California bill targets migrant drop-offs
Last year, our California Divide reporting team covered how cities were responding to migrants arriving unexpectedly. While many of the 900-plus migrants who arrived in L.A. from Republican states quickly integrated into the community, the few dozen who went to Sacramento found an under-resourced support system, CalMatters reporters Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Justo Robles found.
In recent years, Republican governors have started transporting migrants from their states to cities with Democratic leaders, including in California. In June 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a budget that set aside $12 million to transport unauthorized migrants out of Florida. In April 2022, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed his state to charter buses to transport migrants to Washington, D.C. He later expanded the order to include other locations, including cities in California.
Now it’s up to Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide the fate of a bill that aims to require advance notice in such situations. Assembly Bill 2780 , by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor , a Democrat from Inglewood, would require commercial […]
