Overview
- County Executive Derek Johnson told supervisors he will present a budget that excludes State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding.
- Activists filled the meeting and delivered a petition with more than 5,900 signatures urging an end to cooperation with ICE.
- Marin received $461,446 in FY2022, $416,677 in FY2023 and $338,136 in FY2024 under SCAAP, which requires submitting inmate identifiers and incarceration dates.
- Sheriff Jamie Scardina said he was consulted, described SCAAP as a DOJ program not tied to immigration enforcement, and said jail release information will continue to be posted online.
- County leaders said they will make the sheriff’s budget whole and maintain immigrant-support funding, as some neighboring jurisdictions such as Santa Cruz have withdrawn from SCAAP.