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I'm surprised this went through. I was so sure nothing would get passed that I barely listened to anything on the news about this. From the above article I'm going to hazard a guess that "landlords will be required to submit documentation of their tenants' immigration status" would apply only to tenants that admit to not being US citizens. Otherwise, every single renter would have to submit something to their landlord. Which means that the city and the federal government would have to confirm every single renter in the city. I've always been under the impression that Escondido has a high percentage of renters. It'd be a waste of resources both at the city but also the federal level.
Also, considering the city is largely Hispanic and the proximity to the border, it be a hard sale to claim this isn't targeting Hispanics. Immigration policies on a National level I'm almost always willing to believe are not targeting Hispanics, but this is just too glaring to ignore.
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