john gioia/contra costa county supervisorhaving a detention facility there not only affects people inll of us in contra costa and frankly in the wider bay area. and aside from the policy implications of this and the symbolism of having this in our own area which is a welcoming place. i think it creates further tension between government and our hard working immigrant families.the land is owned by the federal government but officials tell us.. for the last 12 years.. the city of concord has been negotiating transfering the land to the city.. so the leaked documents came as a total shock.john gioia/contra costa county supervisorit has been a very involved community process giving input for housing and retail and business out there. no one has ever proposed or wanted to see a detention center and this took everybody by surprised. i am confident that we will see the cities as well as the county and residents across our county rise up and lobby at every level, federal, state and local. ultimately i don't think it will happen. (hermela aregawi)officials tell us the detention center runs cou

john gioia/contra costa county supervisorhaving a detention facility there not only affects people in concord but all of us in contra costa and frankly in the wider bay area. and aside from the policy implications of this and the symbolism of having this in our own area which is a welcoming place. i think it creates further tension between government and our hard working immigrant families.the land is owned by the federal government but officials tell us.. for the last 12 years.. the city of concord has been negotiating transfering the land to the city.. so the leaked documents came as a total shock.john gioia/contra costa county supervisorit has been a very involved community process giving input for housing and retail and business out there. no one has ever proposed or wanted to see a detention center and this took everybody by surprised. i am confident that we will see the cities as well as the county and residents across our county rise up and lobby at every level, federal, state and local. ultimately i don't think it will happen. (hermela aregawi)officials tell us the detention c

. >> reporter: contra costra county supervisor john gioia says the plan is news to both county and city leaders. he says, if true, expect a fight. >> we don't want to be part of it. it's bad for our country, bad for our state, bad for our county, bad for our community. >> reporter: we reached out to the department of defense, who in a statement said "the dod is conducting prudent planning and are looking at all available regions should dhs ask for assistance in housing adult illegal immigrants." the navy issued a statement saying, "it would be inappropriate to discuss internal deliberative planning documents." >> this is not acceptable, because it's not practical. and we don't want to be part of this imral policy that the administration is pursuing. >> reporter: and we are back here live. congressman desaulnier say he can't imagine a detention camp among all of these old bunkers out here. he says it's not practical. he also says the navy is under a concord to transfer much of the land over to the city, which plans to develop it. that transfer is supposed to take place any day now. repor

john gioia/contra costa county supervisorhaving a detention facility there not only affects people inbay area. and aside from the policy implications of this and the symbolism of having this in our own area which is a welcoming place. i think it creates further tension between government and our hard working immigrant families.the land is owned by the federal government but officials tell us.. for the last 12 years.. the city of concord has been negotiating transfering the land to the city.. so the leaked documents came as a total shock.john gioia/contra costa county supervisorit has been a very involved community process giving input for housing and retail and business out there. no one has ever proposed or wanted to see a detention center and this took everybody by surprised. i am confident that we will see the cities as well as the county and residents across our county rise up and lobby at every level, federal, state and local. ultimately i don't think it will happen. (hermela aregawi)officials tell us the detention center runs counter to the values of people this area. in fact, i

john goia.. told me as far as he knows.. no local officials or law enforment have been informed about this. it is the federal government who owns this stie.. but gioia tells us for the last 12 years.. the city of concord has been working with federal representatives to tranfer the former naval weapons base to the city. it's been a very involved community progress..giving input for housing and retail and business. so the supervisor tells me.. this plan came as a total shock.he says.. this plan runs counter to everything people believe in contra costa.in fact, the county launched a program in march to provide deportation defense services to immigrant families who are at risk of deportation as well as health care services to immigrants regardless of their status. so he gioia tells me .. he expects major opposition. <"i am confident that we will see the cities as well as the county and residents across our county rise up and lobby at every level, federal, state and local. ultimately i don't think it will happen. i feel that there is enough strength here and ultimately, elections matter and this is why people need to be involved in the november elections