child. tell us how you lost your son. my son was in san francisco coming home one night when an illegal alien named roberto gallow turned in front of him trying to make a last-second licensed turn instead of stopping after they collided he accelerated and drove back and forth over my son s body three times killing him. brian: with that, you are motivated to make sure our borders are secure and illegals are out. and now all of a sudden your governor decides i m going to take the state you are living in and make it a sanctuary. therefore, turning a magnet for all illegals. what action are you taking? well, we formed a group as you mentioned fight sanctuary state. and we re launching a voter initiative to overturn sb-54, which is the sanctuary state law. and actually require law enforcement in california to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
only with sb-54 but the prison re-alignment and a couple of propositions specifically prop 47 in california which reduced many violent felonies to misdemeanors. those people are specifically exempt from sb-54 mandates. so if you had three years ago you committed a felony that is now considered a misdemeanor, you wouldn t be subject to communication with immigration enforcement from huntington beach police because you you have committed a misdemeanor, not a felony. that s a big issue with sb-54. trish: mr. mayor, how bizarre is this? sometimes i think we live in a surreal world. here you are in huntington beach. having to go against your state just so you can be in compliance with the federal government. it is an alternate universe. with the president s tweet yesterday, looks like maybe we re on the right path.
has a march forward and sb-54 is a manifest station of that. my issue and my mayor pro tem s issue with sb-54, it takes local control away from us and tells us how to spend our money, constitutionally overreaching and we re going to ask our council colleagues joining to us ask our attorney to file suit against the state of california to find a way out or exempt us from sb-54. we think that we have a unique angle and our angle is we re a charter city. we have some protections from what the state of california is doing. trish: if you were to get the protections, what would that mean? to send a clear message to sacramento that if you think you can tell us what to do in opposition to what the federal government, you re wrong. if you re successful, we have more issues to teal with not
to go in and hold them accountable for crimes. would why be abetting and obstructing justice? potentially. that would be a little bit of a stretch. this is what we are very clearly doing we are going after very serious offenders who are in custody in our jail. being convicted of very serious crimes. sb-54 allows to us notify ice those under the trust act which was passed in 2014. previously passed legislation and that s what we are doing. we are still not phiing ice, the sheriff has that discretion. last year we turned over 580. we have 57,000 bookings. so that s a small percentage or actually just 58,000. this year we have already turned over 181. but 244 individuals were not turned over to ice. and that s what we re concerned about. so they are very serious crimes and they be being returned back into the community. quite honestly back into the communities they preyed upon and committed their crimes to begin with we are trying
to go in and hold them accountable for crimes, would i be abetting and obstructing justice? potentially. that would be a little bit of a stretch. this is what we are very clearly doing, we are going after very serious offenders who are in custody in our jail. being convicted of very serious crimes. sb-54 allows to us notify i.c.e. on those under the trust act which was passed in 2014, previously passed legislation, and that s what we are doing. we are still notifying i.c.e., the sheriff has that discretion. last year we turned over 580. we have 57,000 bookings. so that s a small percentage or actually just 58,000. this year we have already turned over 181. but 244 individuals were not turned over to i.c.e. and that s what we re concerned about. so they are very serious crimes and they are be being returned back into the community. quite honestly, back into the communities they preyed upon and committed their crimes to begin with.