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Public Meeting Notification and Agenda
San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission
Immigration Reform Committee
Notice & Agenda
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 5:30 PM
City Hall, Suite 370
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Committee Members:
Committee Members: Angus McCarthy (Chair)
Elahe Enssani, Solomon Jones, Jay Gonzalez, Toye Moses, 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. Discuss the Immigration Center Policy Document and preparation for
Comprehensive Immigration Reform, from the website:
http://immigrationpolicy.org/
(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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