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MOTION: Continue item 85A-2 to for two weeks to allow staff to include <br />a section to allow special consideration for those individuals that are <br />mentally ill, consideration or exclusions for seasonal occurrences <br />along with consideration of safety precautions to be adhered by <br />solicitors. <br />MOTION: Martinez SECOND: Villegas <br />VOTE: AYES: Benavides, Pulido, Martinez, Sarmiento, <br />Solorio, Tinajero, Villegas (7) <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSTAIN: None (0) <br />ABSENT: None (0) <br />85B. IN AN EFFORT TO COUNTERACT A DIVISIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ANTI - <br />IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT BROUGHT FORTH BY RECENT ACTIONS TAKEN <br />BY CERTAIN ORANGE COUNTY ELECTED BODIES WHICH CAN <br />POTENTIALLY BE HARMFUL TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY OF <br />SANTA ANA, DIRECT CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO TAKE CERTAIN <br />ACTIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PREPARING AND FILING AN <br />AMICUS BRIEF IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES V. THE STATE OF <br />CALIFORNIA, ET. AL., CASE NO. 18-264, TO SUPPORT THE PREMISE THAT <br />THE TENTH AMENDMENT PROTECTS STATES AND LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENTS FROM BEING COMPELLED OR COERCED TO ENFORCE <br />EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED FEDERAL FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION, CLARIFY <br />AND MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE FOLLOWING TO THE PUBLIC: <br />1. SANTA ANA'S SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCE NO. NS -2908, SIMPLY <br />CODIFIES PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT <br />FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THESE PRACTICES COMPLY WITH ALL <br />FEDERAL LAWS, INCLUDING 8 U.S.C. SECTION 1373, AND RESULT IN <br />EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES. IN ESSENCE, SANTA ANA <br />PRIORITIZES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, INSTILLS TRUST IN OUR <br />RESIDENTS, AND PROTECTS AND SERVES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR <br />COMMUNITY, AND <br />2. SANTA ANA VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY ALL MEMBERS <br />OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE EMBRACE THE PHILOSOPHY OF <br />INCLUSION, AND PROUDLY DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, <br />DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED, IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, <br />AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA — COUNCILMEMBERS BENAVIDES <br />AND SARMIENTO <br />The following spoke on the matter: <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 23 APRIL 3, 2018 <br />