To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: 2025 TRUTH Act Community Forum
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
HOLD a community forum regarding the provision of access of certain individuals to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, pursuant to Government Code section 7283.1(d):
a. RECEIVE opening staff report from the County Administrator's Office (Enid Mendoza, Senior Deputy County Administrator);
b. PRESENTATION from Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Miosotti Tenecora, Staff Attorney)
c. REPORT from the Sheriff-Coroner (Hon. David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner); and
d. OPEN Public Comment
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this community forum is to comply with the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds Act (Government Code section 7283.1(d)), commonly referred to as the "TRUTH Act", which requires the Board of Supervisors to hold at least one community forum annually, with at least 30 days' notice, if a "local law enforcement agency" operated by the Board provided the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency "access" to individuals for civil immigration enforcement purposes during the prior calendar year.
The County has held TRUTH Act community forums since 2018. On July 9, 2018, the Sheriff's Office informed ICE and the United States Marshals Service (the "Service") of the determination to terminate agreements with the Service related to the housing of ICE Agency detainees. The County has not entered into subsequent contracts and does not house ICE Agency detainees within the adult or juvenile detention facility systems.
It is important to note that the necessity of the County holding today's forum pursuant to the TRUTH Act is not a punitive measure. Rather, it is a transparency initiative in statute designed to ensure notification to the public of the extent and nature of communi...
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