LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement calling for swift action to enact protections for immigrant communities in Los Angeles. Following meetings with immigrants rights groups, Mayor Bass and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto worked over the weekend to expedite the release of the “Sanctuary City” ordinance to the City Council.
“Especially in the face of growing threats to the immigrant communities here in Los Angeles, I stand with the people of this city,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “This moment demands urgency. Immigrant protections make our communities stronger and our city better. I want to thank City Attorney Feldstein Soto for her work and I look forward to working with Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember Nithya Raman, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and other members of the Council to enact needed protections for the immigrant communities of Los Angeles. Solidarity is an action, not rhetoric. Los Angeles stands together.”