LA council OKs legal defense fund for migrants, support for small businesses and graffiti removal
Motions to fund a legal defense program for migrants and supporting small businesses in downtown Los Angeles and graffiti removal were approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council.
City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced the motions Tuesday in response to federal immigration enforcement activity and civil disturbances that followed.
They were voted on under Council Rule 23, which allows for a vote on an item not posted on the council’s agenda if it determines by a two-thirds vote that pursuant to state law there is a need to take immediate action and that the need for action came to the attention of the city after the posting of the agenda.
People walk past the former Los Angeles Times building after protestors graffiti the building in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
Robert Vargas paints over graffiti on the side of the Bun-Kado gift shop in Little Tokyo on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Vargas painted the Shohei Ohtani mural in Little Tokyo and volunteered to paint over the graffiti on around Little Tokyo. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Irene Tsukada Simonian, the owner of Bun-Kado in Little Tokyo, looks on as muralist Robert Vargas paints over graffiti on the side of her store on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Vargas painted the Shohei Ohtani mural in Little Tokyo and volunteered to paint over the graffiti on Simonian’s store. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Leonard Redway, Director of Maintenance at the Japanese American National Museum cleans off graffiti on the side of the museum on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Graffiti has been painted on buildings throughout Los Angeles. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Crews work quickly to remove graffiti from the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Graffiti on the side of the federal building in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Workers remove graffiti on Los Angeles St. in Los Angeles after days of violent demonstrations on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A man walks past the Federal building with graffiti along Los Angeles Street in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
A California National Guardsman enters a graffiti-scrawled Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The building was boarded after protests turned violent on Monday and President Trump called in the National Guard to stand watch. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers remove graffiti on Los Angeles St. in Los Angeles after days of violent demonstrations on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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People walk past the former Los Angeles Times building after protestors graffiti the building in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG)
According to Jurado’s office, the motions approved related to funding RepresentLA, a program that provides legal aid via non-profit organizations for undocumented individuals and families facing removal proceedings, and supporting small businesses and graffiti removal were approved Tuesday.
The set of motions introduced by Jurado Tuesday also included motions about securing city facilities to prevent unlawful entry by federal entities and identifying de-escalation and violence intervention resources. They will be considered by a committee at a future date.
“As a city, we need to mobilize to protect everyone reeling from the deliberate chaos instigated by this federal administration,” Jurado said in a statement.
“That means providing support to our immigrant brothers and sisters that have been detained and our local businesses that have been targeted by agitators. These are challenging moments for our city and we must stand together as we move through this.”
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