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July 10, 2026
County seeks to limit helping ICE Potential policy to be discussed later
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is working with legal counsel to determine if they want to adopt an ordinance limiting compliance with federal immigration authorities.
By Jake Menez Staff Writer
The County Board of Supervisors is making progress on a measure that would limit county resources available to immigration authorities. At their July 7 meeting, the supervisors voted 4-1 to continue working with legal counsel on a potential policy or ordinance that will be brought before the board later. District 4 Supervisor Ken Carlson was the dissenting vote. During the discussion, several residents and representatives from local organizations spoke in favor of the county adopting an ordinance rather than an internal policy, explaining that a formal ordinance would have the legal backing to enforce the county’s
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non-cooperative stance if challenged by federal immigration agencies. “Please do not pass a policy. Pass a strong loophole-free ordinance that provides real accountability and real protection for our
community,” a representative from Healthy Contra Costa, told the supervisors. Healthy Contra Costa advocates “for policy changes to increase health equity and racial justice in the community,” according to their website.
Brentwood celebrates July 4th in classic style By Jeff Weisinger Staff Writer
Downtown Brentwood turned out in style for the annual Fourth of July parade, last Saturday morning. The kids’ parade kicked things off as young marchers led the way at 9:30 a.m. while hundreds of residents and visitors packed the sidewalks from First Street to Oak Street. Paradegoers staked out spots as early, some as early as 7 a.m., waving flags and soaking in the festivities as the procession rolled through downtown. “The streets were even more crowded than last year,” Brentwood Mayor Susannah Meyer said. “Every year it feels like it’s getting a little bit bigger.” Floats from several local organizations paraded throughout the route across First Street before turning right onto Oak Street and heading up toward the Brentwood Community Center. This year, the parade carried a little extra weight. It led straight into Brentwood’s America 250 celebration. Along with food carts and other vendors, 925 Customs held a car show just outside Briefs....................................................6A Calendar..............................................8A
Brentwood residents take in the city’s July 4th parade Saturday morning downtown. of the parade route on Oak Street. “The whole day is filled with a kind of Americana,” Meyer said. “That’s specifically what we were trying to do and what the city staff put together is all about Brentwood and its agricultural history and that relation to the 250th anniversary of the country.”
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A shrunken Oakley Planning Commission of only three members unanimously approved a liquor license for the La Colmena supermarket at 2603 Main Street and connected to the Twin Oaks mixed-use senior housing complex, over the protests of Twin Oaks residents, who
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Her remarks were echoed by those from other civil liberty organizations, such as Melvin Willis, the local representative for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Institute and Roslyn Spruit, a chairperson for the East Bay chapter of Indivisible. “Passing an ordinance gives me and other community members the ability to defend ourselves and maximize our protection,” Willis said, while pointing out that an ordinance would be a county-wide law. “Local participation in immigration detention carries serious human, legal, and public accountability consequences,” Spruit said, while underscoring that an ordinance would be about drawing a “lawful boundary” around county participation rather than obstructing lawful federal enforcement. If passed, the proposed policy or ordi-
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said that allowing the store to sell liquor would cause more traffic and attract disruptive people. The Commission also held a work session in which they expressed interest in a preliminary General Plan amendment for a parcel located at 3920 Empire Ave., which was recently combined with another smaller parcel at 3980 Empire Ave. The parcel’s designation would change from Residential Low to Commercial if the amendment is brought back to the Commission and approved. La Colmena liquor license La Colmena’s liquor license was previously debated at the Comsee Approves page 15A
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