• implementation timelines.
The City Manager shall also be responsible for regular public updates to the City Council and Civilian Police Oversight Commission regarding implementation of these policies and actions.
Motion Introduced by ___________________________
Seconded by ___________________________________
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Why would Pasadena politicians want to harbor criminals? You can't even keep our streets safe from homeless people! If you want to be Like LA go there! LA is against ICE to keep the taxpayers from hearing about their illegal activities, money laundering etc.
Also, if an Illegal Alien injures or kills a Pasadena resident, will the taxpayers have to pay due to your terrible policy?
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It constantly amazes me how cities continue to protect and support illegals who shouldn't be here.
Cities who don't put the safety of their citizens first.
It's clear that it's personal political hatred.
You're supposed to be protecting us, not exposing us to danger.
You need to work with ice and dhs to clear out those who don't belong here. You've caused a total division of residents and have made it unsafe.
Everyone I know have boycotted businesses announcing their hatred of ice and refusal to serve them. So their Loss.
If local officials cooperate with ice, who are following the Law, there wouldn't be all this division.
Your dereliction of duty to protect citizens is unacceptable.
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Sir...I understandyourparticulartestimony of coming here undocumented and all you and your family went through to become such valuable Americans, but I as a citizen and Pasadena homeowner want you to know that I am for ICE....so many jobs, public monies, businesses, etc. have been compromised because of undocumented migrants.......all the street vendors etc......too many blowers and mowers taking over the peace of neighborhoods, etc. Anyway, thankyou for example of humility and hard work, etc. but I want to honor our immigration laws and ICE is authorized to do such....the incredible protestations and civil disobedience ot ICE has incresased the reaction and trouble... I write this to let you know that there are many of us who are for ICE.
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Dear Mayor Victor Gordo Vice Mayor Rivas and Honorable Councilmembers, As we are all aware of the current political climate of tension and division in the US, the murders of US citizens by ICE , the deplorable attacks on underage Latin youth working at the target store by some cowards in uniform that believe they are untouchable and feel empower by this disgraceful federal administration, these cowards should be sent to Life in prison.
It is now more important than ever to complete the process of the first historic Pasadena- Guanajuato Sister Cities Affiliation.
Please find the submitted report along with the approved recommendations to form an official Pasadena delegation and work closely in the planning to join our cultural exchange visit to Guanajuato in 2026.
After many obstacles an unnecessary friction against our group and our Sister Cities Proposal of the First Historic Mexico Sister Cities Affiliation of Guanajuato to Pasadena, we are still on track and continue to build the relationship between our communities following each step on the Sister Cities Affiliation Policy document, (SCAP) the same document used for the latest dakar Plateau Sister cities affiliation of Pasadena.
We have several opportunities for cultural exchange time frames aligned with different festivals and events in Guanajuato as well as the adjacent City of Leon who have received Pasadena delegations with open arms, we ask our city council to join us on returning the same treatment and extend an invitation to our Guanajuato friends including Mayor samantha Smith to visit Pasadena In 2026 for the 2027 Tournament of Roses events.
We ask our city council to review carefully the included SCAP document and continue their part on the Sister Cities affiliation process, and finalize the Sister Cities process by beginning the official process of formalizing the affiliation.
Our community has been abused, misquoted, ignored and oppressed for far too Long, we have been subject to personal attacks, we have witnessed other city council members and community Leaders been personally attacked in orchestrated stunts by people that have nothing to do with %723y^@26;ities l Item 14
world peace efforts and have been organized by certain antagonist individuals in deplorable ways just to damage the reputation of the ones that are standing against their injustice.
These tactics are far from any Sister Cities International Citizen Diplomacy principals and are more aligned with people in classic political nomination wars, the city council must act responsibly and steer away from these antagonist individuals that do nothing to better the relationships among our people and their only objective is to be the protagonist of the process. We have much world peace work to do and will not engage these individuals nor respond to their personal attacks in any way, there are state government agencies that can deal with those injustices, our work and energy is only directed to positive impact in the world.
This process is far greater than any individual interest and we must now act selfish-Less and place all personal pride and prejudice to the side to ensure that the process is not tainted by any more internal issues in Pasadena and we can demonstrate that we are a welcoming selfishness community that work together as often stated but not accomplished.
We are happy to Learn that our Mayor has responded to Guanajuato's formal invitation to the Mayor to visit Guanajuato, we have respectfully requested that we the Guanajuato Proposed affiliation and Pasadenalnternational Sister Cities Association be included in all communications to Guanajuato in an effort to erase past mistakes where the Mayor has asked that his name and Pasadena city seal be removed from the Guanajuato Sister Cities relationship Efforts., we look forward to working with our elected officials
Yours Truly,
I12_08_2025_Report on the 2025 Cultural Exchange Visit.pdf Rene H. Gonzalez, President,
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3 Pasadena International Sister Cities Association (PISCA) Guanajuato Proposed Affiliation Committee
2026 Workplan and Budget
1. Subcommittee Information
1. Committee Name: Guanajuato-Mexico
2. Chairperson: Rene Gonzalez
3. Co-Chairperson: Connie De La Torre
4. Members:
1. Bahena, Carlos
2. Bahena,Jason
3. Benitez, Marlene
4. Cabrera, Ana
5. Carvajal, Conrado
6. Carvajal, Delia
7. Chavez, Humberto
8. Climaco, Alexis
9. Climaco, Carmen
10. Climaco, Marcos
11. Cortez, Jorge
12. De LaTorre, Connie
13. Ezquivel, Andrea
14. Farfan, Jessica
15. Flores, Abel
16. Flares, Javier
17. Hernandez Elizabeth
18. Gomez, Jose
19. Gonsant, Mario
20. Gonzalez, Rene
21. Gonzalez, Vicente
22. Griffin, Philis
23. Guzman, Patricia
24. Ibanez, Raul
25. Isiordia, German
26. Isiordia Jr., German
27. Mares Jesse
28. Marquez, Amalia
29. Molina, Reyna
30. Montenegro AragonElvia
31. Montoya, Nelly
32. Morales, Ed
33. Porras, Susana
34. Portillo Hernandez,Alejandra
35. Portillo, Jose Antonio
36. Ramirez, Guadalupe
37. Ramirez, Isabel
38. Rivas, May
39. Rogers, Matt
40. Santoyo, Fabricio Saul
41. Villalobos, Esmirna
42. Villalva, Tony
43. Villanueva, Maricela
44. Vigil, Evelyn
45. Zambrano, Laura
5. Meeting Schedule: Monthly and special meeting as necessary for Cultural Exchange Visit planning
6. Dates of meetings: The Fourth Tuesday of the month
7. Fundraisers, and special events:Fundraiser event: POSADA December 22th, an art and Live Music including Music and food from our new proposed affiliation of Mexico City of Guanajuato.
2. Contact Information for Guanajuato Mexico
Sister City's Name: Guanajuato
• Mayor's Name: Samantha Smith
• Mayor's Contact Information:
Name/Title: Luis Salinas, Director of International Relations
3. Mission and Objectives For PISCA and Guanajuato_Mexico Committee Mission Statement:To align every step of our journey with the original vision of president Eisenhower and look for "Not One but Thousands "of methods by which people can gradually learn more of each other, with People to People Interactions and promote the common prosperity between our Sister Cities by the creation of new and ever growing global relationships based on cultural, educational, information and trade exchanges.
Annual Objectives:
Objective 1: Complete the Guanajuato official Sister Cities Process and work with city officials to transition the Sister cities Process from un-officiat to Official by creating the first official Pasadena Delegation joined by our elected officials to visit Guanajuato in 2026 to formalize and Establish a new Sister Cities relationship with the city of Guanajuato as the community sister cities process has been completed and submitted to city council in alignment with our Pasadena New Sister Cities Affiliation Policy.
1. Total Budget:
D Description of Action Step: Continue the formal communications for the creation of a new Sister Cities affiliation between Pasadena and Guanajuato, Mexico D Once in Guanajuato we will Invite a Guanajuato Mexico delegation to visit Pasadena in December 2026 to the 2027 Rose Parade and Tournament of Roses house and the Rose Bowl Game.
Q Responsible Person(s): Rene Gonzalez, Connie de la Torre D Timeline - Start and End Date: August 2026 to August 2026 D Resources Needed: List of resources, e.g., budget, materials, volunteers None.
Objective 2: Prepare an exploratory trip to Guanajuato Mexico during the 2026 International Cervantino Festival
1. Total Budget: None.
D Responsible Person(s): Rene Gonzalez
D Timeline: Start and End Date: May 2026 to October 2026 D Resources Needed: List of resources
D Itinerary: Tentative trip October 11th to October 31st 2026 Objective 3: Prepare a community watch party and Soccer Tournament for the 2026 World cup.
3.1 Encourage local youth soccer leagues in Pasadena, RBOC and Parks and Rec on this initiative to promote sports and international friendship among the youth.
Objective 4: Fundraiser
1. Total Budget: Marketing materials and venue(Unknown cost) D Description of Action Step:
Work with City of Pasadena, Tournament of Roses, The Rose bowl operating company, Visit Pasadena, Pasadena chamber of commerce in the planning and implementation of an annual Mariachi Concert
Plan a Festival during the week prior to the Rose Parade.Tentative date is between December 27th to December 29th.The venue has to be centered on the parade route, the Civic center or the Rose Bowl area (Brookside park) Objective 5:
Participate in Monthly virtual or in-person Meetings and Mexico SCI Round tables.
Objective 6: Budget and Financial Plan
1. Total Budget as of July 2026: $N/A
D Budget Allocation:
Objective 1: Establish a New sister cities with Guanajuato $ Objective 2: Prepare an exploratory trip to Guanajuato : Self Funded Objective 3: Sister cities World Cup, N/a
Objective 4: Mariachi Fundraiser event :Workwith City and RBOC Objective 5: Participate in Monthly General Membership Meetings and SCI Mexico Round Tables
Objectives: - N/A
Objective 7: Communication and Reporting - N/A
Objective 8: Update applications - N/A
Notes and Additional Information
PISCA and the Guanajuato proposed Affiliation have completed the process in the SCAP affiliation policy and have respectfully and duly submitted the recommendations to the Mayor and Pasadena City council. We are looking forward to planning the official Pasadena delegation with our elected officials in 2026.
PASADENA INTERNATIONAL SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION
SISTER CITY AFFILIATION POLICY
1. POLICY
It is the policy of Pasadena International Sister Cities Association (PISCA) that any community group wanting to form an affiliation with a foreign city must register first with Sister Cities International and then follow the procedures set forth below.
2. PROCEDURES
2.1 There shall be evidence of the desire for a Proposed Affiliation (PA) by both parties including correspondence from the proposed city to the effect of wanting to join with Pasadena as a sister city and an indication of official and/or citizen support for the PA.
2.2 There shall be visits between cities followed by continuous contacts, both unofficial and official.
2.3 Acceptance for the PA shall be indicated by people joining or expressing interest in joining PISCA.
2.4 Strong commitment shall be shown to the development and maintenance of a successful affiliation including corporate and/or cultural support.
2.5 A member ofPISCA shall be appointed subcommittee chair and given responsibility for all matters dealing with a PA. This person should be an active member ofPISCA. The newly formed subcommittee members shall have:
1. A clear understanding of sister city relationships and purpose of affiliations (see attached Sister Cities International affiliations policy and procedure statements).
2. The ability to generate at least ten new members to the PISCA.
3. Several experienced members who can assist the endeavors of the subcommittee.
4. Preliminary commitments, where possible, for support in hosting, cultural and business exchanges, fund raising, student exchanges, etc.
2.6 The subcommittee shall take the lead role presenting the PA to the community.
1. Both parties must bear in mind the SCI ideals of people-to-people associations.
2. The subcommittee should attempt to gain media coverage to promote the affiliation.
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2.7 An "action plan" shall be developed setting forth each step toward a formal presentation for PISCA's executive committee and general membership, and should include such items as:
1. Similarities to Pasadena in light of cultural, physical and social aspects of the PA (i.e. size, location, population, educational and cultural facilities, aspects of economy, etc.).
2. The potential for student and citizen exchanges.
3. The potential funding sources.
2.8 A formal written report shall then be prepared for the Executive Committee of PISCA.
The report will include:
1. Items 2.1 through 2.7, as applicable.
2. Photographs and contact names from the PA.
3. Any other non-PISCA local support for the PA.
4. List of all cities reviewed for the PA.
2.9 After the EC has reviewed the report, it shall be distributed to the active general membership with the EC'S recommendation. The distribution will take place 10 days before the general membership meeting date. The general membership will then discuss and vote on the proposed affiliation.
2.10 If the PA is approved by PISCA general membership, the proposal will then be presented to the city council.
2.11 If the PA is adopted, the selected city and Pasadena shall make arrangements for an exchange of official delegations for the purpose of acceptance and signing ceremonies in each city.
1. These official delegations shall include mayor, council members, city manager, PISCA President, and any other community members who wish to attend.
2. The new affiliation shall have comparable city officials in their delegation.
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