Thread: CA: LA's policy analyst makes AZ boycott recommendations

City's policy analyst makes Arizona boycott recommendations

May 11, 2010 | 6:02 pm

Responding to calls for an economic boycott of Arizona, the city’s top policy analyst Tuesday identified a total of $56 million in Arizona-related investments and recommended that the City Council suspend travel to the state, refrain from entering new contracts and review current ones for possible termination.

Los Angeles officials joined with other cities across the country in calling for an economic boycott of Arizona after lawmakers there passed a tough new immigration law that critics say will lead to racial profiling.

The law, which will take effect July 23, makes it a crime for unauthorized migrants to be in Arizona and requires police to check the immigration papers of those they suspect may be illegal.

The council is set to discuss the report, prepared by Chief Legislative Analyst Gerry F. Miller, on Wednesday. Miller recommended that the council adopt a revised resolution that expresses city opposition to the use of federal funds to implement the Arizona law, saying it encourages racial profiling, violates constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection and undermines federal authority over immigration.

The resolution notes that the city imposed economic sanctions in the past to protest such actions as South Africa’s apartheid policies and Colorado’s 1992 repeal of local ordinances that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation.

“This is not just about Los Angeles; it’s a significant response to legislation that hurts a whole slice of the population,â€

Oh yeah Reyes stop AZ's planes from using your Airport and lose 22 million dollars in revenue and a lot of jobs, that will really make AZ suffer.

The inmates (LA 's city council) are running the asylum. Big talk for a state drowning in red ink.

LA is bankrupt, yet they want to spend money to attack another state for a law that mimics a Federal law that LA has ignored.

I hope they enjoy their new power rates for all of electricity that they BUY from AZ. I guess they will have to buy power elsewhere.