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12) Describe your jurisdiction's willingness to participate in public communications and media regarding the network. Please include any prior experience with similar communications efforts related to your jurisdiction's pro -immigrant policies. Please identify any organizations or individuals who you anticipate will be allies. Do you anticipate any backlash over these efforts? If so, please identify any organization or individuals who you anticipate will be vocal critics of the program. Since the 2016 elections, the City of Santa Ana has emerged as a local, regional, even national, leader in its efforts to embrace its diverse population and to promote the safety and security of its local residents irrespective of immigration status. Santa Ana's sanctuary policy—which received unanimous City Council support has been recognized as a national model. See Lawrence Downes, A "Sanctuary City" Seizes the Moment, and the Name, N.Y. TIMES (Mar. 3, 2017) (describing the Santa Ana, CA sanctuary ordinance as "one of the boldest and most far-reaching sanctuary ordinances in the state."). Notably, the Santa Ana ordinance applies to all residents, regardless of prior criminal history. See Jessica I-wong, Santa Ana's Status as Sanctuary City Made Official, O.C. REGISTER (Jan. 19, 2017) ("Heeding pleas from residents during public comment, council members on Dec. 20 removed the exceptions allowing the use of city resources in the cases of criminal defendants."). On February 23, 2017, the City was notified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that the Intergovernmental Service Agreement between the two agencies, commonly referred to as the ICE contract, was to be terminated 90 days from receipt of the notice. This action followed prior action by the Santa Ana City Council on December 6, 2016 to reduce the maximum capacity of ICE detainees at the City's jail facility, which was in alignment with their plan to terminate the ICE contract by 2020. One consequence of the termination of the ICE contract has been a significant loss of revenue for the City. See Downes (describing cancellation of ICE contract for loss of $340,000 per month, noting that "[t]he city accepted the bit, realizing how inappropriate it would be to call itself a sanctuary while profiting from Mr. Trump's deportation policies"); City of Santa Ana, Press Release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Terminates Contract with City of Santa Ana, Feb. 23, 2017, available at https:Hlocal.nixle.com/alert/5858499/. A number of community-based organizations and several immigration law experts have worked as allies with the City to design a universal representation for its residents. These allies include Resilience Orange County; Orange County Immigrant Youth United; Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Public Law Center; the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association; UC Irvine School of Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic; and Western State College of Law Immigration Clinic. These are many of the same organizations the City worked successfully with on its sanctuary ordinance. Some backlash related to the City's immigrant -friendly initiatives is inevitable. At the County level, there exists a vocal movement of individuals who support the immigration enforcement policies of the current Administration. However, the City expects that through proactive communications and outreach efforts, it will be able to continue to build support for its more welcoming policies. 6 20A-8