Meeting Information

Full Commission

Notice of Meeting and Agenda

Date: January 11, 2001
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: City Hall - Hearing Room 416
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. Approval of minutes (Action Item) ( 5 minutes)

(Explanatory Documents: Minutes of August and September meetings)*

III. Public Comment(Information Item) (10 minutes)

IV. Presentation: (Discussion Item) (25 minutes)

A. Census 2000 - American Community Survey

B. National Network for Immigrants & Refugees

V. Report from Committees (Action Item) (40 minutes)

(Explanatory Documents: Report from the Policy and Access Committees)*

VI. Future Activity (Action Item) (10 minutes)

A. Annual Report

Commission to approve the 1999 - 2000 annual report

(Explanatory Documents: Draft annual report)*

B. Annual Immigrant Pride Day

Commission to consider organize the annual Immigrant Pride Day in San Francisco to highlight the valuable contributions of the immigrants.

(Explanatory Documents: None)*

VII. Next Steps (Action Item) (20 minutes)

VIII. Next Meeting’s Agenda (Discussion Item) (10 minutes)

IX. Adjournment

For questions about the meeting please contact Dang Pham at 554-7583

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) 554-5184 (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 explantory 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/sunshineethics