san francisco became a sanctuary city in 1989.
san francisco became a sanctuary city in 1989.
when did san francisco become a sanctuary city?
1989
bullet::::- san francisco "declared itself a sanctuary city in 1989, and city officials strengthened the stance in 2013 with its 'due process for all' ordinance. the law declared local authorities could not hold immigrants for immigration officials if they had no violent felonies on their records and did not currently face charges." the city issues a resident id card regardless of the applicant's immigration status. the 2015 shooting of kathryn steinle provoked debate about san francisco's "sanctuary city" policy.









































bullet::::- seaside – on march 29, 2017, seaside became monterey county's first sanctuary city.
sanctuary city
mancina has conducted ethnographic field research and archival research on the creation and implementation of san francisco, california's sanctuary city policies. this has included interviews with sanctuary movement leaders, organizers, activists, and public officials; and "participant observation" with sanctuary movement organizations and sanctuary city policy advocacy groups. part of this work has included conducting research in san francisco city hall and working as a constituent services staff member for sanctuary city law author district supervisor david campos. in this capacity, his participant observation work has included assisting undocumented city residents in seeking city services in a manner which itself was governed by sanctuary city laws. his sanctuary city-focused research has also included assisting a coalition of immigrant-serving non-profits and legal organizations called the san francisco immigrant rights defense committee, now renamed
peter mancina