[0:06] [RECORDING IN PROGRESS]

[0:07] >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING.

[0:09] WELCOME.

[0:11] PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

[0:14] WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING

[0:16] AT 7:00 P.M. FOR SEPTEMBER 15,

[0:17] 2026.

[0:20] CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[0:22] I'LL ASK COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL

[0:23] TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF

[0:24] ALLEGIANCE.

[0:31] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

[0:32] OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[0:33] AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

[0:36] STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

[0:37] INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[0:44] JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[0:45] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU VERY

[0:46] MUCH.

[0:47] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[0:50] MR. CITY CLERK, COULD YOU TAKE

[0:52] ROLL CALL.

[0:54] CAN WE HAVE EVERYBODY SEATED AND

[0:55] BE QUIET?

[0:56] THANK YOU.

[0:57] >> Mr. Quintanilla:

[0:58] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG, HERE.

[1:01] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.

[1:03] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN, HERE.

[1:05] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL,

[1:06] PRESENT.

[1:07] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, HERE.

[1:08] VICE MAYOR LIU, HERE.

[1:09] MAYOR SALWAN, PRESENT.

[1:11] >> Mayor Salwan: I HAVE A FEW

[1:12] BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[1:13] THERE ARE CURRENT VACANCIES ON

[1:14] CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[1:18] THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS

[1:20] APPLICATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

[1:22] TO APPLY, VISIT THE BOARDS,

[1:23] COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES PAGE

[1:25] AT FREMONT.GOV OR CONTACT THE

[1:26] CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

[1:29] FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[1:30] PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY

[1:32] THIS EVENING, YOU MAY PROVIDE

[1:34] PUBLIC COMMENT BY SELECTING THE

[1:36] "RAISE HAND" FEATURE IN ZOOM, OR

[1:38] BY DIALING STAR NINE IF CALLING

[1:39] IN.

[1:41] I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN PUBLIC

[1:42] COMMENT IS OPEN FOR EACH AGENDA

[1:43] SESSION.

[1:45] SECTION, SORRY.

[1:48] PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME IF

[1:49] REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION.

[1:50] EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY

[1:51] CLERK ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE

[1:54] CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF,

[1:55] PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA CENTER

[1:57] AT FREMONT.GOV, AND RETAINED AS

[1:58] PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

[2:04] THIS MEETING MAY CONTINUE UNTIL

[2:05] 11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED.

[2:07] WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES FOR

[2:08] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

[2:10] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO

[2:11] SPEAK DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

[2:13] AFTER THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES

[2:15] WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE

[2:16] MEETING IF TIME ALLOWS.

[2:18] I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER

[2:20] TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA

[2:21] SHACKELFORD, FOR HER

[2:22] INTRODUCTIONS AND REMARKS.

[2:23] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THANK

[2:24] YOU, MAYOR SALWAN.

[2:25] GOOD EVENING TO YOU.

[2:26] GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

[2:29] BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, TO MY

[2:31] LEFT IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY,

[2:32] RAFAEL ALVARADO.

[2:35] ACROSS FROM RAFAEL AND I, WE

[2:37] HAVE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK DINA

[2:40] LEWIS AND CITY CLERK ALBERTO

[2:41] QUINTANILLA.

[2:42] NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING SO

[2:43] I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU,

[2:44] MAYOR.

[2:45] >> Mayor Salwan: GREAT, THANK

[2:46] YOU.

[2:47] NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT

[2:48] CALENDAR.

[2:49] CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WILL BE

[2:51] PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL VOTE AND

[2:53] STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL

[2:54] STAND.

[2:55] DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL

[2:59] WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM

[3:00] THE CONSENT CALENDAR?

[3:04] I WILL NOTE FOR

[3:06] ITEM 2C, MR. CITY CLERK, IF YOU

[3:08] COULD RECORD TODAY'S VOTE FOR

[3:09] ITEM 2C CONSISTENT WITH HOW EACH

[3:11] COUNCILMEMBER VOTED ON THE FIRST

[3:12] MEETING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

[3:16] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NOTED, WILL

[3:17] DO.

[3:18] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH

[3:19] THE CHAIR, I THINK WE HAVE TO

[3:20] TAKE A SPECIFIC VOTE THIS

[3:21] EVENING ON THAT ITEM, EITHER AS

[3:22] PART OF THE FULL CONSENT

[3:25] CALENDAR OR INDIVIDUALLY.

[3:26] WE CAN'T SIMPLY LODGE THE VOTE

[3:27] FROM THE LAST MEETING FOR THAT.

[3:30] >> Mayor Salwan: SO REMOVE IT

[3:31] FROM CONSENT AND DO A SEPARATE

[3:32] VOTE?

[3:33] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT

[3:34] DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REMOVED.

[3:35] YOU CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THE

[3:36] CONSENT CALENDAR AND IF A

[3:37] PARTICULAR MEMBER WANTS TO VOTE

[3:39] NO ON THAT ITEM, THEY CAN STATE

[3:41] IT FOR THE RECORD, OR IN THE

[3:44] ALTERNATIVE, ANY MEMBER OF THE

[3:45] PUBLIC PURSUANT TO OUR RULES CAN

[3:46] PULL IT.

[3:48] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[3:52] SO WITH THAT, COULD I

[3:54] GET MOVE OF CONSENT WITH

[3:55] REMOVAL THAT ITEM, WE'LL TAKE

[3:56] THAT AS A SEPARATE VOTE.

[3:57] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL.

[3:58] >> Councilmember Campbell: NO, I

[4:00] WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF WE

[4:02] WERE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO

[4:04] APPROVE IT, I JUST WANT TO GO ON

[4:07] RECORD OF VOTING NO ON 2C.

[4:09] >> Mayor Salwan: RIGHT, WE'RE

[4:11] GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON

[4:12] THAT.

[4:13] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[4:14] OKAY.

[4:15] >> Mayor Salwan: ANYBODY WANT TO

[4:16] MOVE CONSENT?

[4:17] OH, AND THERE'S NO SPEAKERS

[4:18] EITHER HERE OR ONLINE?

[4:20] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO ITEMS FOR

[4:22] CONSENT CALENDAR.

[4:24] >> Mayor Salwan: SO MOVED BY

[4:25] COUNCILMEMBER LIU, SECONDED BY

[4:26] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN.

[4:28] WE'RE MOVING CONSENT MINUS ITEM

[4:29] 2C.

[4:31] PLEASE VOTE.

[4:41] OKAY, CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES

[4:42] UNANIMOUSLY.

[4:43] AND NOW IF I COULD GET A

[4:47] SEPARATE MOTION FOR ITEM 2C.

[4:48] MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[4:50] IS THERE A SECOND?

[4:53] SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[4:54] PLEASE VOTE.

[5:02] IT'S FOUR AYES, THREE NAYS,

[5:03] CONSISTENT WITH OUR LAST TIME.

[5:04] ALL RIGHT.

[5:08] SURE, YOU MAY COMMENT.

[5:11] >> Councilmember Zhang: SINCE

[5:15] THE PUBLIC IS HERE, I WANT

[5:17] TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE INCREASE

[5:22] OF THE SALARY IS BASED ON

[5:26] ABOUT $2,000 A MONTH, SO 3% IS

[5:27] $60, JUST FOR THE RECORD.

[5:28] THANK YOU.

[5:31] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[5:32] SO MOVING ON TO ORAL

[5:33] COMMUNICATIONS.

[5:37] ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON

[5:39] AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON

[5:41] THE AGENDA MAY DO SO DURING ORAL

[5:42] COMMUNICATION COMMENT PERIOD.

[5:45] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[5:46] PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM MAY RAISE

[5:48] THEIR HAND USING THE ZOOM "RAISE

[5:50] HAND" FEATURE OR BY DIALING STAR

[5:51] NINE WHEN CALLING IN.

[5:54] AGAIN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

[5:55] THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE

[5:57] COUNCIL ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT

[5:58] ON THE AGENDA.

[6:01] THE COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION

[6:02] NOR RESPOND DURING THIS COMMENT

[6:03] PERIOD.

[6:06] THOUGH ITEMS MAY BE REFERRED TO

[6:07] CITY STAFF FOR POSSIBLE

[6:08] PLACEMENT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

[6:13] WHEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN

[6:14] ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE THE

[6:15] NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION.

[6:18] A BELL WILL SOUND WHEN 30

[6:19] SECONDS REMAIN, AND AGAIN WHEN

[6:20] YOUR TIME HAS EANDED.

[6:23] HAS ENDED.

[6:25] HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE?

[6:26] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE

[6:27] THREE SPEAKERS IN PERSON, NO

[6:28] HANDS RAISED IN ZOOM.

[6:30] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, 2 MINUTES

[6:31] EACH.

[6:32] >> Mr. Quintanilla: FIRST

[6:36] SPEAKER IS HOLD FPD ACCOUNTABLE

[6:37] FOLLOWED BY JEFF FOLLOWED BY

[6:38] KELLY ABREU.

[6:42] >> Mayor Salwan: I'M SORRY, HOLD

[6:44] -- IS THAT -- HOLD FPD

[6:45] ACCOUNTABLE IS AN INDIVIDUAL?

[6:47] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT'S THE

[6:48] NAME, YES.

[6:49] >> Mayor Salwan: COME ON UP.

[7:00] >> Mr. Quintanilla: FOLLOWED BY

[7:01] JEFF, FOLLOWED BY KELLY ABREU.

[7:03] >> Mayor Salwan: JUST TO

[7:05] CLARIFY, SO THIS IS FOR HOLD FPD

[7:06] ACCOUNTABLE, WHOEVER FILLED THAT

[7:07] OUT?

[7:08] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT'S THE

[7:09] FIRST SPEAKER FL.

[7:10] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[7:11] COME ON UP, SIR.

[7:12] JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

[7:13] THE RIGHT ORDER.

[7:14] >> ARE YOU READY?

[7:15] >> Mayor Salwan: YES.

[7:16] >> OKAY.

[7:19] I URGE CITY COUNCIL AND I URGE

[7:21] THE COMMUNITY, FREMONT NEEDS A

[7:22] POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

[7:24] THE POOREST IN THE CITY ARE

[7:25] BEING ABUSED.

[7:27] WE MAY BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST

[7:29] CITIES AND ONE OF THE SAFEST

[7:30] CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT

[7:32] PEOPLE LIVING IN RVs, FAMILIES

[7:34] WHO DON'T HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR

[7:36] HEAD, PEOPLE WHO THE CITY HAS

[7:39] TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ARE BEING

[7:40] BRUTALIZED.

[7:41] JUST A FEW DAYS AGO SOMEONE DIED

[7:42] IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAMPS THAT

[7:44] THE CITY IS STILL ALLOWING TO

[7:45] STAND UP, AND WHILE THE

[7:47] COMMUNITY WAS GRIEVING, THE

[7:50] POLICE DIDN'T COME AND THE

[7:51] POLICE DIDN'T COME AND KEEP THE

[7:52] PEACE.

[7:53] THE POLICE DIDN'T ACT

[7:54] PROFESSIONALLY.

[7:56] THEY TORTURED AND ABUSED SOMEONE

[7:58] WHO THEY'VE ALREADY TORTURED AND

[7:59] ABUSED BEFORE.

[8:00] THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE

[8:01] TIMES.

[8:02] WE HAVE REPORTED TO THE CITY

[8:03] COMPLAINTS.

[8:04] WE HAVE REPORTED IT THROUGH THE

[8:05] PROPER CHANNELS, AND IT ALWAYS

[8:07] GETS SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.

[8:08] IT ALWAYS GET SWEPT UNDER THE

[8:09] RUG.

[8:13] WE NEED A POLICE OVERSIGHT

[8:14] COMMITTEE.

[8:15] EVEN IF THE POLICE ARE PERFECT,

[8:16] EVEN IF THEY'RE GREAT, IF THEY

[8:18] HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, WE STILL

[8:19] NEED IT.

[8:20] COMMUNITY, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE

[8:22] MESSAGE COUNCIL, PLEASE TALK TO

[8:23] THEM, EMAIL THEM EVERY DAY.

[8:25] PLEASE, IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE

[8:26] AND DEATH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

[8:27] OLD, WHO ARE SICK, WHO ARE DYING

[8:29] ON THE STREETS, WHO ARE MENTALLY

[8:31] AND EMOTIONALLY TORTURED AND

[8:32] FORCED TO MOVE WITH THEIR

[8:33] FAMILIES EVERY TWO TO THREE DAYS

[8:34] AND HARASSED EVERY DAY.

[8:37] THIS IS SERIOUS, JUST BECAUSE IT

[8:38] DOESN'T AFFECT YOU, IT COULD

[8:41] AFFECT YOU, ONE PAYCHECK FROM

[8:42] NOUN, ONE MEDICAL EMERGENCY FROM

[8:43] NOW.

[8:44] IF YOU'RE POOR, FREMONT TREATS

[8:45] YOU LIKE TRASH.

[8:47] SO PLEASE, WE NEED A POLICE

[8:48] OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

[8:49] THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING.

[8:50] YOU THINK WE'RE NOT WATCHING SO

[8:51] THAT'S WHY FREMONT DOESN'T

[8:52] CARE?

[8:53] MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE

[8:54] WATCHING.

[8:55] MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE

[8:56] WATCHING.

[8:57] AND WE WILL BE BACK.

[8:59] PLEASE, COMMUNITY, PROTEST THE

[9:00] COUNCIL, EMAIL THE COUNCIL,

[9:02] MESSAGE THE COUNCIL, MAKE YOUR

[9:03] VOICES HEARD.

[9:04] WE NEED A POLICE OVERSIGHT

[9:05] COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

[9:07] WE NEED IT NOW, LIKE OTHER

[9:08] CITIES IN THE BAY.

[9:09] PLEASE.

[9:10] THIS IS HUMANITY.

[9:12] CARE FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING IN

[9:13] FREMONT.

[9:14] NOT JUST --

[9:15] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[9:16] SPEAKER IS JEFF FOLLOWED BY

[9:17] KELLY ABREU.

[9:21] >> GOOD EVENING.

[9:26] I AM A FREMONT RESIDENT FOR

[9:28] DECADES, AND I AGREE WITH THE

[9:31] GENTLEMAN AND THE LADY WHO WAS

[9:33] UP HERE, THAT WE NEED TO HOLD

[9:35] FREMONT PD ACCOUNTABLE FOR

[9:37] ACTUALLY THEIR ABUSES TO PUBLIC

[9:38] MEMBERS INCLUDING ME.

[9:41] FOR FIVE YEARS, MY HOME HAS BEEN

[9:46] SUBJECTED TO BURGLARY, INVASION,

[9:50] STALKING, HACKING, ANIMAL

[9:53] CRUELTY, ROB REAL, CREDIT CARD

[9:55] FRAUD, DEBIT CARD FRAUD,

[9:57] MOLESTATION, BUTCHERING OF MY

[9:58] CATS IN MY HOME.

[10:00] I'VE BEEN PUT TO SLEEP.

[10:04] I'M COMING TO YOU A LITTLE

[10:06] SHAKEN UP BECAUSE I WOKE UP THIS

[10:07] AFTERNOON AFTER BEING DRUGGED,

[10:10] PUT TO SLEEP EVERY DAY, IMAGINE

[10:12] YOURSELF FROM 2023 ONWARD, PUT

[10:13] TO SLEEP EVERY DAY.

[10:16] I'M AN OLDER MAN, I HAVE MY

[10:19] RESCUE KITTIES, FREMONT PD, THIS

[10:21] BALD GUY OVER HERE, THESE ARE

[10:23] VULTURES WEARING BADGES, THESE

[10:27] PEOPLE HAVE HIRED MY NEIGHBORS,

[10:31] STEEIVE HANNAH, I. PATEL,

[10:34] MOKASHA, KANI ALI LIVE AROUND MY

[10:36] HOME SO THAT THEY DON'T SEE

[10:39] ANYTHING, AND I'M PUT TO SLEEP

[10:41] BY THESE SATELLITE DRONES USING

[10:42] ENERGY WEAPON.

[10:44] WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM, THEN

[10:45] THEY TRIED TO QUESTION MY

[10:46] SANITY.

[10:47] I'M VERY SANE, I'M EDUCATED,

[10:48] I'VE BEEN HERE DECADES.

[10:50] MY PARENTS ARE DYING BECAUSE OF

[10:51] THEIR ENERGY WEAPON ATTACKS.

[10:55] THIS GUY OVER HERE FLOYD

[10:56] MITCHELL, LANCE --

[10:57] >> Mayor Salwan: EXCUSE ME,

[10:58] LET'S NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL.

[11:00] >> YES, I WILL MAKE IT PERSONAL

[11:01] BECAUSE IT'S MY RIGHT TO FREE

[11:02] SPEECH.

[11:04] YOU ARE TO BE FIRED, FLOYD

[11:05] MITCHELL NEEDS TO BE FIRED,

[11:09] LANCE NEEDS TO BE FIRED,

[11:10] LIEUTENANT SEAN DECKER NEEDS TO

[11:12] BE FIRED, KARENA SHACKELFORD AND

[11:14] THIS RAFAEL ALVARADO BOTH NEED

[11:15] TO BE FIRED BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE

[11:17] DON'T RESPOND TO MY RIGHT TO

[11:18] FREE SPEECH, I CONTACT THESE

[11:19] PEOPLE, THEY DON'T RESPOND.

[11:21] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[11:23] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT AND

[11:24] FINAL SPEAKER IS KELLY ABREU.

[11:33] >> I KNOW THAT SOME

[11:35] COUNCILMEMBERS ARE BUSY WITH

[11:37] FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND DON'T

[11:39] HAVE TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THE

[11:42] NEWSPAPER, BUT THE MERCURY NEWS

[11:44] REPORTS THAT FREMONT AND UNION

[11:48] CITY SPENT $2.6 MILLION ON A

[11:50] DISPATCH SYSTEM THAT BECAME

[11:52] UNSTABLE AFTER LAUNCH.

[11:56] CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR DISPATCHERS

[11:57] AND PATROL VEHICLES DURING

[11:58] EMERGENCIES.

[11:59] THE CITY SOON RESTORED THE

[12:02] PREVIOUS SOFTWARE.

[12:04] THIS WAS MORE THAN A SOFTWARE

[12:05] HICCUP.

[12:07] IT WAS AN ACCOUNTABILITY

[12:08] FAILURE, ONE WE LEARNED ABOUT

[12:10] FROM THE NEWSPAPER AFTER STAFF

[12:14] APPARENTLY TRIED TO KEEP IT

[12:15] HUSH-HUSH.

[12:16] WE'RE IN SILICON VALLEY.

[12:19] A SYSTEM THAT HASN'T BEEN FULLY

[12:21] TESTED SHOULD NEVER BE

[12:22] LAUNCHED.

[12:23] WE ALL KNOW THAT.

[12:24] RESTORING THE OLD SOFTWARE

[12:26] DOESN'T RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

[12:30] IF IT STILL WORKS FINE, THE OLD

[12:31] SOFTWARE, WHY DID WE SPEND

[12:33] MILLIONS ON A REPLACEMENT WITH

[12:35] NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT?

[12:38] WHY DO WE NEED NEW STUFF?

[12:40] CITIES PAY TWICE WHEN THEY

[12:41] LAUNCH UNRELIABLE SOFTWARE,

[12:42] FIRST FOR THE FAILED SYSTEM,

[12:43] THEN FOR ITS REPLACEMENT.

[12:47] I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO DIRECT AN

[12:49] INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE

[12:50] CONTRACT, TESTING RECORDS,

[12:52] DEFECT LOGS, AND LAUNCH

[12:53] APPROVALS.

[12:56] SEEK REFUNDS IF PERFORMANCE

[12:57] REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT MET.

[13:00] REQUIRE IT AND DISPATCHER

[13:01] SIGNOFF.

[13:03] FAILURE SIMULATIONS AND A ROLL

[13:04] BACK PLAN BEFORE FUTURE

[13:05] LAUNCHES.

[13:08] THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW,

[13:09] WHAT HAPPENED?

[13:13] AND HOW YOU WILL PREVENT IT FROM

[13:15] HAPPENING AGAIN.

[13:16] THANK YOU.

[13:18] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[13:19] DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR

[13:20] SPEAKERS?

[13:21] >> Mr. Quintanilla: THAT WAS OUR

[13:22] FINAL SPEAKER.

[13:23] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY, THANK

[13:24] YOU.

[13:25] WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

[13:26] NEXT WE HAVE SCHEDULED ITEMS.

[13:28] WE HAVE ITEM 5A.

[13:34] OR -- WE ALREADY VOTED ON 2C SO

[13:36] WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SCHEDULED

[13:39] ITEMS, 5A, WHICH IS THE

[13:40] RESOLUTION PROHIBITING THE USE

[13:42] OF CITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED REAL

[13:44] ESTATE PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL

[13:46] CIVIL IMMIGRATION-RELATED

[13:47] ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.

[13:48] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY

[13:49] MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

[13:54] THEN WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER

[13:55] CAMPBELL SPEAK TO THAT.

[14:11] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I'LL

[14:12] GIVE THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE A

[14:13] MINUTE TO PULL UP THE SCREEN.

[14:24] AS BACKGROUND, AS YOU MAY RECALL

[14:26] ON MAY 15TH OF THIS YEAR,

[14:28] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL MADE A

[14:29] REFERRAL WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY

[14:31] APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

[14:32] THAT DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO

[14:34] DEVELOP LEGISLATION AND AN

[14:35] IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WOULD

[14:37] PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITY-OWNED

[14:39] AND CITY -- OR CITY-CONTROLLED

[14:41] PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[14:42] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

[14:43] ACTIVITY.

[14:48] TONIGHT STAFF PRESENTS A DRAFT

[14:49] RESOLUTION THAT IMPLEMENTS THE

[14:50] DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[14:56] THE RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET

[15:00] THIS EVENING ACCOMPLISHES CITY

[15:02] COUNCIL DIRECTION AND PRIMARILY

[15:03] HAS FOUR FEATURES I'D LIKE TO

[15:04] BRIEFLY COVER.

[15:06] NUMBER ONE, THE POLICY WOULD

[15:07] PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITY-OWNED

[15:09] OR CITY-CONTROLLED PROPERTY AS

[15:11] STAGING, PROCESSING, OR AS AN

[15:12] OPERATING BASE FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[15:14] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

[15:15] THE POLICY WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT

[15:17] CITY EMPLOYEES FROM GIVING

[15:19] CONSENT FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO

[15:21] USE CITY-OWNED OR

[15:23] CITY-CONTROLLED PROPERTY FOR

[15:24] CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

[15:30] THE POLICY WOULD REQUIRE STAFF

[15:31] TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO

[15:34] IMPLEMENT THE POLICY, INCLUDING

[15:35] IDENTIFICATIONS OF CITY-OWNED OR

[15:37] CITY CONTROLLED FACILITIES AND

[15:41] PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO THE

[15:42] RESOLUTION, TO INSTALL PHYSICAL

[15:44] BARRIERS AT THOSE LOCATIONS AND

[15:45] SIGNAGE AT THOSE LOCATIONS TO

[15:46] INDICATE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE

[15:48] USED FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[15:49] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

[15:54] AND TO ALSO DEVELOP AND

[15:56] MAKE PUBLISHED A KNOW YOUR

[15:57] RIGHTS INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL

[15:58] FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND

[15:59] CITY EMPLOYEES.

[16:05] THIS EVENING, CITY STAFF IS

[16:06] RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY

[16:07] COUNCIL ADOPT A DRAFT RESOLUTION

[16:09] THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF

[16:11] CITY-OWNED OR CITY-CONTROLLED

[16:14] REAL PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[16:15] IMMIGRATION-RELATED ENFORCEMENT

[16:16] ACTIVITIES.

[16:18] TO BE CLEAR, TONIGHT'S

[16:20] RESOLUTION IS NOT A CITY

[16:21] PROCLAMATION.

[16:23] IT DOES NOT MERELY INDICATE A

[16:24] STATEMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

[16:27] IT IS A REGULATORY DOCUMENT THAT

[16:28] REQUIRES CITY STAFF TO TAKE

[16:30] ACTION IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE

[16:31] COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.

[16:32] SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP THERE

[16:34] AND TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCIL

[16:35] FOR QUESTIONS.

[16:37] >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU.

[16:38] WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AT THIS

[16:39] TIME.

[16:40] I GUESS I'LL JUST TEE IT OFF.

[16:43] WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS,

[16:48] CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION VERSUS

[16:49] ORDINANCE AND WHAT WAS

[16:50] INITIALLY ASKED FOR BY

[16:51] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND THE

[16:54] CITY COUNCIL BODY.

[16:55] IF YOU COULD HELP EXPLAIN FOR US

[16:56] AND FOR ALL THE FOLKS WATCHING

[16:58] AT HOME AND HERE WHAT THE

[17:02] DIFFERENCE IS AND HOW WE

[17:03] EFFECTUATE THAT.

[17:04] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado:

[17:05] ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BOTH

[17:06] CAN BE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS.

[17:08] THIS EVENING, THE REGULATORY

[17:09] DOCUMENT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS

[17:12] IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.

[17:15] RESOLUTIONS TYPICALLY HAVE LESS

[17:16] ONEROUS ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS.

[17:20] SO IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO

[17:21] MOVE FORWARD THIS EVENING WITH

[17:22] THIS POLICY, THE COUNCIL CAN

[17:24] ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND THE

[17:25] POLICY STATED THEREIN IS

[17:27] EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

[17:29] SEPARATELY, IF THE COUNCIL WERE

[17:31] TO DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD AN

[17:33] ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE REQUIRES

[17:36] TWO READINGS AT CITY COUNCIL

[17:38] MEETINGS FIVE DAYS APART, AND

[17:40] ONCE ADOPTED, IT DOES NOT BECOME

[17:41] EFFECTIVE FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS

[17:42] AFTER ADOPTION.

[17:44] SO PRIMARILY, ONE OF THE

[17:46] PROCEDURAL DIFFERENCES IS JUST

[17:47] THE TIME IT TAKES TO ADOPT AN

[17:49] ORDINANCE VERSUS A RESOLUTION.

[17:52] BUT BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE

[17:53] ACCEPTABLE FORM OF REGULATIONS

[17:54] THAT THE CITY CAN ENFORCE.

[17:55] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[17:57] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM

[17:58] COUNCILMEMBERS?

[18:02] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, THEN

[18:03] COUNCILMEMBER LIU.

[18:10] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[18:13] YOU, MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY.

[18:14] I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF

[18:19] QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR

[18:20] REFERRAL.

[18:21] AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE

[18:23] TIME TO DO ALL OF THE RESEARCH

[18:27] AND I THANK THE PUBLIC FOR YOUR

[18:28] INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC AS WELL.

[18:31] I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF

[18:32] QUESTIONS.

[18:33] I THINK ONE OF THEM, YOU

[18:36] ANSWERED, BUT I WANTED TO GO

[18:38] BACK TO INTENT.

[18:42] IS THE INTENT OF THIS PARTICULAR

[18:44] RESOLUTION TO DO ANY TYPE OF

[18:45] ARREST ACTIVITY?

[18:50] FOR EXAMPLE, IF ICE WAS

[18:51] TO COME IN TO THIS ROOM RIGHT

[18:54] NOW AND SAY MRS. CAMPBELL, YOU

[18:56] ARE UNDER ARREST, WE'RE GETTING

[18:58] READY TO TAKE YOU IN FOR

[19:00] ENFORCEMENT, AND WE'RE AN

[19:05] ICE-FREE ZONE, AND WE HAVE A

[19:08] ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THE USE

[19:11] OF ENFORCEMENT IN THIS BUILDING,

[19:13] COULD THE POLICE THEN COME -- I

[19:14] SAY OH, NO, NO, I'M GOING TO

[19:15] CALL THE POLICE.

[19:16] I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE AND

[19:18] I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU ARRESTED

[19:19] BECAUSE YOU'RE VIOLATING THE

[19:20] LAW.

[19:22] DO THE POLICE HAVE A RIGHT THEN

[19:24] TO ARREST THE AGENTS BECAUSE

[19:25] THEY'RE VIOLATING THE LAW?

[19:29] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS

[19:30] REGULATION, IN ADDITION TO ALL

[19:32] OF THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCY

[19:33] REGULATIONS MY OFFICE HAS

[19:36] REVIEWED, DOES NOT AUTHORIZE

[19:37] THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT.

[19:40] WHAT THIS REGULATION IS INTENDED

[19:42] TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT

[19:44] BEFORE THAT EVER HAPPENS, THE

[19:46] RULES ARE CLEAR, THAT SIGNAGE IS

[19:49] PLACED ON CITY-OWNED AND

[19:50] CITY-CONTROLLED PROPERTY SO THAT

[19:51] WAY ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[19:53] AND ANY FEDERAL OFFICERS WOULD

[19:54] BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE NOT

[19:57] ALLOWED TO ENTER UPON CITY

[19:59] PROPERTY FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION

[20:01] PURPOSES AS STATED IN THE

[20:02] REGULATION.

[20:05] >> Councilmember Campbell: YOU

[20:07] ALSO INDICATED FROM THIS -- SO I

[20:11] THINK WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT

[20:12] HELP RELIEVES THE POLICE

[20:13] DEPARTMENT OF THINKING THAT THEY

[20:15] HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY

[20:19] THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO --

[20:20] TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT.

[20:24] WOULD THAT BE A TRUE STATEMENT?

[20:28] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS

[20:30] REGULATION DOES NOT REQUIRE THE

[20:34] POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE ANY

[20:35] ARRESTS.

[20:37] IT DOES NOT WITHIN THE FOUR

[20:38] CORNERS OF THE DOCUMENT REQUIRE

[20:39] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE

[20:40] ARRESTS.

[20:41] CAM CAL THANK YOU.

[20:42] >> Councilmember Campbell: THANK

[20:43] YOU.

[20:44] YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT IT

[20:45] BEING LEGALLY BINDING.

[20:46] CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME WHAT YOU

[20:47] MEAN BY LEGALLY BINDING?

[20:48] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THIS

[20:50] DOCUMENT IS NOT MERELY A POLICY

[20:52] STATEMENT WHERE THE COUNCIL IS

[20:53] DECLARING THAT FREMONT IS AN

[20:54] ICE-FREE ZONE.

[20:57] IT ACTUALLY SETS FORTH VERY

[20:58] SPECIFIC STEPS THAT MAKE IT AN

[21:00] ICE-FREE ZONE, CONSISTENT WITH

[21:02] THE REGULATIONS WE'RE SEEING

[21:04] ADOPTED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS,

[21:06] WHETHER THEY ARE ADOPTED BY

[21:08] EXECUTIVE ORDER, BY ORDINANCE,

[21:09] OR BY RESOLUTION.

[21:13] SPECIFICALLY, THE POLICY

[21:15] REQUIRES US TO INVENTORY AND

[21:18] PLACE SIGNAGE AT ALL CITY

[21:20] FACILITIES, CITY-OWNED AND

[21:21] CONTROLLED PROPERTIES, TO LIMIT

[21:23] THE TYPES OF USAGE THAT IS

[21:24] ALLOWED ON THOSE PROPERTIES,

[21:28] SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING THE USE

[21:32] AS -- AS AN ALLOWED USE FEDERAL

[21:33] CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

[21:34] IT ALSO REQUIRES THE CITY

[21:35] MANAGER AND CITY STAFF TO ABIDE

[21:36] BY THE REGULATION, SO IT IS NOT,

[21:38] AGAIN, MERELY A POLICY

[21:39] STATEMENT, IT, IN FACT, HAS

[21:41] REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND CITY

[21:43] STAFF WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH

[21:47] ITS OBJECTIVES AND LANGUAGE.

[21:49] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[21:50] OKAY.

[21:53] THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I

[21:54] HAVE AT THE MOMENT.

[21:55] I MAY HAVE MORE AFTER I HEAR

[21:56] FROM THE PUBLIC.

[21:57] >> Councilmember Liu: I WANTED

[22:01] TO ASK ANOTHER CLARIFICATION

[22:03] QUESTION ON THE REGULATION

[22:05] VERSUS THE ORDINANCE, AFTER SOME

[22:07] BACK AND FORTH WITH

[22:08] CONSTITUENTS.

[22:09] THEY TALKED ABOUT THE

[22:12] POSSIBILITY OF PASSING AN -- YOU

[22:15] STATED EARLIER ONCE WE PASS A

[22:17] RESOLUTION THERE IS FUNCTIONALLY

[22:18] NO POINT IN PASSING THE

[22:19] ORDINANCE, CORRECT?

[22:21] OR WOULD PASSING AN ORDINANCE

[22:24] WITH THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE BE

[22:25] STRONGER?

[22:27] IT SEEMS EARLIER PASSING A

[22:29] RESOLUTION TAKES EFFECT FAST FA

[22:30] FASTER, RIGHT?

[22:31] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF WE

[22:34] WERE TO TRANSITION THE LANGUAGE

[22:36] OF THIS RESOLUTION INTO AN

[22:38] ORDINANCE, IT WOULD HAVE THE

[22:39] SAME SUBSTANCE.

[22:41] IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME OPERATING

[22:43] REQUIREMENTS OF CITY STAFF, AND

[22:47] THE SAME DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD

[22:48] EXIST.

[22:49] THE DIFFERENCE IS WE WOULD HAVE

[22:50] TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS IN

[22:51] ORDER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE

[22:52] UNDER STATE LAW.

[22:54] >> Councilmember Liu: I SEE.

[22:55] THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

[22:57] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[22:58] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[22:59] KIMBERLIN.

[23:00] >> Councilmember Kimberlin:

[23:01] THANK YOU.

[23:02] ANOTHER QUESTION FOR RAFAEL.

[23:06] SO ON THE CAL CITIES DOC I HAVE,

[23:07] THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THERE

[23:10] THAT SAYS THERE IS EXPRESS

[23:11] STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR CITIES

[23:12] TO PASS ORDINANCES NOT IN

[23:13] CONFLICT WITH STATE OR FEDERAL

[23:14] LAW.

[23:17] WOULD AN ORDINANCE ON THIS -- OF

[23:19] THIS TYPE BE IN CONFLICT WITH

[23:20] FEDERAL LAW BECAUSE WE CAN'T

[23:22] ARREST THEM, OR WOULD IT -- WHAT

[23:23] WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?

[23:24] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF WE

[23:27] WERE TO HAVE CREATED THE SAME

[23:30] TEXT THAT IS LOCATED IN YOUR --

[23:32] IN THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING

[23:33] AND WE REPLACE IT IN AN

[23:35] ORDINANCE, IT WOULD NOT CREATE A

[23:36] CONFLICT WITH STATE OR FEDERAL

[23:37] LAW.

[23:41] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[23:42] SHAO.

[23:44] >> Councilmember Shao: THANK

[23:45] YOU, MAYOR.

[23:48] ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK

[23:51] THE POLICE CHIEF TO ANSWER THE

[23:52] QUESTION.

[23:54] SO THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC.

[24:17] SO TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE OF YOU

[24:22] INDIVIDUALLY OR FREMONT POLICE

[24:25] DEPARTMENT AS CORPORATE

[24:28] KNOWLEDGE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY

[24:32] INCIDENTS LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR

[24:35] WHERE ICE HAS USED ANY

[24:39] CITY-OWNED OR CITY-CONTROLLED

[24:42] PROPERTY FOR STAGING, PROCESSING

[24:43] LOCATION OR OPERATION BASE?

[24:47] >> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN

[24:52] NO USE OF CITY PROPERTY

[24:56] FOR PROCESSING OF ANY ICE

[24:57] OPERATIONS.

[24:59] WE HAVE HAD AN INCIDENT

[25:01] APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS AGO IN

[25:04] WHICH THEY PULLED INTO OUR FRONT

[25:06] PARKING LOT AND DONNED THEIR

[25:08] GEAR BEFORE THEY WENT OUT TO DO

[25:10] A INSPECTION.

[25:11] >> Councilmember Shao:

[25:12] UNDERSTOOD.

[25:15] SO IN THAT CASE, WOULD THE CITY

[25:20] CONSIDER THAT TO BE AN EXAMPLE

[25:21] WHERE FEDERAL AGENTS USING CITY

[25:22] CONTROLLED OR CITY OWNED

[25:25] PROPERTY FOR STAGING PURPOSES?

[25:28] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IF THE

[25:29] RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, THAT

[25:31] WOULD RUN AFOUL WITH THE TEXT OF

[25:32] THE RESOLUTION.

[25:35] >> Councilmember Shao: THANK

[25:36] YOU.

[25:39] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[25:40] KIMBERLIN.

[25:41] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

[25:42] THOUGHT OF SOMETHING TOO FOR THE

[25:43] CHIEF.

[25:44] SO I'M THINKING I READ A COUPLE

[25:45] YEARS AGO SOME KIND OF PROCEDURE

[25:46] THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

[25:48] ALREADY HAS IN PLACE OR A

[25:51] PROTOCOL IF THEY ARE FACED WITH

[25:52] FEDERAL OFFICERS.

[25:55] DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A PROTOCOL

[25:56] IN PLACE THAT YOU DON'T

[25:58] INTERFERE OR SOMETHING LIKE

[25:59] THAT?

[26:00] >> WE HAVE A CURRENT POLICY AND

[26:01] PROCEDURE IN WHICH WE DO NOT

[26:02] COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES

[26:06] IN REGARDS TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF

[26:07] ICE ENFORCEMENT.

[26:08] IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT THAT

[26:12] I TALKED TO IN REGARDS TO

[26:14] COUNCILMEMBER'S QUESTION, WE

[26:16] DON'T HAVE ANYONE MONITORING OUR

[26:17] FRONT PARKING LOT.

[26:19] IT JUST SO HAPPENED ONE OF OUR

[26:20] SERGEANTS WAS DRIVING THROUGH

[26:23] THE LOT AND SAW THEM STAGING IN

[26:26] OUR LOT, DONNING THEIR EQUIPMENT

[26:27] TO GO DO AN INSPECTION.

[26:33] SO THE -- WHEN YOU

[26:34] TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS ORDINANCE

[26:35] OR RESOLUTION IS GOING TO DO,

[26:36] THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE OR FIGURE

[26:40] OUT WHAT THE COST IS TO PUT UP

[26:41] PHYSICAL BARRIERS TO PREVENT

[26:42] PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO OUR

[26:43] PARKING LOT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT

[26:44] THEY NEED TO DO.

[26:46] SO THAT'S A CONSIDERATION,

[26:48] THAT'S A FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION

[26:50] I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE

[26:51] INTO ACCOUNT.

[26:53] IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT

[26:55] ONE OF US, THE POLICE

[26:57] DEPARTMENT, TO PUT SOMEONE IN

[26:58] FRONT OF THE LOT TO DETERMINE

[27:00] WHO IS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR

[27:02] FRONT DOOR, THERE IS A COST THAT

[27:03] GOES WITH THAT.

[27:09] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

[27:11] THINK YOU COULD JUST PUT

[27:12] NOTIFICATIONS UP, THOUGH,

[27:13] COULDN'T YOU?

[27:14] OUT OF ALL THESE THINGS LISTED

[27:15] IN OUR RESOLUTION, YOU CAN HAVE

[27:17] SIGNAGE THAT THAT IS NOT ALLOWED

[27:18] HERE, CORRECT?

[27:19] >> YES, WE CAN PUT THE SIGNAGE

[27:21] UP BUT THAT DOES NOT STOP -- WE

[27:22] ARE A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY THAT'S

[27:24] OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO IT'S JUST

[27:25] SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

[27:27] WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE SIGNAGE

[27:28] UP, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP SOMEONE

[27:29] FROM PULLING INTO OUR PARKING

[27:32] LOT, CHANGING INTO THEIR GEAR

[27:33] WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.

[27:43] >> Councilmember Campbell: I WAS

[27:45] GOING TO SAY, I THINK THE

[27:47] LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION SAID

[27:49] "WHERE FEASIBLE" TO PUT UP

[27:50] FENCING OR BARRIERS OF SOME

[27:51] SORT.

[27:54] AND THAT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR

[27:57] US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT OUT IN

[28:00] FRONT OF THE CITY HALL POLICE

[28:02] DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OF SECURITY

[28:04] REASONS FOR SURE, RIGHT?

[28:05] >> OR ANY CITY PROPERTY.

[28:07] THAT'S GOING TO BE ANY CITY

[28:09] PROPERTY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS

[28:10] ACCESS TO.

[28:11] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[28:12] RIGHT, RIGHT.

[28:13] AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

[28:14] SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE

[28:16] THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT'S

[28:18] WHERE FEASIBLE, IT'S NOT HARD

[28:20] AND FAST THAT THAT'S SOMETHING

[28:22] THAT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION

[28:23] WOULD BE REQUIRING.

[28:26] THAT WE PUT UP FENCING IN ALL OF

[28:30] OUR CITY-OWNED, LEASE CONTROLLED

[28:31] PROPERTIES.

[28:32] >> RIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S

[28:33] IMPORTANT THAT OUR PUBLIC KNOWS

[28:34] THAT IF THEY SEE SOMEONE -- IF

[28:36] THEY SEE ICE ON A CITY-OWNED

[28:37] PROPERTY, I DON'T WANT OUR

[28:40] PUBLIC TO THINK THAT WE HAVE

[28:42] NOT, MEANING THE CITY, HAS NOT

[28:43] DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN WHAT

[28:46] THEY NEED TO DO WITH THIS

[28:47] RESOLUTION.

[28:48] >> Councilmember Campbell: NO, I

[28:49] UNDERSTAND.

[28:50] I UNDERSTAND.

[28:51] THANK YOU.

[28:53] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[28:54] KENG.

[28:55] >> Councilmember Keng: THANK

[28:56] YOU, MAYOR.

[28:57] SO I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING

[28:59] THE KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS CARDS

[29:00] AND PAMPHLETS.

[29:04] HOW MANY WILL WE BE PLANNING TO

[29:09] PRINT AND HOW MANY OF THESE

[29:12] CARDS AND PAMPHLETS BE

[29:13] AVAILABLE?

[29:14] >> City Mgr. Shackelford: THE

[29:15] CARDS AND PAMPHLETS WOULD BE

[29:16] AVAILABLE IN ANY OF OUR CITY

[29:17] FACILITIES AS A START.

[29:21] AS FAR AS HOW MANY WOULD BE

[29:22] PRINTED, I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU

[29:23] WITH THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT

[29:26] IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE

[29:28] DO WITH OTHER THINGS LIKE OUR

[29:29] RECREATION PAMPHLETS AND THINGS

[29:31] OF THAT NATURE, WE HAVE A

[29:32] PRINTING COMPANY THAT WE USE AND

[29:34] SO AS WE NEED TO REFRESH, WE'LL

[29:36] REFRESH, BUT AS A START, THEY

[29:40] WOULD BE PLACED IN OUR CITY

[29:41] FACILITIES.

[29:42] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: ONE

[29:43] THING I WANT TO ADD,

[29:45] COUNCILMEMBER KENG, IS THAT THE

[29:46] RESOLUTION REQUIRES CITY STAFF

[29:48] TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY.

[29:51] IMPLEMENTATION INVOLVES, WHERE

[29:53] APPROPRIATE, TO INSTALL PHYSICAL

[29:54] BARRIERS.

[29:55] CITY STAFF WILL HAVE TO MAKE

[29:56] THAT DETERMINATION.

[29:58] CITY STAFF WILL HAVE TO INSTALL

[30:00] SIGNAGE, THAT WILL HAVE TO BE

[30:02] DONE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE

[30:04] SIGNAGE, THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

[30:05] DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE TALKING

[30:06] ABOUT, ALL THESE THINGS, CITY

[30:08] STAFF WILL HAVE TO DO IF ADOPTED

[30:10] BY THE COUNCIL.

[30:12] SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME

[30:16] BACK AT A CERTAIN POINT TO

[30:17] PROVIDE AN UPDATE I'M SURE IN

[30:18] SOME FORMAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT

[30:20] DONE SOME OF THIS WORK BECAUSE

[30:21] THE POLICY YET IS NOT IN PLACE.

[30:22] >> Councilmember Keng: SURE, ALL

[30:23] RIGHT.

[30:24] THANK YOU.

[30:25] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[30:26] ZHANG.

[30:27] >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK

[30:28] YOU, MAYOR.

[30:29] JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THE

[30:30] QUESTION.

[30:34] SO LET'S SAY THE ICE WOULD PULL

[30:38] IN OUR PARKING LOT,

[30:43] AND WHEN WE PASS THIS

[30:44] RESOLUTION, AND THEN SOMEBODY

[30:46] NOTIFIES US THAT THEY'RE HERE,

[30:50] AND THEN THE POLICE CAN

[30:52] COME AND ASK THEM TO LEAVE, BUT

[30:54] SO SINCE THAT WE HAVE THIS

[30:55] RESOLUTION, AND THEY ARE OBL

[31:00] OBLIGATED TO LEAVE OTHERWISE

[31:01] THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW OF

[31:02] THE CITY AND THE STATE,

[31:03] CORRECT?

[31:07] SHALL I -- EYE JUST GOING TO

[31:10] I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A

[31:11] SCENARIO.

[31:12] LET'S SAY WE PASS THE

[31:13] RESOLUTION, AND SOMETIME IN THE

[31:14] FUTURE ICE WOULD COME TO THE

[31:15] PARKING LOT USING OUR PUBLIC

[31:16] SPACE.

[31:18] SO BY THAT TIME, IF THE POLICE

[31:20] DEPARTMENT IS NOTIFIED, AND THEN

[31:23] YOU CAN ASK THEM TO LEAVE AND IF

[31:26] ICE DO NOT LEAVE, THEY ARE

[31:29] VIOLATING THE CITY'S -- THE

[31:30] LAWS, RIGHT?

[31:31] AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

[31:34] >> PROBABLY THE SAME THING

[31:35] THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

[31:38] OUR SERGEANT -- OUR LIEUTENANT

[31:39] -- THE SERGEANT NOTIFIED THE

[31:40] LIEUTENANT, THE LIEUTENANT WENT

[31:42] OUT THERE AND ASKED THEM TO

[31:43] LEAVE OUR PROPERTY AND THEY

[31:44] DID.

[31:45] WE USUALLY GAIN VOLUNTARY

[31:46] COOPERATION.

[31:47] >> Councilmember Zhang: ALL

[31:48] RIGHT.

[31:51] SO I THINK THAT -- I THINK THIS

[31:53] RESOLUTION IS -- I'M JUST

[31:54] IMAGINING, WHEN THE ICE COME,

[31:55] THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CHECKED

[31:57] TO SEE WHETHER THE CITY HAS A

[32:00] RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE TO SEE

[32:01] IT'S AN ICE-FREE ZONE AND THEY

[32:03] WILL BE VERY CAREFUL IN WHICH

[32:07] PROPERTY OR PLACE THEY'RE GOING

[32:09] TO STATION TO CONDUCT THEIR

[32:10] ACTIVITIES.

[32:12] I THINK BEFORE WE GO FURTHER

[32:14] WITH THE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES

[32:16] WHICH THE STAFF IS GOING TO

[32:18] DEVELOP, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN

[32:20] THE FUTURE, LIKE HOW MANY

[32:23] INCIDENTS THAT ICE COME TO OUR

[32:24] CITY, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AND

[32:25] COMPARE WITH OTHER CITIES.

[32:29] SO THEN WE CAN DEVELOP SOME KIND

[32:31] OF A PAMPHLET AND THE SIGNAGE

[32:32] APPROPRIATELY.

[32:37] >> Mayor Salwan: I KNOW WE'VE

[32:40] GOT A LOT OF SPEAKERS, WE HAVE

[32:41] QUESTIONS, FOLLOW-UP, HAPPY TO

[32:42] CONTINUE.

[32:43] >> Councilmember Liu: THIS IS

[32:44] JUST A QUICK QUESTION, ACTUALLY

[32:46] SORT OF RELATED TO WHAT

[32:47] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG JUST SAID.

[32:49] SO IT SEEMS IN THE PRIOR

[32:50] SCENARIO, WE HAD -- WE WERE

[32:52] FORTUNATE TO KNOW ABOUT ICE

[32:55] CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN OUR

[32:56] POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST

[32:57] PLACE BECAUSE A SERGEANT JUST

[32:59] HAPPENED TO BE -- SAW THEM DOING

[33:00] THAT.

[33:03] THEY DIDN'T NOTIFY OUR POLICE

[33:04] BEFOREHAND, IS THAT CORRECT?

[33:05] >> THAT'S CORRECT.

[33:06] >> Councilmember Liu: SO I GUESS

[33:07] MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT

[33:09] HAPPENS IF ICE USES THE CITY

[33:12] PROPERTY TO DO OPERATIONS

[33:14] WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE CITY AT

[33:15] ALL AND THEN THE OPERATIONS TAKE

[33:16] PLACE ANYWAYS?

[33:18] LET'S SAY THE SERGEANT WASN'T

[33:20] THERE THAT DAY TO WITNESS THAT.

[33:23] WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES TO

[33:26] THOSE ICE OFFICERS IN CASE

[33:27] SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS?

[33:29] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IN

[33:30] HYPOTHETICAL, IT'S REALLY

[33:31] CHALLENGING TO KNOW WHAT

[33:32] OUTCOMES THERE ARE AND FRANKLY

[33:34] THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CASE LAW OR

[33:37] TEST CASES THAT WE CAN POINT TO

[33:40] FROM A STRAIGHT FOURTH AMENDMENT

[33:42] PERSPECTIVE IF AN OFFICER,

[33:44] FEDERAL OFFICER IS ON A PROPERTY

[33:46] WITHOUT AUTHORITY, IT RAISES A

[33:48] FOURTH AMENDMENT CONCERN ABOUT

[33:50] WHETHER THEY VIOLATED THE

[33:51] CONSTITUTION.

[33:52] HOW YOU ENFORCE THAT IS THE

[33:53] DIFFICULT QUESTION HERE, AND

[33:55] PART OF THE FOCUS OF THIS

[33:56] POLICY, THIS REGULATION, IS TO

[33:59] ENSURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY

[34:01] ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT LOUD AND

[34:02] CLEAR THROUGH SIGNAGE AND

[34:03] THROUGH ADOPTION OF THE

[34:04] RESOLUTION THAT IT'S NOT ALLOWED

[34:06] SO THAT WAY THIS CONFLICT

[34:07] DOESN'T EXIST.

[34:08] IT DOESN'T OCCUR.

[34:10] >> Councilmember Liu: SO IF THEY

[34:14] CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT, WHOEVER

[34:21] THEY DETAIN COULD CHOOSE TO

[34:22] SUE --

[34:23] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: IT GOES

[34:24] TO FOURTH AMENDMENT --

[34:25] >> Councilmember Liu: THAT'S THE

[34:26] ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.

[34:27] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[34:28] >> Councilmember Shao: VERY

[34:29] QUICK QUESTION.

[34:30] OVER HERE I UNDERSTAND THE

[34:31] LANGUAGE CITY OWNED OR CITY

[34:32] CONTROLLED REAL PROPERTY.

[34:35] THEN IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME

[34:38] THAT STREETS ARE ALSO CITY

[34:39] OWNED.

[34:40] ARE THEY EXCLUDED FROM THIS

[34:41] RESOLUTION?

[34:42] IN OTHER WORDS THEY CANNOT DRIVE

[34:45] OR WALK ON CITY OWNED STREETS?

[34:47] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THEY'RE

[34:48] EXCLUDED.

[34:49] STREETS ARE NOT -- FEDERAL

[34:51] OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO WALK ON

[34:52] THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY JUST

[34:54] LIKE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE

[34:55] PUBLIC.

[34:56] >> Councilmember Shao: THANK

[34:57] YOU.

[34:58] >> Mayor Salwan: SO THAT

[34:59] CONCLUDES THE QUESTIONS.

[35:00] WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC

[35:01] COMMENTS.

[35:02] HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE?

[35:03] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE HAVE 22

[35:04] SPEAKER CARDS SUBMITTED,

[35:08] CURRENTLY NO HANDS RAISED IN

[35:09] ZOOM.

[35:10] >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S DO 2

[35:11] MINUTES EACH.

[35:12] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FIRST

[35:15] SPEAKER IS BERT AGUILERA

[35:16] FOLLOWED BY JILL FOLLOWED BY

[35:17] YVONNE.

[35:29] >> Mayor Salwan: MR. CITY CLERK,

[35:31] ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A

[35:33] RECESS AT SOME POINT IN BETWEEN

[35:34] FOR THE STENOGRAPHER?

[35:39] >> Mr. Quintanilla: IT'S

[35:40] CURRENTLY 7:35.

[35:41] >> Mayor Salwan: IN BETWEEN THE

[35:42] SPEAKERS.

[35:45] IF THAT'S 22, IT WILL BE

[35:46] 44 MINUTES.

[35:47] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WE'D BE

[35:49] PROPER BLI JUST AFTER 8:00.

[35:51] >> Mayor Salwan: COULD YOU LET

[35:52] US KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS?

[35:53] >> Mr. Quintanilla: WILL DO.

[35:55] >> MY NAME IS ALBERTO AGUILERA

[35:56] FROM DOWNTOWN FREMONT.

[35:58] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[35:59] COUNCIL.

[36:01] AND TO EVERYONE HERE IN

[36:02] ATTENDANCE.

[36:05] I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY WORD

[36:08] OF THANKS AND COMMENDATION TO

[36:09] OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE

[36:13] PROPOSED ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

[36:15] PROHIBITING THE USE OF

[36:18] CITY-OWNED OR CONTROLLED REAL

[36:22] PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[36:23] IMMIGRATION-RELATED ENFORCEMENT

[36:24] ACTIVITIES.

[36:28] THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING

[36:29] TONIGHT.

[36:30] HAVING THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED

[36:35] BY THE COUNCIL IS THE FIRST STEP

[36:38] IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MAKE

[36:40] OUR CITY AN ICE-FREE ZONE.

[36:44] OTHER CALIFORNIA CITIES HAVE

[36:49] ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE INSTEAD OF

[36:50] A RESOLUTION AND FOR SURE THERE

[36:54] ARE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN

[36:55] ORDINANCE IN PLACE.

[36:59] I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY

[37:03] COUNCIL TO PASS AN ORDINANCE

[37:06] LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, SUNOL AND

[37:07] SANTA ROSA IN THE NEXT COUNCIL

[37:11] MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE COULD

[37:13] KEEP CITY PROPERTIES FREE FROM

[37:14] ICE.

[37:15] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[37:21] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER

[37:22] IS JILL BRONO.

[37:28] [SPEAKING SPANISH]

[37:49] GOOD EVENING.

[37:52] I'M A 30-YEAR RESIDENT AND

[37:53] HOMEOWNER IN FREMONT.

[37:55] I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO ADOPT

[37:56] RESOLUTION 5A AS AN ORDINANCE,

[37:58] WHICH WILL PROHIBIT THE USE OF

[37:59] CITY-OWNED OR CONTROLLED REAL

[38:01] PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[38:02] IMMIGRATION-RELATED ENFORCEMENT

[38:03] ACTIVITIES.

[38:06] IMMIGRANTS MAKE OUR COUNTRY A

[38:08] STRONG AND VIBRANT DEMOCRACY.

[38:10] IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE THEIR

[38:11] IDEAS AND LABOR TO OUR

[38:12] COMMUNITY, MAKING FREMONT A

[38:14] POSITIVE AND PEACEFUL PLACE TO

[38:15] LIVE.

[38:18] WE NEED TO SUPPORT ALL FREMONT

[38:19] RESIDENTS, BOTH U.S.-BORN AND

[38:21] IMMIGRANTS, TO KEEP FREMONT THE

[38:23] WONDERFUL CITY THAT IT IS.

[38:25] BY MAKING RESOLUTION 5A AN

[38:26] ORDINANCE, WE WILL SHOW OUR

[38:27] IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS THAT WE

[38:28] RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THEM.

[38:30] NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.

[38:32] THANK YOU.

[38:35] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[38:39] SPEAKER IS YVONNE

[38:40] LEEPER.

[38:45] >> HELLO, I'M A MEMBER OF

[38:46] INDIVISIBLE FREMONT.

[38:47] I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND

[38:48] STAFF FOR TAKING TIME TO DEVELOP

[38:51] THE RESOLUTION PROHIBITING THE

[38:52] USE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR

[38:53] FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION

[38:54] RELATED ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

[38:56] I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THAT

[38:57] RESOLUTION AND ASK YOU TO PASS

[38:58] IT.

[39:00] I'M FURTHER ASKING THAT THE

[39:01] COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO COME

[39:04] BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE CODIFYING

[39:06] THE PROTECTIONS OUTLINED IN THE

[39:08] RESOLUTION INTO LAW IN ORDER TO

[39:09] PROVIDE THE MOST ROBUST

[39:10] PROTECTION TO FREMONT

[39:11] RESIDENTS.

[39:13] HALF OF FREMONT RESIDENTS ARE

[39:15] BORN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED

[39:16] STATES.

[39:17] OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY IS WIDE

[39:20] LY CELEBRATED.

[39:22] IT'S THE REASON WHY I CHOSE TO

[39:23] LIVE HERE.

[39:24] OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS I'VE

[39:25] SEEN AND HEARD THE MOUNTING FEAR

[39:27] AS I TALK WITH FRIENDS AND

[39:28] NEIGHBORS.

[39:29] WE WERE ALL SEEING THE VIOLENCE

[39:31] AND TRAUMA HAPPENING ACROSS THE

[39:33] COUNTRY, AND AS IMMIGRATION

[39:35] ENFORCEMENT HAS SHIFTED TACTICS,

[39:37] I WAS ALARMED TO SEE THE SHARP

[39:38] INCREASE IN ARRESTS THIS SUMMER,

[39:41] INCLUDING A 60% INCREASE IN

[39:42] IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN NORTHERN

[39:43] CALIFORNIA.

[39:44] SINCE FEBRUARY.

[39:46] FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

[39:47] IS HERE.

[39:48] AND THEY WILL BE INCREASING

[39:49] THEIR EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE.

[39:52] AS A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS, WE MUST

[39:54] USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO

[39:56] PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, SOME OF THE

[39:57] CITIES THAT WERE EARLY TARGETS

[39:59] ARE NOW IN COURT FIGHTING FOR

[40:00] ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE ACTIONS

[40:02] OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.

[40:06] THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO IN PART

[40:07] THANKS TO LOCAL ORDINANCES.

[40:09] PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION.

[40:10] PLEASE COME BACK WITH AN

[40:12] ORDINANCE TO CODIFY THE

[40:13] PROTECTIONS INTO LAW.

[40:14] THANK YOU AGAIN.

[40:15] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[40:16] SPEAKER IS CONNIE CHU.

[40:20] >> HI, MY NAME IS CONNIE, AND

[40:21] I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FREMONT

[40:22] FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

[40:26] I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5, AND I

[40:28] THANK DESRIE CAMPBELL

[40:29] COUNCILMEMBER FOR DOING THIS

[40:33] RESOLUTION TO GET TO ALL OF

[40:34] YOU.

[40:35] AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, IT'S

[40:37] ALREADY BEEN REALLY SAID ALREADY

[40:40] BY THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO SPOKE

[40:42] EARLIER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE

[40:43] IT GOES THROUGH AND THAT WE HAVE

[40:47] VERY MORE STRICTER ENFORCEMENT

[40:51] IF ICE COMES IN HERE, LIKE WE'VE

[40:52] GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T

[40:54] EVEN PUT UP ICE CENTERS HERE, WE

[40:56] WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T

[40:59] COME HERE EVEN TO DO ALL THE

[41:01] THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT WE

[41:04] DON'T ENJOY SEEING BECAUSE WE

[41:06] KNOW THAT UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE

[41:08] ARE NOT CRIMINALS AND WE WANT TO

[41:10] MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE

[41:13] FOR THEM, AND WE NEED TO KNOW

[41:16] THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE

[41:17] PROCESS TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS,

[41:19] AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

[41:20] EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY FOR

[41:23] THEM AND NOT HAVE THIS THREAT OF

[41:24] ICE IN OUR CITY.

[41:25] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[41:26] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[41:29] SPEAKER IS ANNIE KARUGA.

[41:32] >> HELLO.

[41:35] MY NAME IS ANNIE, AND I'M A

[41:38] MEMBER OF INDIVISIBLE FREMONT

[41:39] AND THE TRI-CITIES DEMOCRATIC

[41:40] FORUM.

[41:42] I URGE YOU TO TWO DO THINGS

[41:43] TONIGHT.

[41:44] ONE PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION,

[41:45] THE LANGUAGE IN IT IS GOOD, AND

[41:46] SECOND, DIRECT STAFF TO COME

[41:48] BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE CODIFYING

[41:49] THE PROTECTIONS IN THIS

[41:50] RESOLUTION.

[41:51] HERE'S WHY.

[41:53] ORDINANCES ARE STRONGER THAN

[41:54] RESOLUTIONS.

[41:55] ORDINANCES ARE LAWS.

[41:56] THEY CHANGE THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

[41:59] RESOLUTIONS ARE STATEMENTS OF

[42:00] VALUES.

[42:02] A CAL CITIES GUIDE WITH

[42:03] COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN

[42:04] REFERENCED AND WHICH I HAVE SENT

[42:07] TO ALL OF YOU ENUMERATES THAT

[42:08] CASE LAW SAYS ORDINANCES ARE

[42:10] LOCAL LAWS BUT THAT RESOLUTIONS

[42:12] ARE WEAKER THAN ORDINANCES,

[42:13] OFTENTIMES THEY'RE TEMPORARY AND

[42:14] THEY ARE, QUOTE, MERE

[42:16] EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION OF THE

[42:17] LEGISLATIVE BODY.

[42:18] WHY AN ORDINANCE IS SO IMPORTANT

[42:20] IS THAT YOU ARE COMPELLING THE

[42:21] BEHAVIOR OF THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST

[42:22] CITY EMPLOYEES.

[42:24] YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPELLING

[42:25] THE PUBLIC THAT WE KNOW

[42:28] PRIMARILY ICE TO NOT USE CITY

[42:30] PROPERTY FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION

[42:31] ENFORCEMENT.

[42:32] YOU'RE NOT JUST TELLING CITY

[42:33] STAFF WHAT TO DO.

[42:35] ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT IS

[42:37] MAJORITY IMMIGRANT WHICH FREMONT

[42:39] IS, PLEASE PROTECT IMMIGRANTS

[42:40] WITH MORE THAN YOUR MERE

[42:41] OPINION.

[42:42] PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT

[42:43] COMMUNITIES WITH THE PROTECTION

[42:44] OF THE LAW.

[42:46] AND ON THE QUESTION OF

[42:47] ENFORCEMENT, WHAT HAPPENS IF

[42:49] THIS IS VIOLATED IS A QUESTION

[42:50] THAT A FEW OF YOU HAVE RAISED.

[42:53] ONE, THIS LIKELY SETS UPSTANDING

[42:55] FOR LAWSUITS AND SOME SORT OF

[42:57] LEGAL ACTION, BUT TWO, WE NEED

[42:58] TO REFRAME THE QUESTION A LITTLE

[42:59] BIT.

[43:03] WE DON'T JUST DECLINE

[43:04] LAWS BECAUSE WE WORRY THEY

[43:05] MIGHT BE VIOLATED.

[43:06] WE DON'T SAY WELL, SOME PEOPLE

[43:08] ARE GOING TO SPEED ANYWAY SO WE

[43:09] MIGHT AS WELL JUST NOT HAVE A

[43:10] SPEED LIMIT.

[43:11] THAT'S NOT HOW LAWS WORK.

[43:12] WE KNOW THIS.

[43:14] PLEASE BE A LEADER ON THIS

[43:15] ISSUE.

[43:18] JOIN CITIES LIKE SANTA ROSA AND

[43:19] PA NOLL WHO HAVE PASSED

[43:20] ORDINANCES.

[43:21] SO PLEASE, PASS THIS RESOLUTION

[43:23] AND DIRECT CITY STAFF TO COME

[43:25] BACK WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT

[43:26] YOU CAN PASS AT LATER DATE SO

[43:28] IT'S A WIN-WIN, WE GET THE

[43:29] BENEFITS OF BOTH.

[43:30] THANK YOU.

[43:37] >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

[43:38] BLAN DEEN.

[43:42] >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY

[43:43] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[43:46] MY NAME IS -- I'M A MEMBER OF

[43:47] INDIVISIBLE FREMONT.

[43:48] AS AN IMMIGRANT LIVING IN THIS

[43:50] COMMUNITY AND WORKING IN THE

[43:52] LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS, I'M ASKING

[43:54] YOU TODAY TO PASS THE RESOLUTION

[43:56] FOR AN ICE-FREE ZONE IN

[43:57] FREMONT.

[43:59] FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

[44:02] RELIES HEAVILY ON RACIAL

[44:03] PROFILING.

[44:04] SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND SHOULD

[44:06] NEVER DEPEND ON SKIN COULD

[44:07] LORE.

[44:10] SKIN COLOR YET RIGHT NOW

[44:12] RESIDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED AND

[44:13] TREATED AS THREATS SIMPLY

[44:15] BECAUSE OF HOW THEY LOOK,

[44:16] REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN

[44:17] THEIR LEGAL PROCESS.

[44:19] I REFUSE TO ACCEPT

[44:21] DISCRIMINATION AND PROFILING IN

[44:22] MY CITY.

[44:25] OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD

[44:29] PROTECT ALL THESE NEIGHBORS, NOT

[44:30] FACILITATE DIVISIVE FEDERAL

[44:31] PRACTICES.

[44:33] I STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL

[44:36] TO STAND FOR EQUITY, JUSTICE AND

[44:39] COMMUNITY SAFETY BY ADOPTING THE

[44:40] RESOLUTION AND DIRECT STAFF TO

[44:42] COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE

[44:44] CODIFYING THE PROTECTION IN THE

[44:45] RESOLUTION.

[44:46] THANK YOU.

[44:48] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[44:49] SPEAKER IS EMIL HARRIS.

[44:53] >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL

[44:54] AND A MAYOR.

[44:57] THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER

[44:59] THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'D LIKE

[45:00] TO PASS.

[45:02] I'M ASKING YOU TO NOW CONSIDER

[45:04] TO GO BACK AND CREATE AN

[45:05] ORDINANCE.

[45:06] I SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE FOR THIS

[45:07] MEASURE.

[45:12] 48% OF THE POPULATION IN FREMONT

[45:15] ARE IMMIGRANTS JUST LIKE

[45:16] MYSELF.

[45:19] IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE THAT THE

[45:20] CITY COUNCIL WOULD COME UP AND

[45:21] BE A LEADER IN THIS MEASURE.

[45:26] AND WE ALL NEED/WANT PROTECTION,

[45:28] SO DO YOUR BEST, THANK YOU.

[45:29] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER

[45:32] IS DEBRA PIERSON.

[45:39] >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE NOT

[45:43] BEEN UP HERE FOR YEARS SO -- BUT

[45:46] I DO WANT TO GO FORWARD TO SAY

[45:48] PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION

[45:49] TONIGHT.

[45:52] ALSO TO COME BACK WITH THE NEXT

[45:54] CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH AN

[45:58] ORDINANCE AND THEN GO THE NEXT

[46:00] WEEK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CODIFY

[46:01] THAT.

[46:04] ORDINANCE.

[46:06] BEFORE I CAME HERE TONIGHT, THE

[46:10] TV WAS ON, AND ONE OF THE

[46:12] FEDERAL PEOPLE THAT WORKS UP

[46:17] THERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IT

[46:21] WAS ON NEWS, SAID IT NOW TIME

[46:24] THAT WE GET OFF AND GO AFTER THE

[46:25] CHINESE IN OUR COUNTRY.

[46:29] THIS IS PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE

[46:31] LOOK AT OUR -- LOOK AT WHAT WE

[46:32] HAVE HERE.

[46:33] LOOK WHAT'S ON OUR COUNCIL.

[46:37] WE ARE ALL FROM IMMIGRANTS.

[46:41] MY GRANDPARENTS IMMIGRATED TO

[46:42] THIS COUNTRY.

[46:44] SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO

[46:48] PROTECTIONS FOR EVERYONE.

[46:51] NO MATTER WHAT THE RACE IS, NO

[46:52] MATTER WHAT IT IS.

[46:56] SO PLEASE, GO

[46:59] FORWARD AND PASS THE RESOLUTION

[47:00] SO WE HAVE PROTECTIONS THERE

[47:01] IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN GO AHEAD

[47:04] AND PUT FORTH AN ORDINANCE SO WE

[47:05] HAVE HAD IN THE LAW.

[47:06] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[47:07] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[47:09] SPEAKER IS KATE AYMAN.

[47:13] >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL

[47:14] AND MAYOR.

[47:16] THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY TO

[47:17] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL FOR

[47:19] COMING FORTH WITH THIS

[47:20] RESOLUTION.

[47:21] I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HEADING

[47:22] IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I

[47:24] WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU

[47:26] TO IMPLEMENT THE RESOLUTION,

[47:28] FOLLOW FORTH WITH AN ORDINANCE.

[47:32] YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR

[47:34] CONSTITUENTS FROM THE VIOLENT

[47:36] LAWLESS PEOPLE OF ICE, AND THIS

[47:37] IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

[47:40] THEY ARE COMING, AS THEY SAID,

[47:41] THEY DO NOT NOTIFY THE POLICE,

[47:44] JUST LIKE BACK LAST YEAR OR SO

[47:46] IN GLENMOOR, WHERE THEY DIDN'T

[47:47] TELL OUR CITY UNTIL AFTER THEY

[47:48] WERE ALL DONE.

[47:49] SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

[47:50] LET US KNOW.

[47:51] THAT'S NOT HOW THEY WORK.

[47:53] SO PUT EVERY MEASURE IN PLACE,

[47:56] INCLUDING THE RESOLUTION AND AN

[47:58] ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE

[47:59] OF THIS CITY.

[48:00] THANK YOU.

[48:01] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[48:02] SPEAKER IS JOAN WEBER FOLLOWED

[48:04] BY BRIDGET MONAHAN FOLLOWED BY

[48:05] MICHELE CAUSEGROVE.

[48:09] >> HELLO, MR. MAYOR,

[48:10] COUNCILMEMBERS, FELLOW

[48:11] RESIDENTS.

[48:13] I'M JOAN WEBER, A LONG-TIME

[48:14] RESIDENT OF FREMONT.

[48:17] AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR WANTING

[48:19] TO KEEP OUR FRIENDS AND

[48:20] NEIGHBORS SAFE.

[48:22] I ASK YOU PLEASE PASS THIS

[48:23] RESOLUTION.

[48:27] AND THEN LET'S MOVE ON AND

[48:29] DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT AN

[48:30] ORDINANCE.

[48:32] THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE

[48:34] FORCE OF LAW AND REALLY PROTECT

[48:35] OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.

[48:40] ICE AGENTS HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN

[48:41] SEVERAL FREMONT NEIGHBORHOODS.

[48:46] PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY AFRAID, AND

[48:50] THIS ENDS UP AFFECTING OUR

[48:51] BUSINESSES.

[48:52] WHEN WORKERS ARE AFRAID TO GO TO

[48:54] WORK, WHEN CUSTOMERS ARE AFRAID

[48:59] TO SHOW UP AT A SHOP OR A

[49:01] RESTAURANT, WE ARE A MAJORITY

[49:02] IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED

[49:04] TO DO ALL WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR

[49:05] NEIGHBORS.

[49:09] SO PLEASE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION,

[49:11] AND THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO HAVE

[49:12] AN ORDINANCE DRAFTED.

[49:13] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[49:15] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[49:17] SPEAKER IS BRIDGET MONAHAN

[49:18] FOLLOWED BY MICHELE CAUSEGROVE

[49:20] FOLLOWED BY GANESH.

[49:24] >> I'M BRIDGET MONAHAN.

[49:26] DISTRICT 4.

[49:29] AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING

[49:30] THIS RESOLUTION.

[49:33] I URGE YOU TO PASS IT, AND AS

[49:35] WELL I DO ASK YOU TO DIRECT

[49:38] STAFF TO COME UP WITH AN

[49:42] ORDINANCE CODIFYING THESE

[49:43] PROTECTIONS.

[49:44] IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR MOST OF YOU

[49:45] TO VOTE FOR A LAW FRAMING THE

[49:46] UNHOUSED AS CRIMINALS.

[49:49] IT SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER TO

[49:53] PASS A LAW PROTECTING US FROM

[49:54] ARMED, POORLY TRAINED

[49:55] TRIGGER-HAPPY ICE AGENTS.

[50:00] IN THIS TIME, WE NEED TO TAKE

[50:02] WHATEVER STAND WE CAN AGAINST

[50:05] THIS LIVING GESTAPO.

[50:09] OTHERWISE WE, OTHERWISE YOU ARE

[50:10] COMPLICITY IN THEIR ATROCITIES.

[50:12] SO PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION,

[50:14] AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO COME UP

[50:17] WITH AN ORDINANCE CODIFYING

[50:18] THOSE PROTECTIONS.

[50:19] THANK YOU.

[50:20] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[50:23] SPEAKER IS MICHELE CAUSEGROVE

[50:26] FOLLOWED BY GANESH FOLLOWED BY

[50:27] CHARLENE HINCKLEY.

[50:28] >> HELLO.

[50:30] I'VE LIVED IN FREMONT FOR OVER

[50:32] 35 YEARS, AND WORKED HERE AND

[50:34] I'M A MEMBER OF INDIVISIBLE

[50:35] FREMONT.

[50:36] I SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THE

[50:37] RESOLUTION AS A STATEMENT OF

[50:39] CITY POLICY, BUT I URGE YOU TO

[50:42] ALSO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO DRAFT

[50:43] AN ENFORCEABLE ORDINANCE TO

[50:45] PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITY

[50:46] PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL CIVIL

[50:47] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

[50:49] JOIN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER

[50:51] BAY AREA CITIES WHO ARE ACTING

[50:52] WITH CONVICTION BY STANDING UP

[50:54] FOR CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS AND

[50:56] STANDING AGAINST FEDERAL

[50:57] GOVERNMENT OVERREACH BY PASSING

[50:58] AN ORDINANCE.

[51:01] THE FREMONT ORDINANCE MUST HAVE

[51:04] AN ENFORCEABLE -- EXCUSE ME-AN

[51:05] ENFORCEMENT PROVISION.

[51:06] SANTA ROSA'S ORDINANCE

[51:07] ESTABLISHES THAT CIVIL

[51:10] IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS NOT A

[51:11] CITY PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZES THE

[51:14] CITY ATTORNEY TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE

[51:15] OR OTHER CIVIL RELIEF.

[51:17] ANOTHER REQUEST I'D LIKE TO MAKE

[51:19] IS THAT YOU PLEASE INCLUDE

[51:20] INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLICLY

[51:22] FUNDED ALAMEDA COUNTY

[51:24] IMMIGRATION LEGAL EDUCATION

[51:27] PARTNERSHIP AT ASALAP IN

[51:28] FREMONT'S KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

[51:29] MATERIALS BECAUSE ICE AGENTS

[51:30] OFTEN IGNORE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

[51:32] ASALEP ATTORNEYS AND STAFF ARE

[51:34] ON STANDBY TO HELP PEOPLE DEFEND

[51:35] THEIR RIGHTS.

[51:36] PLEASE DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR

[51:38] POWER TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY

[51:39] MEMBERS.

[51:40] THANK YOU.

[51:41] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[51:43] SPEAKER IS GANESH FOLLOWED BY

[51:44] CHARLENE HINCKLEY FOLLOWED BY

[51:45] BRIAN TORR.

[51:49] >> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR.

[51:50] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

[51:52] MY NAME IS GANESH.

[51:55] I'M A FREMONT RESIDENT FOR

[51:56] SEVERAL DECADES NOW.

[52:01] ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK

[52:02] COUNCILWOMAN DESRIE CAMPBELL FOR

[52:03] BRINGING FORWARD THIS

[52:04] RESOLUTION.

[52:05] I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY

[52:06] IMPORTANT.

[52:09] I WILL URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS

[52:10] THIS RESOLUTION AND ACTUALLY

[52:12] TAKE IT A STEP FORWARD AS SO

[52:14] MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE SPOKEN

[52:15] BEFORE ME.

[52:18] I ASK YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION

[52:19] AND DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK

[52:21] WITH AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE

[52:22] CODIFYING THE PROTECTIONS AND

[52:23] RESOLUTION BECAUSE ORDINANCES

[52:26] HAVE THE FORCE OF LAWL, AND THEY

[52:28] CHANGE MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH

[52:30] RESOLUTIONS DO NOT.

[52:32] WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH ICE

[52:34] DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY IS

[52:38] ACTUALLY A LOT OF ILLEGAL

[52:42] ACTIVITY AND MOTHERS OF U.S.

[52:43] CITIZENS AND BARBARIC RESPONSES

[52:46] TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS, AND I THINK

[52:47] THIS RESOLUTION AND THE

[52:48] ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO BE A

[52:52] MESSAGE TO ICE THAT FREMONT IS

[52:55] NOT WELCOMING THIS TYPE OF

[52:56] ACTIVITY.

[52:58] I'M A U.S. CITIZEN AND HAVE BEEN

[53:00] ONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT I

[53:01] DON'T THINK ICE EITHER KNOWS OR

[53:03] CARES AND I'M ASKING FOR THIS AS

[53:05] MUCH FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AS FOR

[53:07] MYSELF, FOR MY FAMILY, BECAUSE

[53:09] IF ICE WERE TO COME IN FRONT OF

[53:11] ME, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY

[53:12] WOULD -- HOW THEY WOULD BEHAVE,

[53:14] HOW THEY WOULD ACT.

[53:18] HAVING ICE-FREE ZONES IN FREMONT

[53:21] DOES GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR

[53:23] IMMIGRANTS, OUR CITIZENS A SPACE

[53:24] WHERE THEY FEEL PROTECTED, AND I

[53:26] THINK WE SHOULD CONVERT THIS

[53:28] INTO AN ORDINANCE RIGHT AFTER WE

[53:29] PASS IT AS A RESOLUTION.

[53:30] THANK YOU.

[53:31] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[53:33] SPEAKER IS CHARLENE HINCKLEY.

[53:38] >> HI.

[53:41] I'M REVEREND CHARLENE HINCKLEY,

[53:45] THE PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN KATHY

[53:46] KIMBERLIN'S DISTRICT AS WELL AS

[53:47] RESIDING THERE.

[53:50] I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE

[53:51] TRI-CITY INTERFAITH COUNCIL, AND

[53:55] HEAR MY WORDS TO YOU.

[53:57] TO THE STRANGER WHO RESIDES WITH

[53:59] YOU SHALL BE TO YOU AS YOUR

[54:00] CITIZEN.

[54:03] YOU SHALL LOVE EACH ONE AS

[54:04] YOURSELF.

[54:07] OR AS THE MAN I CHOSE TO FOLLOW

[54:09] SAYS, WHEN I WAS A STRANGER, DID

[54:10] YOU WELCOME ME?

[54:14] WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES AND

[54:15] WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN

[54:17] WHATEVER FORM IT COMES IN, AND

[54:18] IT SHOULD BE IN THE STRONGEST

[54:22] LANGUAGE POSSIBLE, IS FOR US TO

[54:24] RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY OF EACH

[54:27] OTHER, TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND

[54:31] KIND, TO RECOGNIZE THAT NO ONE

[54:32] IS ILLEGAL.

[54:34] YOU MAY NOT HAVE PAPERS, YOU MAY

[54:36] NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PAPERS, BUT

[54:40] YOU ARE WELCOME HERE WITH US AND

[54:41] AMONG US.

[54:42] AND WE AS A CITY SHOULD DO

[54:45] EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAY YOU ARE

[54:46] WELCOME.

[54:49] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[54:51] SPEAKER IS BRIAN TORR FOLLOWED

[54:52] BY IZZY.

[54:55] >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL.

[54:58] MY NAME IS BRIAN TORR, RESIDENT

[54:59] OF FREMONT.

[55:00] I BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD

[55:01] PASS SINCE IT DIRECTS CITY

[55:03] RESOURCES TOWARDS CREATING REAL

[55:04] OBSTACLES FOR THE USE OF CITY

[55:05] PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION

[55:06] ENFORCEMENT.

[55:07] TO DISCUSS THE ENFORCEMENT

[55:10] SECTION MORE I THINK

[55:12] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG ASKED AN

[55:13] EXCELLENT QUESTION HOW

[55:14] ENFORCEMENT WORKS.

[55:15] I WANTED TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

[55:17] FOR EXAMPLE, CITIES OF

[55:18] MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, AFTER

[55:20] THEIR PARKING LOTS WERE USED AS

[55:22] STAGING GROUNDS FOR ICE, THE ST.

[55:26] PAUL LEGISLATIVE CODE SECTION

[55:28] 1707 WAS CITED IN THE LAWSUIT

[55:30] AGAINST ICE THAT THE CITY

[55:32] SUFFERED REAL DAMAGES WHEN ICE

[55:33] VIOLATED LOCAL CITY ORDINANCES

[55:35] TO GO AHEAD AND USE THEIR

[55:37] PROPERTY ANYWAYS FOR IMMIGRATION

[55:38] ENFORCEMENT.

[55:40] I THINK IN THESE SCENARIOS, THE

[55:42] ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE A STRONGER

[55:45] STANDING THAN RESOLUTIONS,

[55:47] RESOLUTIONS WOULD DEDICATE CITY

[55:49] RESOURCES TOWARDS ACTUAL POLICY

[55:50] BENEFITS.

[55:51] THE ORDINANCE WOULD PROVIDE THE

[55:52] CITY WITH LEGAL REMEDIES TO

[55:53] PURSUE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT

[55:54] HAVE VIOLATED CITY RIGHTS.

[55:57] TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE SOME MORE

[56:00] EXAMPLES, I KNOW I CITED THE

[56:01] STATE OF MINNESOTA WHERE ST.

[56:03] PAUL CITED THEIR LEGISLATIVE

[56:04] CODE AS A REASON WHY THEY

[56:06] SUFFERED HARMS WHEN ICE USED

[56:07] THEIR PROPERTY.

[56:08] THERE'S THE COUNTY OF SANTA

[56:10] CLARA VERSUS UNITED STATES

[56:11] CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT WHERE SANTA

[56:13] CLARA IS ARGUING THAT ICE

[56:15] VIOLATED THE COUNTY'S WILLIAMSON

[56:16] ACT ORDINANCE IN FAILING TO

[56:17] REPORT HOW THE LAND WAS BEING

[56:18] USED ACCORDING TO ZONING LAWS.

[56:21] THERE'S THE CITY OF NEWPORT

[56:22] WHICH HAS BECOME THE STATE OF

[56:27] OREGON VERSUS MULLEN WHERE

[56:28] NEWPORT'S MUNICIPAL CODES ARE

[56:31] BEING CITED IN LAWS AS

[56:32] ORDINANCES AGAINST ICE.

[56:35] WE KNOW THAT SANTA ROSA AND SAN

[56:36] FRANCISCO BOTH HAVE EXISTING

[56:38] ORDINANCES REGARDING THE USE OF

[56:39] CITY PROPERTY.

[56:40] I THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT THE

[56:41] CITY SHOULD HAVE A SIMILAR

[56:44] ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS THE CITY

[56:45] PROPERTY THAT EXPLICITLY STATES

[56:47] THAT THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY

[56:49] SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CIVIL

[56:50] IMMIGRATION ENFORCE M.

[56:51] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[56:54] >> Mr. Quintanilla: IZZY.

[56:58] >> HELLO.

[57:01] I MY NICKNAME IS IZZY AND I'M

[57:02] FROM DISTRICT 2 IN FREMONT.

[57:06] I WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT

[57:07] ORDINANCES DO NOT PROVIDE FALSE

[57:08] HOPE.

[57:09] THEY ARE THE BEST PROTECTION WE

[57:10] HAVE.

[57:13] WE SHOULD NOT DECLINE TO PASS

[57:15] LAWS LIKE ANNIE KARUGA SO

[57:16] SUCCINCTLY SAID, WE SHOULD NOT

[57:17] DECLINE TO PASS LAWS BECAUSE WE

[57:20] ARE AFRAID SOMEONE WILL VIOLATE

[57:21] THEM.

[57:22] LIKE SHE -- OR LIKE THEY SAID,

[57:24] WE DON'T ALLOW SPEEDING JUST

[57:25] BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SPEED.

[57:29] WE DON'T ALLOW UNCONSTITUTIONAL

[57:32] ILLEGAL ACTIONS, INHUMANE

[57:33] CRUELTY IN OUR CITY JUST BECAUSE

[57:34] SOME PEOPLE MIGHT COMMIT IT.

[57:37] SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID

[57:39] WHAT I SAID ALREADY OR WHAT I

[57:40] BELIEVE ALREADY, THAT THIS

[57:41] RESOLUTION IS GREAT, THANK YOU,

[57:42] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL AND THE

[57:44] REST OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR

[57:45] FOR CONSIDERING THIS.

[57:48] BUT AN ORDINANCE TRULY HAS THE

[57:49] POWER TO CHANGE A PEUNS PAL CODE

[57:52] MUNICIPAL CODE AND HAVE ACTUAL

[57:54] ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM THAT WE

[57:56] CAN TRUST ANY CITY, CITY

[57:58] OFFICIAL, EVEN AFTER THIS

[57:59] COUNCIL GONE, THAT THEY WILL

[58:00] HAVE TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT US.

[58:02] I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH SOME

[58:03] DEFINITIONS SINCE PEOPLE HAVE

[58:04] ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING ELSE.

[58:05] ONE DEFINITION.

[58:07] FOR MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THIS

[58:08] COUNTRY.

[58:10] A CONCENTRATION CAMP, ACCORDING

[58:13] TO MIRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY, A

[58:14] PLACE WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF

[58:16] PEOPLE SUCH AS PRISONERS OF WAR,

[58:18] POLITICAL PRISONERS, REFUGEES,

[58:20] OR THE MEMBERS OF AN ETHNIC OR

[58:22] RELIGIOUS MINORITY ARE DETAINED

[58:23] OR CONFINED UNDER ARMED GUARD.

[58:26] I SEE THAT DEFINITION BEING MET

[58:28] EVERY DAY, EVEN IN CALIFORNIA,

[58:29] AND EVEN IN A PLACE WHERE I

[58:30] WORK, DUBLIN, WHERE THEY'RE

[58:31] TRYING TO PUSH FOR ONE.

[58:32] SECRET POLICE.

[58:34] A POLICE ORGANIZATION OPERATING

[58:36] FOR THE MOST PART IN SECRECY AND

[58:37] ESPECIALLY FOR THE POLITICAL

[58:39] PURPOSES OF ITS GOVERNMENT,

[58:40] OFTEN WITH TERRORISTIC METHODS.

[58:42] AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, I WANT

[58:44] TO END WITH SOME VERSES THAT

[58:45] REALLY HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO ME

[58:46] THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

[58:48] DEUTERONOMY 26:5.

[58:53] OR SORRY, DEUTERONOMY 27:19.

[58:56] CURSED IS ANYONE WHO WITHHOLDS

[58:59] JUSTICE FROM THE FOREIGNER OR

[59:00] WIDOWER --

[59:01] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[59:02] SPEAKER IS JIM RAFAEL.

[59:14] >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY

[59:15] COUNCIL.

[59:16] MY NAME IS JIM RAFAEL, I'M A

[59:17] 30-YEAR RESIDENT OF FREMONT.

[59:21] I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO ADOPT

[59:24] THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU AND TO

[59:28] ASSIGN STAFF TO DEVELOP A ROBUST

[59:30] ORDINANCE THAT WILL FURTHER

[59:32] PROTECT IMMIGRANTS IN THIS

[59:33] CITY.

[59:36] GOING BACK GIVING YOU A LITTLE

[59:37] HISTORY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY

[59:40] OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD BACK IN

[59:43] 2017, BUT ON MARCH 7, 2017, JUST

[59:46] FIVE WEEKS AFTER DONALD TRUMP

[59:48] WAS INAUGURATED, THE FIRST TIME,

[59:50] THE CITY COUNCIL HERE DECLARED

[59:52] FREMONT A COMPASSIONATE

[59:54] SANCTUARY CITY TO PROTECT THE

[59:55] RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR

[59:56] IMMIGRATION STATUS.

[59:59] THE FREMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S

[1:00:01] POLICY AS MENTIONED BY THE CHIEF

[1:00:04] JUST UNDER QUESTIONING, THEY

[1:00:06] FOLLOW STATE LAWS, FOCUSING ON

[1:00:07] CRIME RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL

[1:00:10] IMMIGRATION STATUS, LOCAL POLICE

[1:00:12] DO NOT ACTIVELY COOPERATE

[1:00:14] CURRENTLY WITH OR ASSIST U.S.

[1:00:16] IMMIGRATION AND ICE FOR ROUX

[1:00:20] TEEP TEEN IMGREATION

[1:00:21] ENFORCEMENT.

[1:00:23] THE FREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL

[1:00:25] DISTRICT OPERATES A SAVE HAVEN,

[1:00:27] MEANING CAMPUSES HAVE CONTROLLED

[1:00:28] ACCESS AND STAFF DO NOT SHARE

[1:00:29] STUDENT OR FAMILY INFORMATION

[1:00:30] WITH ICE.

[1:00:32] WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED IN

[1:00:34] CITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE ALL

[1:00:35] KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED IN TEXAS

[1:00:36] AND MAINE RECENTLY THIS YEAR.

[1:00:38] PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND

[1:00:39] KILLED.

[1:00:42] CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO -- THERE

[1:00:44] ARE NO ICE AGENTS BEING

[1:00:45] PROSECUTED FOR ANY OF THESE

[1:00:46] ACTIONS.

[1:00:49] THE OBLIGATION IS BEING DEFERRED

[1:00:50] NOW TO STATES, COUNTIES AND

[1:00:51] LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

[1:00:53] YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE LOCAL

[1:00:54] COMMUNITIES.

[1:00:55] I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS

[1:00:57] RESOLUTION AND MOVE FORWARD ON

[1:00:58] DEVELOPING AN ORDINANCE.

[1:00:59] THANK YOU.

[1:01:00] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[1:01:03] SPEAKER IS JEN ULIG.

[1:01:08] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND

[1:01:10] THANK YOU FOR HONORING OUR FIRST

[1:01:11] AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

[1:01:14] MY NAME IS JEN MEMBER OF

[1:01:16] INDIVISIBLE AND TEACHER HERE IN

[1:01:17] FREMONT.

[1:01:18] I PRESENT TO YOU TODAY NOTES

[1:01:20] FROM AL GREEN'S ARTICLES OF

[1:01:23] IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP

[1:01:24] WHICH HAPPENED LAST MONTH.

[1:01:28] ICE HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER AN

[1:01:29] MINTY AND IMPUNITY RESULTING IN

[1:01:33] THE MURDERS OF RENE GOODE, ALEX

[1:01:37] PRETTI, AATHLETICS, JOHANN

[1:01:38] SEBASTIAN MAKING 24 DEATHS IN

[1:01:41] ICE CUSTODY THIS YEAR AND MAKING

[1:01:42] 52 DEATHS SINCE 2025.

[1:01:46] ICE AND CBP HAVE BEEN ENABLED BY

[1:01:49] OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE A

[1:01:51] DANGEROUS UNACCOUNTABLE MILITANT

[1:01:54] GROUP THAT IS NOT HAVING

[1:01:55] OVERSIGHT.

[1:01:57] THIS ABUSE OF POWER HAS BRAZENLY

[1:01:59] DEGRADED OUR COUNTRY INTO

[1:02:00] AUTHORITARIANISM, SUPPRESSING

[1:02:02] THE FIRST, FOURTH, FIFTH AND

[1:02:03] 14TH AMENDMENTS.

[1:02:08] AS JUDGE, JURY, PROSECUTOR AND

[1:02:09] EXECUTIONER, ICE TAKES OUR CIVIL

[1:02:11] LIBERTIES AND TERRORIZES

[1:02:12] IMMIGRANTS AND CITIZENS ALIKE.

[1:02:15] WE MUST NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF OUR

[1:02:16] GOVERNMENT AND MUST RESTORE THE

[1:02:17] RULE OF LAW.

[1:02:22] I URGE YOU ELECTED

[1:02:23] OFFICIALS TO PROTECT OUR

[1:02:24] COMMUNITIES AND THE FIRST STEP

[1:02:25] IS THIS RESOLUTION BECOMING

[1:02:26] LAW.

[1:02:28] CONSIDER UPGRADING TO AN

[1:02:29] ORDINANCE AND SERVE AND PROTECT

[1:02:30] OUR PEOPLE.

[1:02:32] LET'S BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY

[1:02:33] ONCE AGAIN.

[1:02:34] THANK YOU AND HERE ARE SOME

[1:02:35] NAMES FOR YOU.

[1:02:43] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[1:02:48] SPEAKER IS IZEZ.

[1:02:50] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[1:02:51] COUNCILMEMBERS.

[1:02:54] I'M A FREMONT RESIDENT THAT'S

[1:02:56] CALLED THIS CITY HOME FOR THE

[1:02:57] LAST 26 YEARS.

[1:02:58] I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE

[1:02:59] COUNCIL FOR TAKING UP THIS ITEM

[1:03:01] TONIGHT AND THANKING

[1:03:02] COUNCILMEMBER DESRIE CAMPBELL

[1:03:03] FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

[1:03:06] IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP MORE THAN

[1:03:08] HALF OF FREMONT'S POPULATION AND

[1:03:09] WE KNOW MANY FAMILIES RELY ON

[1:03:10] THE CITY'S FACILITIES FOR

[1:03:13] ESSENTIAL SERVICES, RECREATION,

[1:03:14] EDUCATION, AND CIVIC

[1:03:15] ENGAGEMENT.

[1:03:16] RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO

[1:03:18] ACCESS THESE SPACES WITHOUT FEAR

[1:03:20] THAT THEY COULD BECOME LOCATIONS

[1:03:23] FOR FEDERAL, CIVIL IMMIGRATION

[1:03:24] ENFORCEMENT.

[1:03:25] I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS

[1:03:26] RESOLUTION THAT IS IN FRONT OF

[1:03:27] YOU TONIGHT.

[1:03:29] IT IS A STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES

[1:03:30] AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT

[1:03:34] REFLECTS OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

[1:03:36] WE WANT TO WELCOME IMMIGRANTS TO

[1:03:37] OUR COMMUNITY, NOT DEMONIZE

[1:03:38] THEM.

[1:03:39] ICE HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE IN

[1:03:40] THIS COMMUNITY SO THE PROBLEM

[1:03:41] WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE IS

[1:03:42] REAL.

[1:03:43] AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I

[1:03:45] DIDN'T MENTION THE FACT THAT ICE

[1:03:48] HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE LIVES OF

[1:03:50] 52 PEOPLE SINCE THIS

[1:03:51] ADMINISTRATION WAS STARTED.

[1:03:52] IMMIGRATION ARRESTS ACROSS

[1:03:54] NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE ALSO

[1:03:56] RISEN MORE THAN 60% SINCE THE

[1:03:59] START OF THIS YEAR.

[1:04:02] FREMONT SHOULD BE A LEADER HERE,

[1:04:03] ESPECIALLIES A MAJORITY

[1:04:04] IMMIGRANT CITY SO TONIGHT I'M

[1:04:05] ASKING YOU TO PASS THIS

[1:04:07] RESOLUTION AND DO WHAT YOU NEED

[1:04:09] TO CODIFY THESE PROTECTIONS INTO

[1:04:10] OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.

[1:04:11] THANK YOU.

[1:04:12] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[1:04:13] SPEAKER IS VIPIN.

[1:04:20] >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS,

[1:04:21] MAYOR AND CITY STAFF.

[1:04:23] SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT

[1:04:25] EVERYTHING WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY

[1:04:26] SAID, I CONCUR THE FEELINGS AND

[1:04:28] I SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE OR

[1:04:29] RESOLUTION, EITHER WAY.

[1:04:31] BUT MY CONCERN IS NOT ON THIS

[1:04:33] INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION, BUT ON

[1:04:34] THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS.

[1:04:38] LIKE HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THE

[1:04:41] MONEY FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE

[1:04:42] RESOLUTION AS A STAFF REPORT

[1:04:44] SAYS IT WILL REQUIRE SIGNAGE,

[1:04:46] COST HAS NOT BEEN ESTIMATED YET,

[1:04:47] SO WITHOUT KNOWING THE IMPACT,

[1:04:50] AND JUST LAST WEEK, WE

[1:04:54] AUTHORIZED SIGNAGE FOR -- AND

[1:04:55] AGAIN WE NEED SIGNAGE FOR THIS.

[1:04:57] I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THAT BUT IF

[1:04:59] YOU KNOW THESE THINGS IN

[1:05:00] ADVANCE, THAT WOULD HELP US.

[1:05:01] THANKS.

[1:05:02] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NEXT SPEAKER

[1:05:06] IS FELIX FOLLOWED BY LUCY

[1:05:07] SHEN.

[1:05:08] >> THANK YOU, ALBERTO.

[1:05:12] MY NAME IS FELIX AND THIS IS MY

[1:05:13] DAUGHTER STELLA.

[1:05:14] I OBJECT TO YOUR POLITICAL

[1:05:15] SHOWMANSHIP.

[1:05:17] WHY DO YOU REACH FOR TOPICS IN

[1:05:18] THE SKY?

[1:05:19] DO YOU REMEMBER THE RESOLUTION

[1:05:21] AGAINST ISRAEL AFTER THE TERROR

[1:05:22] ATTACKS?

[1:05:23] THIS BODY HAS NO CHARTER FOR

[1:05:24] FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

[1:05:26] THIS BODY HAS NO CHARTER FOR

[1:05:27] IMMIGRATION.

[1:05:28] THOSE ARE FEDERAL MATTERS.

[1:05:31] BACKED BY FEDERAL LAW, OVERSEEN

[1:05:33] BY FEDERAL COURTS, WITH FEDERAL

[1:05:34] WARRANTS.

[1:05:35] WHAT'S NEXT?

[1:05:37] MAYBE AN EMBASSY IN LONDON?

[1:05:39] HOW ABOUT A DATA CENTER ON THE

[1:05:40] MOON?

[1:05:41] OR WHY DON'T WE REFREEZE THE

[1:05:42] POLAR ICE CAPS?

[1:05:45] PLEASE STOP WITH THE POLITICAL

[1:05:46] GRANDSTANDING.

[1:05:47] THANK YOU, AND GOODNIGHT.

[1:05:50] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR NEXT

[1:05:53] SPEAKER IS LUCY SHEN FOLLOWED BY

[1:05:54] GOLDEN SHAO.

[1:05:55] >> HELLO.

[1:05:58] I'M LUCY SHEN, FREMONT

[1:05:59] HOMEOWNER, LIFELONG FREMONT

[1:06:01] RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 5 AND PROUD

[1:06:02] CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS.

[1:06:03] THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

[1:06:04] CAMPBELL, OF COURSE, FOR PUTTING

[1:06:05] FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION FOR

[1:06:06] ICE-HE FREE ZONES.

[1:06:07] I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR

[1:06:08] SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF PASSING THIS

[1:06:10] RESOLUTION AS IS BUT I'D ALSO

[1:06:12] JOIN THE CHORUS OF VOICES ASKING

[1:06:13] FOR AN ORDINANCE TO MORE

[1:06:15] RIGOROUSLY CODIFY THESE

[1:06:16] PROTECTIONS GOING FORWARD INTO

[1:06:17] THE FUTURE.

[1:06:19] CONTRARY TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER

[1:06:20] I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY

[1:06:22] LOCALLY FOCUSED RESOLUTION

[1:06:24] AND/OR HOPEFULLY ORDINANCE.

[1:06:25] OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CITY OF MANY

[1:06:27] IMMIGRANTS ACTUALLY I THINK

[1:06:28] MAJORITY IMMIGRANTS

[1:06:29] DEMOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING AND

[1:06:31] HOWL ICE BEHAVES HERE, WHETHER

[1:06:32] THEY RESPECT OUR RIGHTS OR NOT,

[1:06:33] WHETHER THERE ARE LAWS

[1:06:35] PROTECTING US AND OUR RIGHT TO

[1:06:36] LIVE IN THE CITY AND BE NORMAL

[1:06:38] HUMAN BEINGS, I THINK IS A VERY

[1:06:39] LOCALLY RELEVANT MATTER AND SO I

[1:06:41] DO APPRECIATE THIS COME UP FOR

[1:06:42] DISCUSSION, NOR DO I THINK IT IS

[1:06:43] TOO FAR FETCHED OR TOO FEDERAL

[1:06:45] OF A DISCUSSION TO BE HAVING AT

[1:06:46] A CITY LEVEL.

[1:06:48] SO WHETHER IT'S A RESOLUTION OR

[1:06:50] ORDINANCE BEING A TECHNICALITY,

[1:06:52] I THINK OUR DEMONSTRATED

[1:06:53] COMMITMENT TO THIS ISSUE MATTERS

[1:06:54] VERY DEEPLY, AND I APPRECIATE

[1:06:56] THAT WE ARE TAKING THE TIME TO

[1:06:57] CONSIDER THIS SO THANK YOU VERY

[1:06:58] MUCH.

[1:07:00] >> Mr. Quintanilla: OUR FINAL

[1:07:02] SPEAKER IS GOLDEN SHAO.

[1:07:05] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND DAVE

[1:07:09] -- VICE

[1:07:10] MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER.

[1:07:11] WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT HERE IS IF

[1:07:13] YOU'RE PASSING THIS LAW, THAT'S

[1:07:16] A CITY BASED AND LOCAL BASED

[1:07:17] ORDINANCE, HOW CAN YOU STOP A

[1:07:18] FEDERAL AGENT FROM PERFORMING

[1:07:19] THEIR DUTIES?

[1:07:23] IF IT'S THEIR DUTY TO DETAIN

[1:07:24] THOSE UNDOCUMENTED OR THOSE WHO

[1:07:25] ARE ILLEGAL.

[1:07:27] HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT

[1:07:29] UNDOCUMENTED ARE NOT CRIMINALS.

[1:07:30] THAT THEY'RE HUMANS, EVERYONE.

[1:07:34] BUT LIKE -- SO COMPASSIONATE,

[1:07:36] HOWEVER JUST PASSING CERTAIN

[1:07:38] LAWS INTO A FORMAL ORDINANCE AND

[1:07:40] THEN SAYING ICE IS ON THE STATE

[1:07:41] PROPERTY, YOU TELL YOUR POLICE

[1:07:44] TO GO ARREST THEM OR CITE THEM,

[1:07:45] HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?

[1:07:47] PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU

[1:07:48] ARE SAYING.

[1:07:50] DO CAREFUL AND THOROUGH REVIEW

[1:07:51] BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ORDINANCE.

[1:07:52] THANK YOU.

[1:07:57] >> Mr. Quintanilla: NO

[1:07:58] ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

[1:08:00] >> Mayor Salwan: THAT CONCLUDES

[1:08:02] THE COMMENT PERIOD.

[1:08:04] WE WILL TAKE A 10-MINUTE RECESS

[1:08:05] AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND

[1:08:06] DELIBERATE ON THIS ITEM.

[1:08:09] WE WILL ALLOW FOR STENOGRAPHER

[1:08:10] BREAK.

[1:08:11] THANK YOU.

[1:20:10] >> Mayor Salwan: GOOD EVENING,

[1:20:11] EVERYONE.

[1:20:12] WE WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING.

[1:20:14] IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE BE

[1:20:15] SEATED.

[1:20:16] WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED.

[1:20:20] ALL RIGHTY.

[1:20:24] SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR

[1:20:26] COMMENTS, DISCUSSION AND

[1:20:27] HOPEFULLY A MOTION.

[1:20:28] WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS,

[1:20:30] THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION,

[1:20:32] SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY SUPPORTS

[1:20:33] THE RESOLUTION.

[1:20:34] THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT

[1:20:35] RESOLUTION VERSUS ORDINANCE.

[1:20:38] AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE

[1:20:41] CITY ATTORNEY ONE MORE TIME,

[1:20:44] DOES THE RESOLUTION INHIBIT ANY

[1:20:47] SORT OF ENFORCEMENT OR IS IT

[1:20:48] JUST SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS?

[1:20:50] WHAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE, AND

[1:20:52] WHETHER IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT

[1:20:55] ON ENFORCEMENT OR NOT?

[1:20:56] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THERE

[1:20:58] WAS AN OBSERVATION MADE THAT IS

[1:20:59] ACCURATE, MEANING THAT A

[1:21:01] RESOLUTION DOES NOT ALTER A

[1:21:03] CHANGE TO YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE.

[1:21:06] THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD

[1:21:09] ADOPT THE CITY POLICY AND DIRECT

[1:21:12] STAFF TO PERFORM CERTAIN

[1:21:13] FUNCTIONS, REFLECTIVE OF THAT

[1:21:14] POLICY.

[1:21:16] BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE MUNI

[1:21:17] CODE.

[1:21:18] SUBSTANTIVELY, THOUGH, THE

[1:21:20] RESOLUTION DOES CREATE ICE-FREE

[1:21:23] ZONES IN FREMONT, WITH RESPECT

[1:21:27] TO CITY-OWNED OR CITY-CONTROLLED

[1:21:28] PROPERTY, AND WHETHER IT'S AN

[1:21:30] ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION, THE

[1:21:32] CITY, AS THE OWNER OF THAT

[1:21:33] PROPERTY OR THE ENTITY IN

[1:21:35] CONTROL OF THAT PROPERTY, COULD

[1:21:36] ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS IN THIS

[1:21:37] RESOLUTION.

[1:21:39] NOT ONLY BY INSTALLING SIGNAGE,

[1:21:42] BUT ASKING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS

[1:21:45] -- OR AN ENTITY THAT IS NOT

[1:21:46] COMPLYING WITH THE REGULATION TO

[1:21:47] COMPLY.

[1:21:49] BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT

[1:21:52] THERE WAS AN ACCURACY IN THE

[1:21:53] STATEMENT THAT IT DOES NOT AMEND

[1:21:54] THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND I THINK

[1:21:55] THAT'S LARGELY THE DIFFERENCE,

[1:21:57] AND OF COURSE THE ADDITIONAL

[1:21:58] PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT AN

[1:21:59] ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE TWO

[1:22:00] READINGS BEFORE ADOPTION.

[1:22:02] >> Mayor Salwan: AND IT'S MORE

[1:22:04] THAN JUST A STATEMENT OF

[1:22:05] VALUES.

[1:22:06] IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME TEETH.

[1:22:07] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THAT'S

[1:22:08] CORRECT.

[1:22:09] >> Mayor Salwan: ALL RIGHT.

[1:22:10] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO

[1:22:11] COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, THIS IS

[1:22:12] HER REFERRAL, AND INVITE HER

[1:22:13] COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.

[1:22:14] >> Councilmember Campbell:

[1:22:15] OKAY.

[1:22:17] I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS,

[1:22:19] IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID

[1:22:23] ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL CODE, I

[1:22:25] HEARD FROM THE AUDIENCE, WAS

[1:22:27] THIS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SUE.

[1:22:30] DOES THIS RESOLUTION GIVE YOU

[1:22:36] ANY TYPE OF ABILITY TO HAVE

[1:22:41] ANY LEGAL LITIGATION PROCESSES

[1:22:43] OR AUTHORITY OR ANYTHING LIKE

[1:22:44] THAT?

[1:22:45] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: I THINK

[1:22:46] AN OBSERVATION WAS MADE ABOUT A

[1:22:49] PROVISION IN ANOTHER REGULATION

[1:22:53] OR AN ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES

[1:22:55] CIVIL INJUNCTION AS A REMEDY.

[1:22:58] THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR A

[1:22:59] VIOLATION OF A REGULATION.

[1:23:02] THE CITY COULD AUTHORIZE, LET

[1:23:04] SAY THE CITY ATTORNEY IN A

[1:23:05] CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THIS POLICY

[1:23:07] WOULD BE VIOLATED AND MAYBE

[1:23:08] THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT IT

[1:23:11] WOULD BE VIOLATED AGAIN, TO SEEK

[1:23:12] CIVIL INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

[1:23:16] SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT STATED

[1:23:18] IN THIS PARTICULAR REGULATION,

[1:23:21] THE COUNCIL HAS THAT INHERENT

[1:23:25] AUTHORITY IN ITS GENERAL

[1:23:26] POWERS.

[1:23:27] NONETHELESS, I DO WANT TO

[1:23:28] ACKNOWLEDGE I HAVE SEEN THAT

[1:23:29] PROVISION IN OTHER ORDINANCES

[1:23:30] AND IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SET

[1:23:32] FORTH IN OUR REGULATIONS.

[1:23:34] >> Councilmember Campbell: OKAY,

[1:23:35] GREAT.

[1:23:37] WELL, I'M -- MAYOR, I'M READY TO

[1:23:38] MAKE A MOTION.

[1:23:39] I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I

[1:23:41] THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN -- HEARD

[1:23:45] A LOT OF COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT

[1:23:46] IN SUPPORT OF A RESOLUTION.

[1:23:48] SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION

[1:23:51] THAT WELL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION

[1:23:52] THIS EVENING.

[1:23:53] I'D LIKE FOR US TO THEN TAKE

[1:23:58] SOME TIME TO STUDY IT, TO SEE

[1:23:59] WHERE -- WHAT WE MAY HAVE

[1:24:01] MISSED, BRING BACK SOME DATA,

[1:24:03] SOME DATA TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW,

[1:24:05] WHETHER WE SAW ANY ENFORCEMENT,

[1:24:09] WHAT THE SIGNS ACTUALLY DID,

[1:24:14] WHETHER THE CITY STAFF SAW ANY

[1:24:17] VIOLATIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION,

[1:24:19] AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US

[1:24:21] WITH THEIR FINDINGS, AND THEN

[1:24:25] DECIDE AT THAT TIME WHETHER WE

[1:24:28] SHOULD ADD UNTIL ANY TYPE OF

[1:24:30] ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR AN

[1:24:31] ORDINANCE.

[1:24:32] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:24:33] COUNCILMEMBER KENG.

[1:24:35] >> Councilmember Keng: I'M HAPPY

[1:24:36] TO SECOND THAT.

[1:24:37] >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY.

[1:24:40] ANY -- OKAY, QUESTIONS,

[1:24:41] CLARIFICATIONS ON THE MOTION?

[1:24:42] IT'S MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER

[1:24:43] CAMPBELL, SECONDED BY KENG.

[1:24:44] COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.

[1:24:46] >> Councilmember Shao: OH.

[1:24:49] I JUST -- I'M SUPPORTIVE TO THE

[1:24:50] RESOLUTION.

[1:24:52] I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT

[1:24:54] ONE OF THE THINGS IT -- IT SEEMS

[1:24:56] LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PASS THIS

[1:24:58] RESOLUTION, I MIGHT JUMP THE

[1:24:59] GUN, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE

[1:25:00] FOLLOWING COMMENT.

[1:25:03] THAT YOU KNOW, FOR KNOW YOUR

[1:25:04] RIGHTS MATERIAL TO BE

[1:25:06] DISTRIBUTED OR PUBLISHED BY THE

[1:25:09] CITY, PLEASE MAKE IT

[1:25:10] MULTILINGUAL.

[1:25:13] AND THE RIGHT LANGUAGES, WHEN I

[1:25:14] SAY RIGHT LANGUAGE, I WANT TO

[1:25:16] GIVE YOU EXAMPLE WHAT TURNS OUT

[1:25:20] TO BE A FAILURE IN THE COUNTY OF

[1:25:22] ALAMEDA, THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

[1:25:26] AWARDED ONE NON-PROFIT

[1:25:28] ORGANIZATION $1 MILLION TO

[1:25:31] DISTRIBUTE KNOW YOUR RIGHT

[1:25:32] MATERIAL, AND AFTER A YEAR THEY

[1:25:34] STARTED TO AUDIT THE PERFORMANCE

[1:25:38] OF THAT NON-PROFIT

[1:25:40] ORGANIZATION, TURNED OUT FOR $1

[1:25:41] MILLION, THAT NON-PROFIT

[1:25:44] ORGANIZATION ONLY DISTRIBUTED

[1:25:47] SIX COPIES OF KNOW YOUR RIGHT IN

[1:25:51] THE LANGUAGE OF TAGALOG, OKAY?

[1:25:57] SO WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE

[1:25:59] IMPORTANCE OF SUCH MATERIAL, WE

[1:26:02] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES

[1:26:06] ARRIVE IN THE RIGHT HAND OR TO

[1:26:08] THE RIGHT EAR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN

[1:26:09] PROTECT THEMSELVES.

[1:26:10] SO THIS IS MY COMMENT.

[1:26:13] >> Mayor Salwan: I ALSO REMEMBER

[1:26:16] THERE WAS A MENTION OF THE

[1:26:19] ALAMEDA COUNTY LAB, IF WE CAN

[1:26:20] REFERENCE THAT IN THE PAMPHLET,

[1:26:24] ALSO COST, FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS

[1:26:25] DECISION.

[1:26:26] IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU?

[1:26:27] SECOND OKAY?

[1:26:29] >> Councilmember Keng: YEAH,

[1:26:30] I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

[1:26:31] THE REASON WHY I ASKED EARLIER

[1:26:33] ABOUT THE QUANTITY IS I THINK IF

[1:26:35] WE SAY LIKE IF WE PRINT A

[1:26:36] THOUSAND BUT THEN WE ACTUALLY

[1:26:38] NEED ANOTHER THOUSAND, BUT IF

[1:26:41] YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PRINT

[1:26:43] 5,000, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME

[1:26:45] TIME, IT ACTUALLY COSTS MAYBE

[1:26:46] TWICE AS MUCH AS PRINTING

[1:26:47] 1,000.

[1:26:49] JUST SO THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW,

[1:26:51] BECAUSE WE NEED TO MEET THE

[1:26:53] PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, WE NEED

[1:26:55] TO BRING A BIG STACK, IF WE HAVE

[1:26:57] VOLUNTEERS TO BRING THEM TO

[1:26:58] DIFFERENT MARKETS, THAT'S WHERE

[1:26:59] THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED

[1:27:00] THEM THE MOST, AND THEN THANK

[1:27:02] YOU FOR MENTIONING THE DIFFERENT

[1:27:03] LANGUAGES.

[1:27:04] THANK YOU.

[1:27:05] >> Mayor Salwan: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:27:06] KIMBERLIN.

[1:27:07] >> Councilmember Kimberlin: I

[1:27:08] DID HAVE ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION

[1:27:11] SINCE WE'RE REALLY ON THIS TOPIC

[1:27:12] INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT BACK

[1:27:13] LATER.

[1:27:16] IT SAYS IN OUR STAFF REPORT THAT

[1:27:21] THE CITY STAFF DID LOOK

[1:27:24] INTO ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

[1:27:25] AND POLICIES ACROSS VARIOUS

[1:27:26] CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.

[1:27:28] WHY WAS IT SETTLED ON -- WHAT

[1:27:29] WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BOILED

[1:27:31] DOWN TO BE A RESOLUTION VERSUS

[1:27:32] AN ORDINANCE FROM THE CITY

[1:27:33] STAFF?

[1:27:35] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: WELL,

[1:27:38] ONE CONCERN THAT WE WANTED TO BE

[1:27:40] RESPONSIVE TO WAS THE

[1:27:41] TIMELINESS.

[1:27:43] BACK IN MAY, COUNCILMEMBER

[1:27:45] CAMPBELL MADE A REFERRAL AND SHE

[1:27:46] EXPRESSED A CONCERN REGARDING

[1:27:48] THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE

[1:27:49] IMPACTED BY FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT

[1:27:52] AND WE WANTED TO COME BACK WITH

[1:27:54] A REGULATION THAT WAS TIMELY AND

[1:27:57] MET THE DIRECTION THAT THE

[1:27:58] COUNCIL PROVIDED AND WE THOUGHT

[1:28:00] A RESOLUTION MET THOSE

[1:28:01] OBJECTIVES.

[1:28:02] THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON.

[1:28:05] >> Mayor Salwan: SO WE DO HAVE A

[1:28:06] MOTION AND SECOND.

[1:28:07] WE'RE SPEAKING TO THE MOTION.

[1:28:08] COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG.

[1:28:11] >> Councilmember Zhang: THANKS,

[1:28:13] EVERYONE CHIMED IN SO I WANT TO

[1:28:14] ALSO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

[1:28:18] SO BASED ON THE RESOLUTION

[1:28:21] VERSUS ORDINANCE, CAN YOU LET US

[1:28:25] KNOW THAT WHICH CITIES HAVE

[1:28:26] PASSED A RESOLUTION?

[1:28:29] >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: FROM

[1:28:33] THE CITIES THAT WE SURVEYED, IT

[1:28:35] FAIRLY EVENLY SPLIT.

[1:28:37] THE SINGULAR AGENCY THAT IS

[1:28:40] UNIQUE IS OAKLAND, THAT ADOPTED

[1:28:41] A EXECUTIVE ORDER.

[1:28:44] CITIES THAT ADOPTED -- OR LOCAL

[1:28:45] AGENCIES, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO

[1:28:46] INCLUDE CITIES AND COUNTIES.

[1:28:48] LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ADOPTED

[1:28:50] ORDINANCES, A FEW WERE MENTIONED

[1:28:52] BUT CITY OF PANOL, CITY OF

[1:28:53] RICHMOND, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN

[1:28:55] FRANCISCO AND THE COUNTY OF SAN

[1:28:57] MATEO, AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT

[1:28:58] ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS INCLUDE THE

[1:29:01] COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, SO WE'LL BE

[1:29:02] CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY, CITY

[1:29:03] OF BERKELEY, CITY OF SAN JOSÉ,

[1:29:05] CITY OF SANTA CLARA, AND CITY OF

[1:29:06] SUNNYVALE.

[1:29:07] >> Councilmember Zhang: ALL

[1:29:08] RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[1:29:09] >> Mayor Salwan: ALL RIGHT.

[1:29:11] MOVED BY CAMPBELL, SECONDED BY

[1:29:12] KENG.

[1:29:13] PLEASE VOTE.

[1:29:19] ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES

[1:29:20] UNANIMOUSLY.

[1:29:21] THANK YOU.

[1:29:26] WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO

[1:29:27] COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[1:29:28] DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS

[1:29:29] FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?

[1:29:32] SEEING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN THE

[1:29:33] MEETING.

[1:29:34] THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

[1:29:35] HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

September 15, 2026 City Council Meeting

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