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Jmf 12-13.16 G. The City now wishes to enact specific procedures consistent with Resolution No. 2016-086 and the City's commitment to social justice and inclusion. SECTION 2. Purpose and Intent. The City of Santa Ana is one of the most ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse cities in the United States, with immigrants comprising approximately 46 percent of the City's population. The City has long derived its strength and prosperity from its diverse community, including those who identify as immigrants, and prides itself on their achievements. The cooperation of the City's immigrants is essential to advancing the City's mission, vision, and guiding principles, including community safety, support for youth and education, economic development, and financial stability. Through the City's commitment to social justice and inclusion, one of the City's most important objectives is to enhance its relationship with all its residents, including immigrants. Due to the City's limited resources, the complexity of federal civil immigration laws, the need to promote trust and cooperation from the public, including immigrants, and to attain the City's objectives, the City Council finds that there is a need to clarify the communication and enforcement relationship between the City and the federal government. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish the City's procedures concerning immigration status and enforcement of federal civil immigration laws. SECTION 3. Requesting or Maintaining Information Prohibited. No City agency, department, officer, employee, or agent shall request or maintain information about, or otherwise investigate or assist In the investigation of, the citizenship or immigration status of any person unless such inquiry is required by state or federal law or judicial decision. SECTION 4. Disclosing Information Prohibited. Except as otherwise provided under applicable federal law, no City agency, department, officer, employee, or agent shall disclose information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any person. SECTION 5. Prohibitions Applicable to Sensitive Information. The prohibitions in Sections 3 and 4 of this ordinance shall also apply to any information that may be considered sensitive or personal by nature, including, but not limited to, the following: a person's status as a victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault; status as a witness to a crime; status as a recipient of public assistance; sexual orientation; or disability. SECTION 6. Exceptions to Prohibitions. The prohibitions in Sections 3 and 4 of this ordinance shall not apply where the individual to whom such information pertains provides his or her consent (or if such individual is a minor, the consent of that person's parent or guardian), where the information is necessaryto provide a City service, or where otherwise required by law. SECTION 7. Use of City Resources Prohibited. No City agency, department, officer, employee, or agent shall use City funds, resources, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist in the enforcement of federal civil immigration Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 2 of 5 50C-6