Subject: Public Comment - October 21 City Council Meeting

Dear City Clerk,

I am a resident of Long Beach and I am providing a public comment for the City Council meeting on October 21, 2025. I demand that the City Council ensure it is establishing measures that protect all residents of Long Beach. This includes:

STRONGER SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS

• Expand the Long Beach Justice Fund of $2.2M for 2026: Immigrant residents of Long Beach deserve the right to lawyers to defend them in court when facing deportation.

  • In addition to expanding the Long Beach Justice Fund, the availability of these funds must not be purposefully or unintentionally delayed by the City of Long Beach.
• Policies that protect all of our Long Beach residents, including but not limited to:

  • Continue to Expand Long Beach Values Act (LBVA):

    • Protect residents' (including immigrant residents') data: The city can and should take more stringent measures to prevent harm to ALL Long Beach residents, regardless of status, and protect personally identifiable information (PII) from being shared with federal law enforcement agencies as surveillance technology enabled by data brokers is vastly expanding ICE's enforcement capabilities and compromising EVERY residents' privacy.
    • Private Right to Action: Ensure accountability from the City of Long Beach and personal liability measures for any city employee, city contractor, or elected official who provides data (including but not limited to personal, work, health, tax, etc.) to ICE or any other enforcement agency for the purposes of immigration.

      • Stronger language that ensures the city does not contract with those sharing our immigrant community's data and that the consequence for violating the LBVA Be termination of the existing contract in addition to permanent disqualification for future contracting opportunities.
    • Remove harmful carve out language from the LBVA that weaken the Values Act's protections including; sharing with ICE about felony release dates, notifying ICE about convictions, and participating in joint tasks forces.
  • Public Safety:

    • Identification of unmarked vehicles, ensuring any unmarked vehicle is confirmed to be law enforcement.
    • Enforcement of badge and number identification requirements for all law enforcement officers.
    • Public support for CA SB 627 - No Secret Police.
    • Host community defense organizing trainings.
    • Mutual aid efforts to assist those impacted by raids, including families currently in hiding.

STRONGER TENANT RIGHTS & PROTECTIONS

• Allocate $2M for Eviction Defense for 2026
• Remove the "Substantial Remodel" loophole
• Convene an emergency City Council meeting to pass:

  • A 120-day rent freeze.
  • A 120-day moratorium on Substantial Remodel evictions and Nonpayment evictions.
  • Fair Rent Limits: Rent should only increase 2-3% a year, anything more is legalized price gouging that pushes tenants and families into poverty.

    • Postponement of rent increases during this period of economic duress.
  • Enact an eviction moratorium to protect ALL tenants (including immigrant tenants)

    • Tenant's and families need at least 2 months of non-payment before eviction may be considered.
• End Homeless Sweeps: The city impounds/destroys unhoused residents' tents and belongings instead of allocating more funds towards housing and coming up with a plan to help Long Beach residents' currently dealing with housing displacement.

  • Allocate $400K for the Community Land Trust (CLT)

    • CLT is a nonprofit organization, recognized for its commitment to advancing justice in disadvantaged communities through the creation and preservation of affordable housing, renter protections and community economic development.

Kindly, Long Beach resident