{"id":290678,"date":"2026-04-29T01:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290678\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:46:07","slug":"sacramento-council-bans-federal-immigration-enforcement-on-city-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290678\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento council bans federal immigration enforcement on city land"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advocates have called since last year for the Sacramento City Council to pass a law limiting<\/a> the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the City Council adopted a resolution \u2014 not a binding law \u2014 to restrict federal immigration enforcement on city-owned land.<\/a> Mayor Kevin McCarty<\/a>, who attended the meeting, was absent for the vote.<\/p>\n

City Attorney Gustavo Limon Martinez said the city officials \u201cwisely\u201d chose a resolution because it \u201cprovides the city manager with flexibility\u201d to implement new policies.<\/p>\n

His comments prompted jeers and incredulous laughs. Sacramento resident Gloria Diaz reminded elected officials of their legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany years from now, when you\u2019re with your grandchildren, when your nieces and nephews come to you and say, \u2018Grandpa, Abuelita, what did you do when the fascist government was taking over?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c And what will you say?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Mija, I passed a very strong worded resolution.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Advocates are looking for action in response to the Trump administration\u2019s aggressive use of federal agents against immigrants, including at immigration court hearings at the John E. Moss federal building in downtown Sacramento. The actions have drawn demonstrations across the country, and tensions further increased after nurse Alex Pretti and mother Renee Nicole Goode, both 37, were shot and killed in January by federal agents at protests in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

In January, the City Council passed a resolution calling for an update to its immigration platform. That move was criticized by more than 100 people at City Hall, with many saying the resolution was not strong enough. The same criticism emerged Tuesday with more than two dozen speakers who expressed disappointment.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s resolution directs City Manager Maraskeshia Smith to develop a policy restricting \u201cthe use of city property for purposes of civil immigration-related enforcement activities.\u201d The resolution also directs Smith to develop a policy offering free signs to private property owners who also hope to stop \u201ccivil immigration-related enforcement activity\u201d on their land.<\/p>\n

In 1985, Sacramento was among the first U.S. cities to declare itself a sanctuary city, a designation that required its public safety agencies to limit collaboration with federal law enforcement. Some residents have demanded for months that the city build on that history with more action, pointing to other cities that recently adopted more stringent measures against immigration authorities.<\/p>\n

The city of Pinole became in December the Bay Area\u2019s first community to curtail federal immigration authorities from using city-owned property, according to the city.<\/a> The city adopted an ordinance instead of a resolution.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive<\/a> and the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors passed legislation,<\/a> each which banned immigration enforcement on city property.<\/p>\n

Council members said Tuesday\u2019s vote represented just the first action on immigration and promised more soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not trying to oversee federal agencies perform their duties,\u201d said Councilmember Karina Talamantes during a news conference before the meeting. \u201cWe are managing our own house.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Ishani Desai is a government watchdog reporter for The Sacramento Bee. She previously covered crime and courts for The Bakersfield Californian.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Advocates have called since last year for the Sacramento City Council to pass a law limiting the Trump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-290678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}