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Law Department's role in agency compliance with sanctuary city laws
3:23:54
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Council Member Restler inquires about the Law Department's efforts to ensure city employees understand sanctuary city laws and Fourth Amendment compliance. Goode-Trufant confirms their work with agency general counsels and clarifies that the Mayor's office has not interfered with their guidance.
- Law Department primarily works with agency general counsels rather than conducting direct training
- Confirmation that the Mayor's office has not interfered with Law Department guidance on Fourth Amendment compliance
Lincoln Restler
3:23:54
And have has your team been proactively working with agencies to ensure that all city employees or that key city employees understand the city's sanctuary city laws and the criticality of compliance with the Fourth Amendment?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
3:24:08
Yes, but I'll note that our work is primarily with the general counsels of each agency.
3:24:15
We are not tasked with actually
Lincoln Restler
3:24:17
Sure.
3:24:18
That's fair.
3:24:19
Doing the training.
3:24:21
And has the mayor's office sought to interfere in any way with the law department's guidance to city agencies about the Fourth Amendment and the requirement of a judicial warrant to enter city property in search of individuals?
3:24:39
No.
3:24:39
Good.
3:24:42
Think that my colleague has sufficiently covered cannabis.
3:24:46
So I just I'd like to shift to representation decisions, particularly some of the representation decisions that your predecessor had been tasked with making.
3:24:56
I've been concerned about some of law departments representation decisions for city employees and both the resources and the cost impact that this has on the already strained law department.