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Weekly summary for Santa Clara County
May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026 • Updated May 7, 2026
In Santa Clara County, local transit agency VTA’s board has directed staff to explore policies that could block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using VTA properties. This development reflects ongoing countywide efforts to limit ICE’s presence on public facilities. Additionally, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution condemning ICE actions at San Francisco International Airport, underscoring regional concerns about immigration enforcement.
Recent Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meetings have included immigration-related discussions alongside other community issues such as mental health and juvenile justice disparities, highlighting the county’s broad civic engagement on immigration matters.
What to watch: Whether VTA will formally adopt restrictions on ICE use of its properties and how this may influence similar policies within Santa Clara County.
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Meeting-level relevance. Board of Supervisors — Public Safety & Justice Committee recently discussed this issue.
Faith leaders across Santa Clara County are committing money to immigration legal defense services as advocates warn families continue to face fear and uncertainty around detention and deportation. More than 120 donors …
Santa Clara County officials, community organizers and residents gathered at the county government center in San Jose May 14 to oppose a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just …
Santa Clara County officials, community organizers and residents gathered at the county government center in San Jose May 14 to oppose a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just …
MeetingPublic meeting summaryBoard of Supervisors — Public Safety & Justice Committee
Board of Supervisors — Public Safety & Justice Committee's 2026-04-13 meeting centered on For instance, parties can ask the court to declare someone a vexatious litigant, to dismiss a vexatious litigation,... and Wade –…
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
2026-03-10
20.: Accept The Probation Department’s Report On Immigration Detainers, Pursuant To Chapter 2.48 Of Title 2 Of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code
24.: Accept the Sheriff’s Office Report on interactions with Immigration Authorities, pursuant to Chapter 2.48 of Title 2 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code
17.: Adopt a resolution: A) Authorizing the County Executive, or designee, to execute a Trilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the County, the City of East Palo Alto, and East Palo Alto Community Alliance and Neighborhood Development Organization to facilitate the potential exchange of real property, interim site control, and future development of a 100% affordable housing project on University Avenue and the expansion of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in East Palo Alto; and B) Authorizing and directing the Director of the Department of Housing, or designee, in consultation with the East Palo Alto Community Alliance and Neighborhood Development Organization, to conduct a competitive process to select a developer for the proposed University Avenue affordable housing development
8.: Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement (OLSE) and the Environmental Health Services Division (EHS) to implement a pilot program to enforce final judgments for labor law violations through food service permitting
6.: Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief Elections Officer or their designee(s) to enter into an agreement with the California Secretary of State to receive $8,324.38 in state and federal reimbursement funding pursuant to the Help America Vote Act for the purpose of improving and enhancing election security in San Mateo County
5: Approve proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act and Youthful Offender Block Grant plans relating to the FY 2026-2027 Application for Continuation Funding and/or Substantive Modification to the County's Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan
