Sacramento Council Votes To Enact Economic Sanctions Against Arizona

Sacramento Bee ^ | June 15, 2010 | Ryan Lillis

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Sacramento Council Votes To Enact Economic Sanctions Against Arizona

By Ryan Lillis Jun. 15, 2010 The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to place economic sanctions against Arizona companies in response to that state's immigration laws.

The sanctions passed by a 6-1 council vote are on par with the broadest actions passed by other California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland. They include forbidding city workers from attending conferences in Arizona on the city's dime, boycotting companies based in Arizona "where practicable and where there is no significant additional cost to the city" and potentially canceling current contracts with firms from Arizona.

"For those who would criticize us for using our time to address this critical issue in our country's history, I would say this: How can we not?" said Councilman Rob Fong, who called for the debate.

Fong added, "I've never been more proud of us" and said the city was "standing on the right side of history."

Councilman Robbie Waters voted against the boycott, arguing, "we should be taking care of our business here at home first." He asked for a report on how many city staff hours have been spent to look at the city's contracts.

[WKUHilltopper]

Come on, AZ! Cut off their juice!

[doc1019]

And like Arizona gives a crap.

[machogirl]

Bring it on sacramento. AZ is better off without ya.

[Ancient Drive]

Sacramento who?

[rbosque]

So Sacramento is all for more violence against innocent Americans. Liberalism is the enemy of America.

[Domangart]

I am boycotting Sacramento.

[Still Thinking]

Ooh....ooh...I’m shaking!!!

[Tigerized]

Idiots! The majority, and I mean a HUGE majority of Americans support Arizona is defending itself against a foreign onslaught. Let’s face it, Mexico is now ruled by drug cartels, and the country is using the US as a pressure relief valve, complete with full benefits and NO requirements!

This is a recipe for disaster!

And I hope the Sacto City Council has access to good headhunters, because it appears the majority will be looking for work soon.

[Redcloak]

They should start by boycotting California...

California Penal Code Sec. 834b

834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.

(b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following:

(1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status.

(2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or leave the United States.

(3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status and provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity.

(c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city, county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly prohibited.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I think I heard that the company that administers the “red light cameras” in Excremento is in AZ. Let’s see how that one plays out.

[Tagurit]

AZ should ban California wines in response.

[Zetman]

I say we should boycott California. And I LIVE in California !!

[TheRealDBear]

Arizona and Arizona State, join the Big 12!

[TCH]

FUCA... Break every bottle of Kalifornia wine you have and publicly dump it down the sewers!

Boycott EVERYTHING Kalifornia produces. Screw those filthy Marxist bastards. I hope the next quake buries them!

[ThunderSleeps]

Me too, who needs them? Vacationing in AZ the very next chance I get.

[ThunderSleeps]

Good idea. No more CA wines for me, too manyof their local govts acting stupidly. Besides, I’m more of a Jack Daniels kind of guy.

[fr_freak]

FUCA... Break every bottle of Kalifornia wine you have and publicly dump it down the sewers!

Don't be silly. If you've already paid for them, you might as well drink them. Just don't buy any more. In fact, for you out-of-staters who bought CA wine, you can drink the wine, piss in the bottle, cork it, and mail it back to Sacramento care of the city council.

[blueplum]

seems Sacramento doesn’t care about the Kings or Rivercats either then, since surely people will boycott their home games in protest of this decision

[SFConservative]

I would like to know how many of the Sac City Council members have actually read the AZ law. Knowing Robbie Waters just a bit and knowing the others by their political persuasions, I will bet that Robbie Waters is the only one of them that has.