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The mayor spoke a day after Trump’s Department of Justice sued the city, saying its sanctuary law hinders the federal government’s fight against illegal immigration.
The lawsuit, filed in California’s Central District federal court, accuses sanctuary cities such as L.A. of hindering efforts to address a ‘crisis of illegal immigration.’
In a 62-page ruling, judge says that ‘this is not the time’ to hand over Los Angeles’ roughly $1 billion in homelessness programs to a court-appointed third party.
Seven council members want the city attorney to seek “immediate legal action” to keep their constituents from being racially profiled or detained without warrants.
An official said the city ordered the cancellation after reviewing social media posts that showed ‘what appears to be federal enforcement activity’ at Villa Parke.
The mayor’s immigrant affairs office is a lean, two-person operation, run by Aragon, ‘a very proud immigrant’ from El Salvador, and a language access coordinator.
Unite Here Local 11 filed paperwork for a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the city of Los Angeles to $30 by July 2028.
State Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, who represents part of downtown, had some of the saltiest words, arguing that “terrorizing residents is not protest.”
For Bass, a high-profile Democrat who has avoided public conflicts with other elected officials, the days of tiptoeing around Trump are over. The tumultuous events of the past week have also given her an opportunity for a reset after the Palisades fire.
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The mayor denounced the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference earlier in the day.
