On Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall ruled that SB54, California's so-called "sanctuary state" law, is unconstitutional because the law violates the rights of charter cities. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law in October of 2017, making the whole state a safe-haven for illegal aliens, but city officials in Huntington Beach challenged the law...and won.
Huntington Beach opposed the controversial law, saying it infringed on local governments' authority because it doesn’t allow cities to police themselves. The sanctuary law bars some cooperation between local governments and federal immigration officials.
California state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, responded to the court ruling by saying the state would continue to uphold its laws. “Preserving the safety and constitutional rights of all our people is a statewide imperative which cannot be undermined by local rules that are contrary. We will continue working to ensure that our values and laws like the California Values Act are upheld throughout our state,” he said.