Resolution commending the efforts of Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, SEIU Local 790, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Employment Law Center, La Raza Centro Legal, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Self Help for the Elderly, Chinese Progressive Association, Chinatown Community Development Center, Asian Women's Shelter, Asian Law Caucus & Chinese American Democratic Club leading to the passage of the Equal Access to Services Ordinance.
WHEREAS, The Equal Access to Services Ordinance, codified in Chapter 91 of the San Francisco Administrative Code will assist immigrants with limited English proficiency in accessing City services; and
WHEREAS, The Ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors and approved by the Mayor on June 15, 2001; and,
WHEREAS, Many Community-Based Organizations have made significant contributions to the drafting and enactment of this Ordinance; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That The San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission commends the following Community-Based Organizations for their tireless efforts on behalf of the Equal Access to Services Ordinance: Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, SEIU Local 790, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Employment Law Center, La Raza Centro Legal, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Self Help for the Elderly, Chinese Progressive Association, Chinatown Community Development Center, Asian Women's Shelter, Asian Law Caucus & Chinese American Democratic Club.
