Speaker 1: Motion passes seven zero.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And then I believe we have item number 30.
Speaker 1: 31.
Speaker 0: 31. All right.
Speaker 2: 31.
Speaker 1: Communication from Councilmember Pierce, Councilwoman Gonzalez, Councilmember Urunga, Vice Mayor Richardson, recommendation to request a resolution in support of Long Beach, joining cities across the country and proclaiming March 21st, 2017 cities. Immigration Day of action.
Speaker 0: Councilwoman Pierce.
Speaker 4: Thank you. I'm excited about the opportunity to stand in unity with the cities across California and across the country, to declare this day, a day, one day of immigration, day of action. Our community is enriched by the diversity of our residents. And I think, if anything, our council agenda tonight really demonstrates that having our Cambodian community, Persian community, as well as many Latinos in the community coming together to contribute to make our city a better place. We want to make sure that we recognize that the valuable immigrant contributions to our community as city leaders. We know that declaring a day, immigration day of action is not a final step, but an important one towards protecting our diverse communities. I'd like to take the opportunity to highlight the incredible work and actions of our community based organizations that are already doing hard work to advocate for immigrant rights and support our immigrant communities during these uncertain times. Tonight, many of these advocates are not here because they are, in fact, participating in a day of action where they are learning and growing together and making plans and stepping forward to ensure that Long Beach particularly continues to protect our immigrant communities. We've already taken action as a city to support Kevin de Leon's California Values Act, which will restrict us from using local resources to do the job of the federal government. Tonight, I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this item and stand in solidarity with Long Beach's immigrant communities. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Gringo.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And I want to thank Jeanine for Councilmember Pearce excuse me, respect for presenting this item here. This is March 30th. This is a Cesar Chavez birthday. And there's going to be a number of activities taking place over the next couple of days, next week in recognition of a day of service. So this is one way of being able to provide that. I want to thank the Council of Mayors for also agreeing in the cities that that have agreed to participate in this as well. Obviously, today was was one of those days where we recognized our diversity. And I mentioned that during my moment of reflection. That is also a moment of silence, because I think that if anything, we we we live in the greatest country in the world, and we have to celebrate that every day. So I want to thank you for bringing this forward.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Is there any public comment on this item? Saying Num members, please cast your vote.
Recommendation to request a resolution in support of Long Beach joining cities across the country in proclaiming March 21, 2017 Cities Immigration Day of Action.