San Diego Housing Law to be Challenged

Long before the illegal-immigrant housing ordinance passed by the City Council goes into effect, legal challenges are likely to be brought that could stall its implementation indefinitely.

The American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, in conjunction with lawyers representing various immigrant-rights groups, is evaluating what to do.

“There will be a lawsuit; I’m almost certain of that. This is not going to go unchallenged,” ACLU Legal Director David Blair-Loy said last week. “It’s abundantly unconstitutional and illegal.”

The ordinance, which would penalize landlords who rent to undocumented immigrants, will return to the council in two weeks for a perfunctory second reading and would go into effect 30 days later. Click here.
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