Officials from detaining individual solely on the basis of their immigration status. After they become eligible for release from custody. I am honored to have the support and cosponsorship of many of my colleagues, supervisors breed, campos, chu, colin, kim, mark, any. They do so much. Cosponsorship. It is such an honor to have your support and many people in the community of San Francisco that are so glad to have your commitment on this piece of legislation. As you know, colleagues, california atty. Gen. Pamela harris has affirmed ice dinners are merely request local enforcement and therefore local authorities are not obligated to comply. There were merely request. These hold our issue without basic standards of proof. They violate a cherished principle at the heart of our legal system. We dont hold people without a legal reason for doing so. This ordinance will uphold due process and legal treatment of all our residents regardless of their immigration status. It would sure immigrants
Violate a cherished principle at the heart of our legal system. We dont hold people without a legal reason for doing so. This ordinance will uphold due process and legal treatment of all our residents regardless of their immigration status. It would sure immigrants who may be victims or witnesses of crimes will not be deterred from cooperation while with our Law Enforcement agencies for fear of deportation. The legislation will be supported by a wide range of civil and immigrant rights organizations as was the cities rights commission. Lawenforcement agencies including the Sheriffs Department and the public defender. Other jurisdictions with high concentration of immigrants such as the city of berkeley and richmond as well as Santa Clara County in california have similar policies in place. As do the county on or chicago is located at washington dc. The ordinance will stop divide family and rebuild trust between the witnesses and immigrants and Legal Community policing efforts. Together
San francisco you are treated the same. It doesnt matter what your immigration status is. So thank you supervisor avalos. I look forward to this past very shortly. Thank you supervisor campos. Supervisor job first of all i want to thank supervisor avalos and the immigrant Rights Community and the broader communities that are supporting this immigrant rights measure. It is something i think San Francisco should be proud of. Hopefully well be able to get it done in short order. At two items. First of all in a memorial for Nicholas Niko javier salish. Niko grew up in perl heights and he was a significant athlete. When he was at Mission Dolores he played basketball and baseball and he went to sacred heart where he played football. He qualified for the junior olympics and competed in javelin shot put and discus. He attained his journeymans license as a plumber and steamfitters local 487. Over the past year nikos adventure spirit to thailand where he found his niche teaching aims to underpri
Javelin shot put and discus. He attained his journeymans license as a plumber and steamfitters local 487. Over the past year nikos adventure spirit to thailand where he found his niche teaching aims to underprivileged kids in thailand in a couple weeks ago he was traveling in thailand to teach his kids when he was killed by a driver. He has many friends and family including good friends of mine, and on behalf of the board i like for us to adjourn in his memory. Also, today im introducing an ordinance to further expand our nonpotable water ordinance which i had sponsored last year which was adopted. Our thank supervisor mark for his cosponsorship as your as moses cosponsorship on this year on this measure. The nonpotable water permit we have is a volunteer program to streamline permitting process for our buildings to collect treat and use alternative water sources for nonpotable uses. The legislation that im introducing today extends this ordinance to cover two or more parcels to share
Grateful to not only supervisor avalos for his leadership but for the entire immigrant Rights Community. Also, the other communities Domestic Violence committed. I see Beverly Upton here. It is a Public Safety issue. I am so proud that its not just one Community Stand by itself, but is the entirety of the San Francisco diversity that saying we care about everyone and when ice goes after my neighbor theyre really going after me. When my neighbor is afraid to come forward and report crime, that makes me less safe. My hope is that we can get to a point where this will be a unanimous vote at the board of supervisors. I am hopeful, and i think that San Francisco needs to be the city that stands against we need to be the city that says secure committees goes against every value that we as a country have and it certainly goes against the idea that in San Francisco you are treated the same. It doesnt matter what your immigration status is. So thank you supervisor avalos. I look forward to this