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VICENTE SARMIENTO <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS <br />SUPERVISOR, SECOND DISTRICT <br /> <br />COUNTY ADMINISTRATION NORTH BUILDING <br />400 W. CIVIC CENTER DRIVE. SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92701 <br />PHONE (714) 834-3220 <br /> <br />February 4th, 2025 <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA <br /> <br />RE: Item 21 - Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group - Letter of Support <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council, <br /> <br />I am pleased to provide this letter of support for Councilmember Jessie Lopez’s request to reconvene the <br />Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group. <br /> <br />I was a Santa Ana City Councilmember in 2016 when the City’s sanctuary designation was adopted, and <br />the Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group was established to help advise City officials on polices to implement <br />this sanctuary designation. I believe that our residents will benefit from an engaged advisory group to help <br />pro-actively navigate responses to the anti-immigrant efforts the current administration is pursuing locally, <br />and across the Country. <br /> <br />In 2017 City Management met with the OC Immigrant Rights Policy Working Group and subsequently <br />invited a wide range of organizations including Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities, Resilience OC, <br />Orange County Immigrant Youth United, Western State College of Law, SACRED, ACLU of Orange <br />County, UCI Law School, and the Mexican consulate’s office to participate in the Sanctuary Policy <br />Advisory Group. Many of these organizations are still active and other new groups have also emerged in <br />defense of our immigrant communities. <br /> <br />I write this letter of support to encourage a wide base of participation and openness to all organizations that <br />are working to defend our community members, especially including representatives from our growing <br />Vietnamese and Arab/Muslim communities This moment calls on all of us to work together to defend our <br />undocumented neighbors, many of whom we call our friends, colleagues, and family. <br /> <br />I am proud to support this effort and should you have any questions please reach out to my office at 714- <br />834-3220 or vicente.sarmiento@ocgov.com. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br />Vicente Sarmiento <br />Supervisor, Second District <br />