PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 10/16/17
SUBJECT:
TITLE
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO RESCINDING RESOLUTION 2010-049 - OPPOSING STATE OF ARIZONA SB 1070 LAW
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
BODY
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Opposition to Arizona SB 1070 Law is a current adopted policy contained in the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan, effective October 1, 2016.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On October 2, 2017, the San Pablo City Council directed by unanimous minute action vote to direct development of a new Resolution to rescind formerly adopted Resolution 2010-049 which opposed the SB 1070 Arizona law signed by Arizona Governor Brewer on April 23, 2010. At that time, Arizona's SB 1070 was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in decades and received national and international attention and extensive controversy. Additionally, Resolution 2010-49 also prohibited City staff from:
".....travelling to or through Arizona while on city business until SB 1070 is repealed, and further directs City staff to refrain from establishing any future or new business relationships to conduct essential city business functions with entities that are in Arizona until SB 1070 is repealed."
Subsequent to the City Council's adoption of Resolution 2010-49, there were numerous legal challenges to Arizona SB 2010 over its Constitutionality and compliance with civil rights law. In June 2012, the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 (2012) struck down three key provisions of the law as preempted by the federal government's authority over immigration. The Supreme Court did not strike down the requirement in SB 2010 that state officers make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration status of any person they stopped, detained, or arrested...
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