[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.