{"MatterId":14742,"MatterGuid":"18AEED6D-EA95-45BB-95EA-9066E0C60D06","MatterLastModifiedUtc":"2026-04-06T17:23:45.93","MatterRowVersion":"AAAAAADIWkQ=","MatterFile":"O-26-15","MatterName":null,"MatterTitle":"Adopting A New Section In ROA 1994, Chapter 5, Article 1, Prohibiting The Use Of City Property For Immigration Enforcement; Adopting New Article In ROA 1994, Chapter 13, To Be Known As The “Safer Community Places Ordinance” (Peña, Telles, Baca, Rogers)","MatterTypeId":1,"MatterTypeName":"Ordinance","MatterStatusId":20,"MatterStatusName":"Enacted","MatterBodyId":1,"MatterBodyName":"City Council","MatterIntroDate":"2026-03-02T00:00:00","MatterAgendaDate":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","MatterPassedDate":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","MatterEnactmentDate":"2026-03-25T00:00:00","MatterEnactmentNumber":"O-2026-009","MatterRequester":null,"MatterNotes":null,"MatterVersion":"2","MatterCost":null,"MatterText1":null,"MatterText2":null,"MatterText3":null,"MatterText4":null,"MatterText5":null,"MatterDate1":"2026-04-03T00:00:00","MatterDate2":"2026-04-08T00:00:00","MatterEXText1":"CC 3/16/26 (jc)\r\n\r\nBrief Summary: This bill creates two new sections of ROA, 1994. First, this bill creates a new Section 5, Chapter 5, Article 1, generally prohibiting the use of City-owned property for immigration enforcement. Second, this bill creates a new Article 17 of Chapter 13 as the “Safer Community Places Ordinance,” which would establish Safer Community Places – sensitive areas that would be prohibited from providing voluntary consent to law enforcement agents engaged in immigration enforcement. The basis for each of these parts of the bill is rooted in the constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and home rule authority.\r\n\r\nAnalysis: \r\nProhibiting City Property Use for Immigration Enforcement\r\n\r\nThe bill prohibits any city-owned and operated structure or venue from being used for immigration enforcement purposes, including for staging areas, processing locations, or as operations bases. To enforce this provision, the bill requires City departments to identify such spaces. After identification, City departments are to post signage indicating that these spaces may not be used for immigration enforcement, shall secure these spaces with locks or barriers, and develop further procedures to implement this section. \r\n\r\nEstablishing Safer Community Places \r\n\r\n\tThe Safer Community Places portion of this bill is generally divided into three pieces: (1) establishment of Safer Community Places, (2) requiring businesses delineate private and public spaces, and (3) requiring businesses to inform their workers of immigration inspections of I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Forms. This bill establishes the following places as Safer Community Places (“SCPs”): \r\n•\tHospitals and other healthcare facilities;\r\n•\tSchools;\r\n•\tPlaces were children routinely gather, including schools and daycares;\r\n•\tDesignated disaster and emergency response sites;\r\n•\tCity owned or operated facilities;\r\n•\tCommunity resource centers and direct service providers including legal service providers, homeless shelters, sexual and domestic violence providers, family justice centers, and human trafficking service providers;\r\n•\tWork zones and construction sites on City property and within City rights of way;\r\n•\tCourthouses and judicial facilities;\r\n•\tLibraries, community centers, and cultural centers;\r\n•\tPublic transportation facilities and transit centers;\r\n•\tAny location where City services are delivered to the public; or\r\n•\tOther similar locations, as determined by the City.\r\n\r\nFor each of these SCPs, the City shall develop policies to prohibit an SCP from providing voluntary consent to immigration enforcement from entering non-public areas or accessing, reviewing, or obtaining student or patient records. This general prohibition does not prohibit the access of SCP by law enforcement pursuant to a judicial warrant or upon exigent circumstances. Further, this provision requires that businesses, as a condition of licensure, will (a) display signage delineating public and private spaces and (b) notify current employees of inspection of an immigration agency of I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification forms.\r\nAs a final note, this bill is explicit in that it shall be interpreted in accordance with the Immigrant Friendly City Policy. \r\n\r\nFiscal Impact: There will be some fiscal impact to the City based on the City-wide involvement of departments that may need to affix signage, physically secure City-owned or controlled structures, and the development of city procedures to comply with the section relate to use of City property. Further, implementation of the Safer Community Places Ordinance will likely include similar involvement of City departments including new policy direction to delineate public and private spaces in City Business Licenses and provide worker notification. \r\n\r\nKey Dates: Within 30 days of the effective date of this ordinance, the City shall develop the necessary policies to prohibit an SCP from providing voluntary consent to immigration enforcement. Within 90 days of the effective date of this ordinance, the city shall develop the policies to delineate public and private spaces as a condition of businesses applying or renewing a business license. Within 90 days of the effective date of this ordinance, the City shall make a template notice available on the City website for use by businesses to inform employees of an I-9 inspection. \r\n\r\nComments: The SCP portion of this bill was modeled after the Bernalillo County Ordinance “Safer Community Spaces (codified in Chapter 51 of the Bernalillo County Code of Ordinances).” The Bernalillo County SCP Ordinance has a very similar structure to O-26-15, with the following three major objectives: (1) implementation of SCPs, (2) delineating private spaces in businesses, and (3) notifying workers of I-9 inspections. However, unlike this bill, the Bernalillo SCP Ordinance does not prohibit immigration enforcement using property owned by the political subdivision.","MatterEXText2":"Victor Hall/Julia Coulloudon","MatterEXText3":null,"MatterEXText4":null,"MatterEXText5":null,"MatterEXText6":null,"MatterEXText7":null,"MatterEXText8":null,"MatterEXText9":null,"MatterEXText10":null,"MatterEXText11":null,"MatterEXDate1":null,"MatterEXDate2":null,"MatterEXDate3":null,"MatterEXDate4":null,"MatterEXDate5":null,"MatterEXDate6":null,"MatterEXDate7":null,"MatterEXDate8":null,"MatterEXDate9":null,"MatterEXDate10":null,"MatterAgiloftId":0,"MatterReference":"27","MatterRestrictViewViaWeb":false,"MatterReports":[]}