October 12, 2022: IRC Language Access Committee meeting agenda

San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission
Language Access Committee Meeting

October 12, 2022 at 5:30 pm PDT
Online: https://ccsf.webex.com/ccsf/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1e4b05bd867861d6d5dee3e3...
Phone: 1-415-655-0001 / Event number: 2484 325 0814

Note: As authorized by California Government Code Section 54953(e) and the Mayor’s 45th Supplement to her February 25, 2020 emergency proclamation, this meeting will be held remotely without providing a physical location. Members of the Immigrant Rights Commission will participate and vote by video. Members of the public may observe the meeting and provide public comment online. View instructions for providing public comment.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgment

This item is to allow the Commission Chair to acknowledge that the Commission is on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.      

3. General Public Comment
This item is to allow members of the public to address the Commission on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission and that do not appear on today’s agenda.

4. Invited Speaker: Annette Wong, Language Access Network
(Information)
a. Update from Language Access Network
This item allows the invited speaker to provide a brief update on the work of the Language Access Network.

5. Discussion Item: Language Access
(Discussion)
a. Follow-up actions on IRC language access hearings
This item allows Commissioners to discuss the findings of the IRC hearings on language access and efforts to improve the City’s language services.

6. Staff Reports
(Information)
a. Staff Updates
Report on OCEIA and IRC activities and announcements. This item allows the Director and OCEIA staff to provide brief updates on activities and announcements.  If the Commission would like a full report, we can place that matter on the agenda for a future meeting.

7. Adjournment