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Immigrant Rights Commission

 

Amend Notice of Meeting and Agenda


Date:          January 7, 2002 (Monday)

Time:          5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Place:          City Hall - Public Hearing Room 400

One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


AGENDA

Note: Decisions on any and all action items will be preceded by discussion and public comment

I.          Roll Call

II.          Public Comment          (10 minutes)          

III.          Steve Baughman of Baughman & Wang Presentation (15 minutes)
          Educating the Commissioners about paralegal fraud

IV.          Approval of minutes (Action Item)          (5 minutes)
          (Explanatory Documents: Minutes of December meeting)*

V.          Consideration & Discussion of Resolution          (20 minutes)
1. Addressing the Educational Needs of Asian Pacific Islander Students, Their Families & Communities (APIES) resolution- report from Commissioner Tran/ Explanatory Documents & Discussion item
2. Resolution to support the Airport non-citizen workers-Commissioner Gonzales/ Explanatory Documents/ Discussion & Action item
3. Supervisor Sandoval's Resolution to support the Airport Security Act/ Explanatory Documents & Discussion item
4. Supervisor Sandoval's- Amending Ordinance to require City departments to accept photo identification cards issued by other countries as personal identification if the cards meet certain standards/ Explanatory Documents & Discussion item
5. Resolution commending the Airport Commission & the Regional Director of the INS for their efforts to ensure the job security of the immigrant at the San Francisco airport/ Explanatory Documents / Discussion & Action item

VI.          The Director's report          (15 minutes)
1.          Equal Access to Service Ordinance - A status report
2. Summary of monthly activities
3. Goals & Objectives for the Annual year
4. Others

VII.          Report from the Chair          (20 minutes)
          1.          Financial strengthening of the IRC - exploration of community grants for emergency funding and support for CBOs with good community programs, independent city budget
          2.          Structural strengthening of the IRC - Building alliances with other Commissions and City Department
          3.          Image strengthening of the IRC - Building alliance with the media, regular notification of meetings and agenda to a select group of media contacts, education and training of the Commissioners
          4.          Evaluation of December meeting at the Roosevelt Middle School, start work on securing the next Community meeting site
          5.          Others

VIII.           Program & Access Committee Report          (5 minutes)

IX.          Policy & Legislation Committee Report                              (5 minutes)

X.          Finance & Operations Committee Report                              (5 minutes)

XI.          Next Steps (Discussion Item)                                         (5 minutes)

XII.          Next Meeting's Agenda (Discussion Item)                    (5 minutes)

XIII.          Adjournment

                    For questions about the meeting please contact Winny Loi at 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:


Donna Hall, Clerk
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
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 http://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.

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 with special needs (large print agendas, sign language interpreters, etc.) call Dang Pham at (415) 554-7583.

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 (Administrative Code Section 16.520-534) to register and report lobbying activity.

For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 554-9510, FAX (415) 703-1021, or visit their web site at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshineethi