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City Manager’s Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/cm <br />Item # 26 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />July 1, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Freedom of Information Act Request <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request to U.S. Immigration and Customs <br />Enforcement (ICE) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve submission of a Freedom of Information Act Request to U.S. Immigration and <br />Customs Enforcement seeking records pertaining to immigration enforcement activity <br />within the City of Santa Ana for the period of January 20, 2025 through July 1, 2025. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the June 17, 2025 City Council meeting, Councilmember Jessie Lopez and Mayor <br />Pro Tem Benjamin Vazquez expressed interest in submitting a Freedom of Information <br />Act (FOIA) request to the federal government seeking records pertaining to immigration <br />enforcement activity within the City of Santa Ana for the period of January 20, 2025 <br />through July 1, 2025. <br />Since 1967, FOIA has provided the public the right to request access to records from <br />any federal agency. Staff is seeking direction and approval to request records from U.S. <br />Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding immigration enforcement <br />activity within the City of Santa Ana for the first half of 2025 to better understand what <br />activities have occurred, when and where such activities have occurred, and who has <br />been subject to such activities, among other items. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact assocated with this action