ATTACHMENT A
Proposed PASADENA CITY COUNCIL Actions
to Mitigate the Impacts of Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement Overreach on City Resources, Property, and Community Safety
WHEREAS
The City of Pasadena is committed to promoting public safety, protecting community tmst, and ensuring that all residents can access City services without fear; and
The City has an interest in maintaining authority over the use of its property, resources, personnel, and contractual relationships; and Evidence 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,
Recent 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
The 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. City 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
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