ATTACHMENT NO. 1ATTACHMENT NO. 1RESOLUTION NO. 2026-42
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, RESTRICTING USE OF CITY PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT STAGING WHEREAS, the City of Pomona is home to a vibrant immigrant community whose labor, culture, and family life are essential to the social and economic fabric of the city; and WHEREAS, the City of Pomona has previously affirmed its commitment to the California Values Act (SB 54) and complies with state law limiting local involvement in federal immigration enforcement activities; and WHEREAS, the City of Pomona reaffirms its commitment to protecting all residents, including immigrants, mixed-status families, and vulnerable communities; and WHEREAS, Federal Enforcement tactics and unannounced enforcement operations fracture community trust and create unsafe conditions for victims and witnesses; and WHEREAS, the City of Pomona has finite resources, and these resources are to provide municipal services to the Pomona community, and not for the purposes of enforcing civil immigration laws; and WHEREAS, such use would erode trust between immigrant communities and the City, weakening the relationships essential to ensuring public safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. Limitation on use of City Parking Lots, Parking Ramps, Vacant Lots, and Garages. No federal, state, or local government entity or personnel is authorized to use any City-owned or City-controlled parking lot or ramp, vacant lot, or garage as a staging area, processing location, operations base, or any other similar use for civil immigration enforcement operations. "Staging area" means an area that is used to assemble, mobilize, and/or deploy vehicles, equipment, or materials, and related personnel, for the purpose of carrying out civil immigration enforcement operations. Such spaces are not available to the general public for similar activities, and federal, state, or local government entities or personnel will not receive special or enhanced access to City property for civil immigration enforcement operations.
SECTION 2. Implementation. The City Manager shall direct the relevant departments to collaborate to identify City-owned and City-controlled parking lots, parking ramps, vacant lots, or garages that either have been used, or are likely to be used in the future, by federal, state, or local government entities or personnel as a staging area, processing location, operations base, or any other similar activity for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement.
The relevant City departments must ensure that all such properties have clear signage stating:
This property is owned and/or controlled by the City of Pomona.
The City of Pomona does not authorize this property to be used, and it may not be used, by any federal, state, or local government entity or personnel as a staging area, processing location, operations base, or any other similar use for civil immigration enforcement operations.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, and it shall become effective immediately upon its approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 2026.
CITY OF POMONA:
Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Sonia Carvalho Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Attorney City Clerk
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting thereof held on April 6, 2026 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Rosalia A. Butler, MMC City Clerk
Resolution No. 2026-42
April 6, 2026