Building Owners and Managers Association Greater Los Angeles (BOMA/GLA) Releases Position Statement on Immigration — A Historic Move for the Industry
LOS ANGELES, CA — December 11, 2025 — Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los Angeles (BOMA/GLA) has released a groundbreaking Position Statement on Immigration. This historic action, formally presented to the BSP Board of Directors, marks the industry’s clear stand on protecting critical business operations, safeguarding its immigrant workforce, and promoting the stability of the broader community.
Specifically, BOMA/GLA states that it “opposes enforcement actions that cause unnecessary disruption to commercial properties, tenants, or employees without adherence to due process and proper notification.” This is a definitive stand by a major building-management association, taking a step further than its typical advocacy platform to align business interests with worker protections.
As a labor-management organization, BSP brings together leaders from labor, management, and community stakeholders to identify shared solutions that strengthen the industry and the workforce that sustains it. This announcement reflects a meaningful labor-management collaboration between BSP and an association whose mission is to enhance value across the commercial real estate industry.
Why This Matters
Protecting the economy begins with protecting the workers who keep it running. Immigrant workers are vital to the stability of key sectors like janitorial, transportation, security, construction, and agriculture.
At BSP, we know immigrant workers are the backbone of the U.S. economy. Yet, harsh and unpredictable immigration policies create operational instability, economic risk, and fear for workers, employers, and entire industries across California.
As an organization committed to advancing economic opportunity for working families, we believe in the strength of our communities and the fundamental right to due process for all.
Building Momentum: Industry Leaders and Non-Traditional Allies Converge
This historic step by BOMA/GLA solidifies a growing movement among industry leaders. It follows earlier efforts, such as the June 19, 2025, statement by ISSA—The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association— calling for comprehensive immigration reform. That statement, co-signed by President of SEIU-USWW, David Huerta, ISSA’s former Cleaning Industry Leaders Raise Alarm: We Need Common-Sense Immigration Reform - ISSA Executive Director, John Barret, and BSP Executive Director, Luis Sandoval affirmed:
“Immigrant workers are the foundation of the cleaning industry, and without their crucial contributions, the entire sector would falter.”
BSP celebrates and uplifts these contributions and encourages partners, industry leaders, and community organizations to join us in driving and scaling solution-focused policy change grounded in labor-management collaboration.
We remain in firm solidarity with immigrant workers and their essential role. BSP will continue to advocate, collaborate, and support efforts that promote dignity, stability, and sustained economic growth for all workers and businesses in California. We will remain a steadfast bridge-builder by convening labor and management to identify shared interests, develop solutions, and tackle the evolving needs of both workers and industry, and in 2026 we will continue to lift the voices of industry leaders, labor partners, and immigrant workers to advance these solutions.
For more information or to explore collaboration opportunities, please connect with us. Together, we can advance solutions that strengthen our sector and uplift the workers who power it.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT: Click here to read the full BOMA/GLA Position Statement on Immigration.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT: Click here to read the full ISSA Statement.
For questions, contact:
Luis Sandoval, BSP - Executive Director
Office: 323-206-6612