Marin County officials will hold a public forum Tuesday to review limited interactions between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, a meeting that protest organizers say they plan to attend in large numbers.
The session is required under California’s Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds, TRUTH Act. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Showcase Theater at Marin Center in San Rafael, and it will be livestreamed via the county website.
The annual forum is intended to disclose and explain any qualifying cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the previous year.
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office will present data on ICE-related access at the county jail between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2025. According to the sheriff’s office, 23 individuals were referred for ICE notifications in 2025, compared with 14 in 2024.
Advocacy groups with the No ICE in Marin Coalition say hundreds of residents are expected to attend the meeting, many carrying signs and urging the Sheriff’s Office to end any cooperation with ICE.
Anti-ICE organizers say more than 6,000 residents have signed a petition asking the sheriff to refuse all ICE requests without a judicial warrant and to withdraw from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, a federal reimbursement program tied to incarceration costs. In February, the county announced that the SCAAP funding has been dropped from the Marin County 2026-28 proposed budget.
What others are doing
At the February meeting, Curt Ries, co-chair of the Marin Democratic Socialists of America, pointed to San Francisco’s system of protecting the identity of people in custody. San Francisco has modified their searchable jail booking logs in a way that allows the loved ones of those in custody and their attorneys to find information to track them by name, but a public list of those currently in custody is not available to federal agencies like it is in Marin County.
Senate Bill 34, enacted in 2016, prohibits local law enforcement from transferring or sharing any camera database information to nonstate agencies. The state’s 2018 sanctuary law, Senate Bill 54 bars any use of state or local resources for federal immigration enforcement.
Other Bay Area jurisdictions, like Alameda and San Francisco, have established ICE-free zones that prohibit federal enforcement actions on certain public properties. In February, the Mountain View City Council voted to end its contract with the automated public license plate reader camera systems, Flock Safety, after finding that information had been shared out of state. Santa Cruz, Los Altos Hills and Santa Clara County have also terminated their contracts with Flock Safety.
Marin County officials emphasized that Tuesday’s meeting is informational and required by state law. No action will be taken by the Marin County Board of Supervisors.
