The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider declaring a local emergency in response to federal immigration enforcement that officials say has sown fear among the illegal immigrant populations in the city.
In a 4–1 vote during a meeting on Oct. 7, the board directed staff to prepare a formal declaration for consideration at the next meeting on Oct. 14.
The declaration would allow the board to unlock an eviction moratorium for illegal immigrants in Los Angeles affected by enforcement operations.
“Families are now afraid to go to work, to attend school, or even to buy groceries,” Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who coauthored the motion, said at the board meeting….