On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the City of Culver City joined Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and regional mayors in Los Angeles County to announce new legal action that the City will take to put a stop to the unconstitutional reckless raids in the L.A. region.
“This federal overreach is damaging our community, fracturing immigrant families and friends,” said Culver City Mayor Dan O’Brien. “Thank you to Mayor Bass and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for filing this action. I’m grateful Culver City, along with other Westside cities, can join with you all to take this stand.“
While Mayor O’Brien could not attend Monday’s press conference due to scheduling conflicts, Vice Mayor Freddy Puza was in attendance and made remarks on the announced legal action.
“Culver City is proud to stand with the City of Los Angeles and a coalition of cities across the region in taking legal action against the Trump administration’s unlawful and inhumane ICE raids,” said Vice Mayor Puza. “Thank you to the City of Los Angeles City Attorneys Office for taking the lead on this litigation effort. These raids are terrorizing communities, separating families, and violating basic civil and human rights. They are not about safety, they are about fear. And we refuse to let that fear define who we are. As a smaller city, some might wonder what difference Culver City can make. But our participation matters, because every city, large or small, has a responsibility to defend the people who live and work within its borders. And when cities of all sizes join together, we become impossible to ignore.” You can watch Vice Mayor Puza’s remarks and the press conference in full online.
“The Administration is treating Los Angeles as a test case for how far it can go in driving its political agenda forward while pushing the Constitution aside,” said Mayor Bass. “The City of Los Angeles, along with the County, cities, organizations and Angelenos across L.A., is taking the Administration to court to stop its clear violation of the United States Constitution and federal law. We will not be intimidated – we are making Los Angeles the example of how people who believe in American values will stand together and stand united.”
“The federal government has concentrated thousands of armed immigration agents, many of whom lack visible identification, and military troops in our communities, conducting unconstitutional raids, roundups and anonymous detentions, sowing fear and chaos among our residents,” said Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto. “Today’s motion to intervene shows we will not stand by and allow these raids to continue or to become the standard operating procedure in our communities.”
Central to this effort is a request to intervene in a class action lawsuit “Perdomo v. Noem,” which was brought on behalf of people who have been unlawfully stopped or detained by federal agents. The lawsuit alleges that federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have engaged in unconstitutional and unlawful immigration raids by targeting Angelenos based on their perceived race and ethnicity and also denying detainees constitutionally-mandated due process.
“Know Your Rights” resources are available on the Culver City website.
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