Overview
- Los Angeles installed more than 450 red-and-white signs at parks, libraries, transit hubs, parking lots and the Los Angeles Zoo citing Mayor Karen Bass’s Executive Directive 17.
- First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Tuesday the signs carry no legal force and will not stop federal agents from operating on city property.
- Executive Directive 17 instructs departments to keep non-public city areas off-limits to immigration operations without a judge’s warrant and to post warnings, with LAPD told to document encounters with federal agents.
- News reports estimate the rollout at about $500 per sign, placing the total near $250,000, though the city has not released an official cost.
- City leaders say the measures aim to reduce fear after past high-profile raids at places like MacArthur Park, while critics in right-leaning outlets call the signs symbolic and ineffective.