A California appellate court overturned a lower court decision on Friday, ruling that charter cities must comply with the state’s sanctuary laws.
The city of Huntington Beach argued that because they are a charter city they are entitled to autonomy in regulating and enforcing laws deemed to be “municipal affairs” without state intrusion in accordance with the California Constitution, Article XI, Section 5.
The city argued the California Values Act (CVA) “is ‘an impermissible, un-Constitutional overreach, is void, and should be invalidated’ because it intrudes upon the City’s control of its police force.”