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Home My WebLink About2021/11/09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments MeetingDate AgendaItem Name Comment Position 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Pedro Rios The grant incentivizes law enforcement agencies receiving the funds to collaborate on immigration and border enforcement matters, which contradicts our shared values of promoting inclusive communities. City officials should reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. The City of Chula Vista is already one of the countrys most policed cities with surveillance technology. It must make policy and fiduciary decisions based on principles that uphold our human dignity, not fall for problematic funds that devalue the integrity of its commitment toward inclusivity and place peoples lives at risk. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Lois Klepin The grant incentivizes law enforcement agencies receiving the funds to collaborate on immigration and border enforcement matters, which contradicts our shared values of promoting inclusive communiƟes. Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over-policed communities, and it intensifies distrust of law enforcement in communities of color and immigrant communities as these communities have been disproportionately targeted as part of OperaƟon Stonegarden. In 2017, a government report found that FEMA and CBP did not meet their oversight responsibilities to monitor Stonegarden grantees, issue guidance and approve costs, and demonstrate program performance. In short, Operation Stonegarden lacks oversight and transparency, and serious allegations of racial profiling have been raised about the program. For example, there have been reports of local law enforcement agencies using Operation Stonegarden as a pretext to stopping and arresting immigrants. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Norell Martínez I urge you to vote NO on receiving funding from DHS to support border enforcement. I live in Chula Vista and I see this as undermining the principles of a Welcoming City, and devalues our commitment to inclusivity. The City of CV is already one of the countrys most policed cities with surveillance technology. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Erika Clark I live and work in Chula Vista, and I expect that the second largest city in the County would not seek funding to collaborate with the federal government on border enforcement measures. I urge you to vote NO on accepting money from DHS for Operation Stonegarden. - 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Erin Tsurumoto Grassi My name is Erin Tsurumoto Grassi and I am the regional policy director at Alliance San Diego. On behalf of Alliance San Diego, I strongly urge the Council to vote "no" on receiving Operation Stonegarden Funding. Operation Stonegarden is a pretext to expand border enforcement measures that target migrants. It undermines the principles of a Welcoming City, and erodes community trust in law enforcement and local government, which in turn public safety for all of us at risk. In 2018, the San Diego County Sheriff Dept. had two SB 54 violations. Those violations occurred as result of working with Border Patrol on Operation Stonegarden activities. Local law enforcement participating in Operation Stonegarden has directly led to community members being deported in the past, and puts the City of Chula Vista at risk of aiding Border Patrol and other DHS agencies with the detention and deportaƟon of community members. Alliance San Diego is in strong opposition to the City of Chula Vista receiving Operation Stonegarden funding. We urge you to vote no. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Tama Becker- Varano Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over-policed communities, and it intensifies distrust of law enforcement in communities of color and immigrant communities as these communities have been disproportionately targeted as part of Operation Stonegarden. I urge you to vote NO on accepting money from DHS for Operation Stonegarden. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden zakk clark I urge City Council members to reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. The City of Chula Vista is already one of the countrys most policed cities with surveillance technology. It must make policy and fiduciary decisions based on principles that uphold our human dignity, not fall for problematic funds that devalue the integrity of its commitment toward inclusivity and place peoples lives at risk. - 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Francis X. Riley While I strongly support seeking and accepting Federal funds for community development, affordable housing, Public Health, etc., I vehemently oppose accepting funds that divide the community and may negatively affect minorities who live and/or work in Chula Vista. The "strings" to these funds are not worth the perceptive and/or actual negative consequences of their use in the demographically changing and growing City of Chula Vista! Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Becky Thimm I urge Chula Vista City Council to vote NO on accepting federal money from DHS for programs such as Operation Stonegarden. This program is a pretext to expand border enforcement measures that target migrants. I live in Chula Vista and expect our city to NOT collaborate. It undermines the principals of a Welcoming City and devalues our commitment of inclusivity. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Margaret Baker On behalf of South Bay People Power, I write in strong opposition to the Operation Stonegarden grant. We urge Chula Vista to disentangle itself from federal immigration agencies & programs like Operation Stonegarden that racially profile Latino & immigrant members of our community. Operation Stonegarden lacks oversight & transparency & takes advantage of loopholes in laws such as SB 54 to lure local law enforcement with grants to collaborate in joint operations with agencies of the Department of Homeland Security that routinely over-police, criminalize and terrorize our community. As a volunteer with San Diego Rapid Response Network, I have personally witnessed the terror and utter disregard for human life perpetrated by ICE & other DHS agencies in my community, specifically, pointing guns at US citizen children, spying on our neighbors, breaking down doors without presenting judicial warrants, arresting people without cause, and during the COVID pandemic, arresting people without the proper use of PPE - endangering our community and the local CVPD officers with whom they interacted just blocks from my home. The types of DHS surveillance and raids that I have witnessed are not operations we should partner with in our community. We urge you to reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant and its incentive to collaborate in immigration enforcement activities that contradict our shared values of inclusiveness and Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Nancy Relaford Operation Stonegarden funding is a pretext to expand border enforcement measures that target migrants. Participation directly contradicts the principles of a Welcoming City, and devalues Chula Vistas commitment to inclusivity. Furthermore, Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over- policed communities, and it intensifies distrust of law enforcement in communities of color and immigrant communities as these communities have been disproporƟonately targeted as part of OperaƟon Stonegarden. I urge you to vote NO on accepting any more money from DHS for Operation Stonegarden. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Border Angels Border Angels urges City Council members to reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. The City of Chula Vista is already one of the countrys most policed cities with surveillance technology. It must make policy and fiduciary decisions based on principles that uphold our human dignity, not fall for problematic funds that devalue the integrity of its commitment toward inclusivity and place peoples lives at risk. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Dulce Garcia Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over-policed communities, and it intensifies distrust of law enforcement in communities of color and immigrant communities as these communities have been disproportionately targeted as part of Operation Stonegarden. We urge you to vote NO on accepting money from DHS for Operation Stonegarden. -- Dulce Garcia, Chair of San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden San Diego Border Dreamers Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over-policed communities, and it intensifies distrust of law enforcement in communities of color and immigrant communities as these communities have been disproportionately targeted as part of Operation Stonegarden. I urge you to vote NO on accepting money from DHS for Operation Stonegarden. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Nicholas Paul I urge that the Chula Vista City Council vote NO on accepting federal from DHS for programs such as Operation Stonegarden. The terms of the grant are unclear, and as a community member I want more transparency on what these funds would be used for. In the DISCUSSION SECTION of the attachments provided, there is reference to "transportation nodes" and I want clarification on what exactly this means...? When I hear terms like this I think of our communities trolley and bus systems. I will also want to know if there are any requirements to use these funds in ways that benefit DHS's immigration enforcement measures? I feel like these types of agreements would make the City of Chula Vista no longer in compliance with the Welcoming City Standards... Residents of Chula Vista dont want our law enforcement to play any part in the federal governments deportation machine. Avoiding dependency on federal DHS dollars is a huge part of this effort. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Kathy Cappos Hardy A collaboration between DHS and our local police department is counterproductive to our status as a Welcoming City. Increasing coordination between the two agencies undermines trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement. According to the City of Chula Vistas website, inclusion of immigrants is an important aspect of our City. If there is no trust, how can we believe that there is inclusion? Is this an example of embracing immigrants and refugees? Does Operation Stonegarden do anything to address the immigrant experience in Chula Vista as proudly touted on CVs website with regard to our Welcoming status? As far as I am concerned, the duplicitous nature of Operation Stonegarden does nothing to enhance public trust or make the inclusion of immigrants in our community a priority. I urge a NO vote on this grant! Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden American Friends Service Committee The American Friends Service Committee's US-Mexico Border Program opposes the City of Chula Vista's proposal to obtain federal DHS Operation Stonegarden funds for the purpose of augmenting border enforcement in the region. It urges City officials to vote NO on item 4.4, and to reject DHS money. The City and its police department must prioritize its migrant community and not accept federal money that will taint its reputation as a Welcoming City to migrants. Other law enforcement agencies, including the San Diego Sheriffs Department, have misused Operation Stonegarden funds, and have targeted migrants in the County, in violation of SB 54, the California Values Act. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Angelica Ruiz As an 18 year resident of Chula Vista, I'm concerned that City officials would consider receiving controversial funds from the Department of Homeland Security that could be misused to target residents in Chula Vista. This undercuts credibility and trust with the City and its police, something that's already lacking given its reliance on surveillance technology that undermines everyone's civil liberties. I urge a NO vote on DHS Operation Stonegarden funds. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Patricia Mondragon Operation Stonegarden generates fear for over-policed communities, and intensifies distrust of law enforcement. Communities of color and immigrant communities are disproportionately targeted as part of Operation Stonegarden. Members of our immigrant communities have been deported as a result of local collaboration with DHS through joint task forces. I urge you to vote NO and reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. We should be working to build trust not to further erode it. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Alex Mensing It has been shown that immigration enforcement does not make our communities safer or healthier, which should be the priority. In order to include everyone and encourage all community members to feel safe and participate in community life, it is important to not bring in more immigration enforcement. Oppose 2021-11-09 Public Hearing Items - eComments 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Funding From U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Operation Stonegarden Adriana Jasso I recommend for the City Council members to reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. Chula Vista as a City is already one of the most policed cities in our state and has lost a lot of the community trust. There is a lack of accountability that is inherent in these types of grants and they harm members of our community. Chula Vista needs to build trust. Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Grant From U.S. Department of Justice for Bulletproof Vest Partnership Dr. Norell Martinez I oppose this and other items on the agenda that have to do with police funding. Why is there rarely any city funding available to fund public projects that will actually help our community? More police funding doesn't actually help stop crime but recreation centers and mental health programs and other services to help our most vulnerable community members will. For instance, affordable housing and mental health It is time the City Council members listen and do research. Wealthy communities with low crime rates do not have more police, they have more resources. Move funding away from police and into the community now! Oppose 11/9/2021 17:00 Grant Acceptance and Appropriation: Accept Grant From U.S. Department of Justice for Bulletproof Vest Partnership Adriana Jasso I recommend for the members of the City Council tor reject the DHS Operation Stonegarden grant. The City of Chula Vista is already known as one of the most policed cities in our state. The idea that the City Council will actively look for additional grants to keep our community under more surveillance is not acceptable. There is a lack of accountability in these types of grants and Chula Vista as a City needs to heal relationships and trust with community members. City Council members take this opportunity to show every member in our community to show that you are worth of their trust and reject this grant. Oppose