Civil and human rights investment screening policy
Long Beach
Summary
The committee directs the City Manager to amend the City's Investment Policy to add civil and human rights investment screening, with an evidence-based compliance standard and expanded criteria covering immigration detention and border surveillance companies.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
Unknown; a funding request for screening software or advisor-managed solutions may follow.
Residents advocating for human rights-aligned city investments.
City programs could face budget cuts if the $8.5-9 million interest loss is not offset.
Mentions & discussions (5)
Budget Oversight Committee - Sep 8, 2026
The committee directs the City Manager to amend the City's Investment Policy to add civil and human rights investment screening, with an evidence-based compliance standard and expanded criteria covering immigration detention and border surveillance companies.
Budget Oversight Committee - Aug 25, 2026
Three proposed amendments — an evidence-based compliance standard, merged reporting, and a new ICE-related prohibition — erase the $8.5 million cost worry from the earlier version. The city would still need screening software costing roughly $30,000-$80,000 a year.
Budget Oversight Committee - Aug 17, 2026
Speakers asked the committee to consider three amendments to the investment screening policy — extending it to immigration detention investments, using an evidence-based compliance standard, and aligning reporting with existing city processes — before the August 25 council meeting.
Budget Oversight Committee - Aug 4, 2026
A policy from the Equity and Human Relations Commission would restrict city investments to US Treasuries and bar investment in entities complicit in genocide, apartheid, labor violations, and environmental harm. Staff estimate an $8.5-9 million annual hit to interest earnings; supporters propose amendments to use evidence-based screening instead. The committee takes it up again in August.
City Council - Mar 3, 2026
Multiple speakers urged the council to reject contracts with General Dynamics IT, CDW Government, and GovConnection, citing those companies' work with DHS and ICE, and to adopt a civil and human rights screening policy. The council approved the contracts anyway.
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