Los Angeles officials on Tuesday moved to cement the city and its schools as sanctuaries for immigrants and LGBTQ youth as the city positions itself to strongly reject President-elect Donald Trump’s platforms on immigration and gender.

The Los Angeles City Council, which represents the second largest city in the US, voted unanimously to pass a “sanctuary city” ordinance that prohibits the city from using its resources in immigration enforcement or cooperating with federal immigration agents, except where required by state law.

The ordinance is up for approval by Mayor Karen Bass.

Also Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District passed a series of emergency resolutions aimed at preventing the incoming Republican administration, including protections for immigrant families and staff, enforcing “respectful” treatment of members of the LGBTQ community and preparing to resist policies in Project 2025the conservative plan for the next Republican president.

City officials are rushing to implement the measures before Trump takes over the White House in January, when the president promised to enact strict border and immigration policies on Day 1. LGBTQ advocates also fear that his presidency it will lead to broader restrictions on transgender people and the rollback of protections for other LGBTQ groups.

“We know what’s coming. They’ve said what’s coming, and we want to tell our students and their families and all the staff that you’re welcome here,” school board President Jackie Goldberg said Tuesday.

In the days after Trump’s election, Bass and District Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto expedited the release of the sanctuary ordinance to the city council after hearing a wave of concerns from immigration groups.

“Especially in the face of growing threats to immigrant communities in Los Angeles, I stand with the people of this city,” Bass said in a statement last week. “This moment requires urgency. Protecting immigrants makes our communities stronger and our city better.”

California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, is also rekindling his anti-Trump campaign. calling last week for lawmakers to call a special session to protect the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration.

The city ordinance legally enshrines several city policies already in place to protect migrants, including a decades-old Los Angeles Police Department mandate that officers not inquire about a person’s immigration status or make arrests based on a person’s immigration status.

But it also likely sets the city up for conflict with the incoming Trump administration, which has promised large-scale detention and deportation of migrants – especially those without documents.

Tom Homan, a former Trump-era director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement whom Trump has called the “border czar” of his administration, has expressed his disdain for sanctuary cities.

In an interview with “Fox & Friends” last week, Homan suggested the Trump administration may try to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities and federal agents will not be deterred from enforcing immigration policies.

“If sanctuary cities don’t want to help us, then get the hell out of the way. Because we’re coming,” Homan said.

Councilman Curren Price Jr., however, insisted Tuesday that sanctuary status will be critical to maintaining trust between the city and immigrant communities, some of whom may refrain from reporting crimes or seeking emergency assistance out of fear. that they could be deported.

“Sanctuary cities are not just a legal framework,” Price said. “They represent a moral commitment to uphold human dignity, protect families and ensure that everyone, regardless of their immigration status, can live without fear.”

Protections for students and school staff

The Los Angeles Unified School Board on Tuesday passed several motions to strengthen its sanctuary position for the district’s families and staff members who may be threatened by the Trump administration’s policies, particularly migrant families and LGBTQ students.

The board unanimously approved a motion to reaffirm its sanctuary policy, which prohibits school staff from voluntarily cooperating with immigration agencies or sharing information about the immigration status of students and families with immigration agencies.

Teachers and administrators will receive training on how to respond to federal immigration personnel who request information about students and families or who attempt to enter school property.

Goldberg, the board president, also said the district would “aggressively oppose” any effort to create federal laws requiring school districts to comply with immigration enforcement.

In an effort to create a more accepting environment for LGBTQ students and staff, the district approved another motion to expand its “respectful treatment of all persons” policy to include gender identity and gender expression.

The resolution cited the “nationwide proliferation of anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and narratives” that “exacerbate discrimination, invalidate people’s humanity, and incite fear and anxiety.”

Pledge to resist the policies of Project 2025

The school board, in its final vote, issued a direct rebuke of Project 2025, which called for a complete overhaul of federal education policy and the eventual elimination of the Department of Education.

In its motion, the board resolved to “protect and defend students, families, and staff from the intended harm of Project 2025,” though the board did not elaborate on the project’s specific policies beyond abolishing the Department of Education.

Board member Rocío Rivas called the move “a bold and necessary shield against looming threats to public education.”

“LAUSD is a beacon of inclusion, a safe harbor for all, and this resolution vehemently declares that we will not stand up to those who seek to undermine the very foundation of our diverse and vibrant community,” Rivas said.

Although Trump has tried to publicly distance himself from Project 2025, a CNN review found that at least 140 people who worked in the first Trump administration were involved in it. He even selected some of his aides for his new administration, including his pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.

Trump too called repeatedly for the elimination of the Department of Education on the campaign trail.

“Eventually, we’re going to eliminate the federal Department of Education,” he said in September at a rally in Wisconsin. He added, “We’re going to drain the government education swamp and stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all kinds of things you don’t want our youth to hear.”

Within 60 days of the school board’s resolution, the district superintendent is expected to present a detailed plan on how the district will “defend public education and the students, families and staff we serve” from the policies detailed in Project 2025 and similar actions by the Trump administration. .

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