SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 A city supervisor will unveil legislation today that would prohibit the Trump administration from commandeering San Francisco property to stage federal immigration raids \u2014 the first proposal of its kind in the nation and one likely to prompt a legal showdown.<\/p>\n
The proposal from Bilal Mahmood, a moderate Democrat, comes weeks after President Donald Trump called off a \u201csurge\u201d of federal agents<\/a> in the famously liberal city following a late-night call with Mayor Daniel Lurie and pleas from wealthy tech CEOs.<\/p>\n Mahmood\u2019s plan would prohibit ICE \u2014 or any outside government entity \u2014 from seizing city property for a purpose other than delivering city services. If the plan is adopted by the Board of Supervisors and signed by Lurie, it would block federal agents from using city parking lots, parks and hundreds of public buildings to stage their operations. The board is expected to vote in January.<\/p>\n The idea for the legislation, he told Playbook, came after the Trump administration took over city parking lots and other government property in Chicago and elsewhere for immigration enforcement sweeps and troop deployments.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was clear we needed something with teeth,\u201d Mahmood said. “A city purpose is not civil immigration enforcement. This is a declaration of our local rights.\u201d<\/p>\n He said his plan would not prevent ICE or other Homeland Security agents from entering city property to conduct targeted arrests \u2014 rather, they couldn\u2019t stage operations or have an ongoing presence there. Still, the limitations would apply to large swaths of city-owned property including Golden Gate Park, the City Hall plaza and public transit stations.<\/p>\n There\u2019s little doubt the proposal will draw backlash from the Trump administration, which could reignite tensions that had subsided this fall after Lurie and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, along with other prominent tech powerbrokers, implored Trump to stand down<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mahmood seems to anticipate the legislation, written by City Attorney David Chiu and co-sponsored by Supervisor Chyanne Chen, will be challenged in court.<\/p>\n