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Public Meeting Notification and Agenda
San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission
Executive Committee
Notice & Agenda
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM
City Hall, Suite 370
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Committee Members:
Committee Members: Jamal Dajani (Chair)
Felix Fuentes (Vice Chair), Gilberto Alexander,
Vera Haile, Alan Mok and Angus McCarthy.
Ex-Officio: Chris Punongbayan
Note: Decisions on any and all action items will be preceded by discussion and public comment.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Public Comment
3. Update and follow up on joint Immigrant Rights and Human
Rights Commission hearing scheduled for April 13, 2009 to
inquire into the impact of immigration enforcement on San
Francisco communities
(Information/Discussion/Action Item)
4. Adjournment
Gavin Newsom, Mayor Edwin M. Lee, City Administrator
Office Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Suite 352 SF CA 94102 415-554-7408 or 415-554-4884
For questions about the meeting please contact 415-554-4789. The ringing of and use of cell phones,
pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that
the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use
of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions,
boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This
ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to
the people’s review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San
Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator
City Hall – Room 244 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4683
(415) 554-7724 (Office); (415) 554-5163 (Fax)
E-mail: [email protected]
Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San
Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org. Copies of explanatory documents are
available to the public on the Commission’s webpage: www.sfgov.org/immigrant; or, upon
request to the Commission Secretary, at the above address or phone number.
ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Every effort will be made to
accommodate requests to make a sound enhancement system available at the meeting, to provide meeting
materials in alternative formats and/or provide a reader, and to provide simultaneous translation in Spanish
and Chinese during the meeting. For these requests, please contact Sally Leung, Commission Secretary at
415-554-4884, at least 72 hours before the meeting. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing
room is wheelchair accessible.
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses,
multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other
attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City to accommodate
these individuals.
DISABILITY ACCESS
The Immigrant Rights Commission meeting will be held in Room 416 at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place, San Francisco. The meeting location is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair
accessible. The closet BART and Muni Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks from the meeting
location. Accessible Muni lines nearest the meeting location are: 42 Downtown Loop, 49 Van Ness-Mission,
F-Market & Muni Metro (Civic Center Station). For more information about Muni accessible services call
(415) 923-6142. There is accessible on-street parking available in the vicinity of the meeting location.
For assistance call Sally Leung 415-554-4884. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons
with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees
at public meetings are reminded that others may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please
help the City accommodate these individuals.
LOBBYIST ORDINANCE
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be
required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code 2.100] to
register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the
San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 581-
2300, FAX (415) 581-2317, web site: sfgov.org/ethics.
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