S.F. mayor vetoes sanctuary law change

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has vetoed an ordinance changing the "sanctuary city" policy on immigrant teens convicted of felonies.

The ordinance, passed by the Board of Supervisors, would require police to report teens in the country illegally after they are convicted and not after arrest, the current policy, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The board has enough votes to override Newsom's veto. But the mayor has said he plans to ignore the change because it would conflict with federal law.

"The sanctuary ordinance as originally conceived and adopted was designed to protect those residents of our city who are law-abiding," Newsom wrote in his veto message Wednesday. "It was never meant to serve as a shield for people accused of committing serious crimes."

Newsom said a judge might overturn the city's Sanctuary City law.

David Campos, who sponsored the ordinance, said Newsom is "on the wrong side of history."