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2016 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM SCORECARD <br />volunteers, which comprised of 110 legal <br />volunteers that helped make the 12 hour <br />event a success. <br />+ (CMO) At the December 6, 2016 <br />meeting, the City Council adopted <br />Resolution No. 2016 -086, declaring the <br />City of Santa Ana a sanctuary for all its <br />residents, regardless of their <br />immigration status. This resolution <br />outlined that the City would implement <br />various policies called for by the <br />resolution, including: protecting sensitive <br />information; reaffirming the City's <br />commitment to preventing biased -based <br />policing and disallowing the use of City <br />resources for immigration enforcement; <br />exercising appropriate discretion in <br />policing; providing additional training for <br />all affected City employees, officials, and <br />agents; and establishing a task force for <br />oversight. An ordinance affirming these <br />policies was later adopted in January <br />2017. <br />+ (TPA) Townsend Public Affairs provided <br />ongoing information on immigration and <br />sanctuary city status discussions at the <br />State level and the State's response to <br />the President's Executive Orders on <br />immigration. <br />• (TPA) Townsend Public Affairs (TPA) <br />provided updates on legislation <br />introduced in Sacramento to limit state <br />and local law enforcement agencies' <br />involvement with immigration <br />enforcement and ensure that eligible <br />individuals are able to seek state services <br />without regard to their immigration <br />status. TPA attended the Senate Public <br />Safety Committee hearing with a City of <br />Santa Ana Councilmember, who was one <br />of the three primary witnesses to testify <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />7 <br />65B -32 <br />on the measure. TPA provided updates <br />on this legislation as well as other issues <br />occurring across the State that impact <br />this discussion. <br />• (TPA) Townsend Public Affairs worked <br />with the Office of Speaker Anthony <br />Rendon to provide information regarding <br />the City's sanctuary city ordinance. <br />• (H &K) Holland & Knight connected City <br />staff with other localities working to <br />proactively assist immigrant <br />communities to identify best practices, <br />including assisting the City in working <br />with Los Angeles' Office of Immigrant <br />Affairs. <br />• (H &K) In response to the President's <br />efforts to implement his campaign <br />promises to target sanctuary cities and <br />increase interior immigration raids, <br />Holland & Knight is working in coalition <br />with other sanctuary cities to counter <br />the Administration's current stance in <br />seeking to punish sanctuary cities, <br />meeting with both senators and House <br />representative, including the senior <br />counsels for the ranking member of the <br />Senate Judiciary Committee; providing <br />legislative analysis on sanctuary cities <br />legislation; and providing information <br />and analysis on the Administration's <br />change in detention policies back to <br />"safe communities" enforcement. We <br />are also continuing to meet with <br />congressional supporters of the Bridge <br />Act legislation, working towards getting <br />the President to sustain the Deferred <br />Action for Childhood Arrivals program. <br />