Two of the region’s more conservative government bodies — the Escondido City Council and the county Board of Supervisors — will decide soon whether to join a growing backlash against the state’s “sanctuary” laws.

Escondido Mayor Sam Abed and Councilman John Masson have put an item on the April 4 agenda that would authorize the city’s filing of a legal brief in support of the federal government’s lawsuit challenging three state laws enacted last year.