Today, approximately 1.5 million immigrants live in the City of Los Angeles, about 38% of the City's total population. Los Angeles is a great city because of the successful integration of immigrants into its civic, social, cultural and economic fabric. Our communities are safer when there is a strong trust between immigrant communities and government.
On January 25, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order No. 13,767 titled, "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements." 82 Federal Register 8793. The Executive Order directs the Department of Homeland Security to take all steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border between the United States and Mexico, using materials and technology to achieve complete operational control of the southern border. The City recognizes the harm fulfilling the Executive Order would cause to its residents, immigrant and non-immigrant alike.
The City of Los Angeles strives to lift families up, not tear them apart. The City's goal is to keep families and communities safe, not cultivate fear based on immigration status. The proposed Border Wall has the potential to divide our nation and the City of Los Angles along racial, religious and immigration status, which is the antithesis of our shared values. In addition, the proposed Border Wall has created anxiety and stress within hard-working immigrant communities in the City where many fear they will be removed from their families and livelihoods.
In support of this legislative act and to promote the ideals the act embraces, this ordinance requires those seeking to do business with the City to fully and accurately disclose any and all contracts, bids or proposals to provide goods or services for the design, construction, operation or maintenance of the Trump Administration's proposed Border Wall.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,600, Eff. 7-18-18.