Hayward’s commitment to equal treatment and trust building in a City of immigrants
November 26, 2024
The City of Hayward is committed to equal treatment and service to all community members and building trust to help us keep Hayward neighborhoods safe.
To these ends, City employees do not ask about, collect or keep information about the immigration status of community members or anyone else we serve. And the Hayward Police Department does not participate in any way in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
These policies reflect best practices in local policing. They also are founded on a recognition that Hayward is a demographically diverse community with a population that is 42 percent foreign-born and 18 percent non-U.S. citizens, according to 2023 American Community Survey data.
To read more about these policies, visit the Sanctuary City page here on the City of Hayward website. There, you can find the Hayward Sanctuary City resolution adopted by the City Council on June 21, 2017, Hayward Police Department Policy 415, covering interaction with federal immigration officials, and Hayward Administrative Rule 1.10, which applies to all City workers and sets forth the City’s Immigration Status Non-Discrimination Policy.
To read the Commitment for an Inclusive, Equitable and Compassionate Community, an update to the City’s 1992 Anti-Discrimination Plan, which was drafted by a community task force chartered by the City Council in January 2017, go online here on the City’s website.
