The Alameda County Board of Supervisors held a regular meeting on January 27, 2026, starting at approximately 9:30 AM. Supervisors Marquez, Tam, Fortunato Bas, and President Halbert were present; Supervisor Miley was excused initially but later attended. The meeting included supervisors' remarks, approval of a consent calendar, a mass motion, ordinance readings, and a major set matter (Item 51) regarding immigration enforcement response planning and ICE-free zones. Extensive public comment was heard on Item 51 and other items. The board also adopted proclamations for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the 30th anniversary of Alameda Alliance for Health, and reported out a closed session settlement.
Recording in progress. Good morning, everyone. I'd like to call our meeting to order today. Tuesday, January 27th, a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Can I have a roll call, please, to establish our quorum? Supervisor Marquez present. Supervisor Tam present. Supervisor Miley excused. Supervisor Fortunato Bas. Present. President Halbert. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. Our next item is to rise if you can and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance. Our next item is supervisors' remarks. I'll recognize Supervisor Tam. Thank you, President Halbert. I wanted to uh take this opportunity to note that we should close the meeting today in honor of Nellie Wong. She is a stalwart in Oakland, Chinatown, which is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States, and she was a social justice advocate, a poet, an author, an artist from the first generations of Chinese Americans that are born here. And she passed away on January 2nd at the age of 91. She her last book was nothing like freedom. So hopefully we can honor her memory. Thank you. We will, and please remind me to do so. Supervisor Marquez. Thank you. Um I'm gonna have more detailed comments later, um, during our set matter, item 51, specifically to uh what happened this past weekend, but also just want to ask, I'm sure others would feel uh the need to also adjourn this meeting in memory of Alex Predi. Um, and also just wanted to thank AC Health, all the volunteers, local leaders, volunteers, everyone that came out for the point in time count last Thursday. Um many of us were up at 4 a.m. in the morning. We were assigned to a specific census track, and I know we all had different experiences throughout this county, but just really want to uplift the tremendous work we're doing to implement the home together plan and with the support of Measure W. So hopefully we'll get that data in the summer and it will show that the investments are paying off, but just really wanted to thank everyone for um stepping in and volunteering. Thank you. Very well, and uh thank you. You'll remind me as well at the end of the meeting. Okay, very good. Supervisor Fortunato Bass. Uh thank you. Thank you, Supervisors Tam and Marquez, for those adjournments. Um, I would like to add since we haven't yet also adjourning in memory of Renee Good and Keith Porter, and also I don't see um our AC health interim director in the room at the moment, but also wanted to thank AC Health and everyone who helped to organize the point in time count last week. Um, myself and one of my staff were able to volunteer, and it was a tremendous, tremendous volunteer operation. Um the goal was to recruit a thousand volunteers, and there were about 1,300 people who registered. So I was just really pleased to see that uh level of interest in the community. Uh there's our AC Health Interim Director. I'm just thanking you and your team, interim director um Chowdhury, for the incredible work on the point in time count. Um I too am looking forward to the results to help inform not only our funding but also our program and strategies. Uh, one thing I wanted to highlight because I was out in West Oakland is that there's often a lot of talk about whether people who are unhoused are coming in from other counties or other cities, and uh the handful of people I talked to were actually born and raised here in Alameda County. Two of them um born and raised in Oakland, unhoused in Oakland and last house, literally a few blocks from where I talked to them, and one of them was a Hayward uh resident born and raised, but now in Oakland.