Los Angeles officials are considering reimbursing those taken into federal custody during immigration-enforcement operations for their vehicles getting impounded — with the Police Commission voting 4-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 16, on how it could work.

The City Council is expected to at some point consider the plan.

Recommendations, spelled out in a three-page report by the commission board’s executive director, Django Sibley, include having a relative or someone else pay the fee to have the vehicle released from a police garage, then report the cost to the City Council district where the vehicle was towed.

The council district office would investigate whether the vehicle was towed during an immigration-enforcement operation and, if so, may reimburse the person who paid with city funds.

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