REPORT: LA Mayor Puts Up ‘No Ice’ Signs, Costing Estimated $250K

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has spent an estimated quarter of a million dollars to place more than 450 signs throughout the city declaring city lands as an Immigration Enforcement–free zone, a report shows.

Fox News 11 reported that the signs, all bearing the name of the mayor, have been placed throughout the city, marking parks, libraries, parking lots, transit hubs, and even the zoo. (RELATED: Education Department Opens Probe Into Girls College For Admitting Trans Women)

The red and white signs declare the associated property as being either “owned or controlled” by the city and state that it “may only be used for its intended city purpose and not used for immigration enforcement as a staging area, processing location, or operations base.”

Despite containing the seal of the city, the First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, told Fox 11 that the signs are “null and void,” noting that “they mean nothing to us.”

“I just think this whole thing is silly. The signs have no legal weight, force, or effect on anything the federal government does,” Essayli continued. “Federal agents will go anywhere they need to go to enforce federal law, including city property.”

NEW: LA has installed 450+ “anti-ICE” signs across parks, libraries & transit hubs declaring public property off-limits for federal immigration enforcement under @MayorOfLA Karen Bass’ directive.

@USAttyEssayli calls them “null and void,” saying agents will enforce the law… pic.twitter.com/BMfjxbwWth

— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) May 5, 2026

However, the signs claim authority, with each citing Executive Directive 17, which was implemented by Bass in February to protect residents from “ongoing dangerous federal immigration operations.”

In the directive, Bass claims that the federal enforcement has struck fear and uncertainty amongst residents and said that non-public spaces within City-owned or controlled property should be off limits to immigration enforcement without appropriate judicial warrants or court orders.

“I will not stand by while federal agents use our neighborhoods as staging grounds for fear and intimidation,” Bass, who faces an election in November, told Fox 11 in a statement. “In Los Angeles, we are setting clear boundaries: City property will not be used to carry out these raids.”

The cost for the signs has not yet been disclosed, but Fox 11 estimates that, at nearly $500 per sign, the total cost could be near $250,000.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Mayor Bass’ office did not respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.

An appeals court has previously blocked a California law that would have placed other restrictions on federal immigration law enforcement, including their uniforms and a need to wear visible ID when on patrol.