Reporting Requirements
San Diego Municipal Code § 52.1503
in effect§52.1503 Reporting Requirements
(a) The City Manager shall provide a written report to the City Council by the end of each fiscal year with the following information from the preceding calender year:
(1) A summary of the City’s participation in joint law enforcement task forces as described in California Government Code section 7284.6(c)(1).
(A) The report shall include the following information in a separate section for each joint law enforcement task force:
(i) The purpose of the task force.
(ii) The federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies involved.
(iii) The total number of arrests made during the reporting period.
(iv) The number of people arrested for immigration enforcement purposes.
(v) The number of San Diego Police Department officers officially assigned to the joint law enforcement task force and a general description of the types of investigations that officers participated in that year.
(vi) The total number of San Diego Police Department personnel hours, pre-operational briefings held at a City facility that immediately precede law enforcement action that involves contacting members of the public, and total amount of City funds, including salary costs, allocated to the joint law enforcement task force.
(vii) The number of case referrals between San Diego Police Department and the joint law enforcement task force.
(viii) A list of the law enforcement databases or data-sharing systems used in the course of the joint law enforcement task force, unless such information is exempt from public disclosure under federal or state law.
(B) The City Manager shall not include information in the report that would endanger the safety of a person involved in an investigation or the successful completion of the investigation or a related investigation, or the disclosure of which is prohibited or exempt under federal or state law.
(2) Any information required to be reported to the California Department of Justice under California Penal Code section 13777(a)(2) and all data and reports made publicly available under Government Code section 12525.5(f) of the Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 (RIPA). Disclosure of information under section 52.1503(a)(2) shall be consistent with California Government Code section 12525.5(d) and shall not result in the release of protected information, including personally identifiable information.
(3) A summary of any changes to federal or state law that affect the San Diego Police Department’s ability to participate in a joint law enforcement task force.
(4) A summary of any known law enforcement activity by federal law enforcement agency personnel, out-of-state law enforcement personnel, or a private party acting under color of law enforcement authority involving any person for a protected personal characteristic or protected personal activity within the jurisdiction of the City. Section 52.1503(a)(4) is not intended to include investigations of criminal activity unrelated to a protected personal characteristic or protected personal activity when a protected personal characteristic or protected personal activity is part of a suspect description or may be relevant to the investigation of the underlying crime.
(5) A summary of the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Act forum held by the City under California Government Code section 7283.1(d), including the place and time that the forum was held, and a general description of the information that was presented by the City, if during the reporting period, the City provided ICE access to a person in the custody of the San Diego Police Department.
(b) If the San Diego Police Department responds to a call for service related to law enforcement activity by federal law enforcement agency personnel, out-of-state law enforcement personnel, or a private party acting under color of law enforcement authority where the alleged crime is a protected personal characteristic or protected personal activity, the Chief of Police shall issue a publicly available incident report within three business days of the response. The report shall include:
(1) the names of all agencies present;
(2) whether a judicial warrant was presented by any agency to the San Diego Police Department; and
(3) any available identifying information of the law enforcement personnel involved, such as badge numbers, and agency designations, or the private party acting under color of law enforcement authority.
(c) If the San Diego Police Department responds to a call or cooperates with federal law enforcement agency personnel or out-of-state law enforcement personnel in response to an imminent threat to life or public safety where the alleged crime is a protected personal characteristic or a protected personal activity, the Chief of Police shall report such cooperation in writing to the City Council within three business days.
(“Reporting Requirements” added 4-9-2026 by O-22081 N.S.; effective 5-9-2026.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter05/Ch05Art02Division15.pdf#page=3Fetched: 10/28/2026