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Immigrant Rights Commission
Minutes of Regular Meeting on June
4, 2001
The Immigrant Rights Commission (IRC) regular meeting
was held on Monday, June 4, 2001 at San Francisco City Hall in Room 400, at
5:00 P.M.
Members Present Renee Saucedo, Penelope Chronis,
Vera Haile, Isabel Huie, Thou Ny, Fidel Jimeniz, Diana Lau, and Phu Nguyen.
Members Absent Samuel Assefa, Anita Friedman,
Marie Lorraine Mallare, Philip Nguyen, Richard Ow, Emi Gusukuma and Vram Kouramajian.
Others Present Dang Pham, Executive Director
of the IRC
Winny Loi, Commission Secretary
William Chan, Deputy City Attorney
Approval of
Minutes: Commissioner Saucedo proposed to
amend paragraph 5 of the Director’s report section as follows:
Commissioner Saucedo informed the Commissioners
about two main pieces of legislation, the Language Access Ordinance and
the Immigrant and Public Housing Committee. She strongly urged the Commissioners
to attend the Language Access Ordinance on May 17, 2001 at 1:00 and the
Immigrant and Public Housing Legislation that’s being pushed by Supervisor
Ammiano, on Thursday May 24, 2001 at 1:00. There is a rally that Commissioneer
Saucedo will be helping to organize a rally with various individuals and
other community groups. The rally will be held at 12:30 pm and the hearing
before the Housing committee will occur at 1:00 pm.
Commissioner Chronis moved to adopt the Minutes
as amended & was seconded by Commissioner Ny. The Commission unanimously
approved the minutes of May 7, 2001 meeting, as amended.
Action Items: Nomination & Vote for
Candidate for the Position of Chair and Vice-Chair
Commissioner Saucedo nominated Commissioner
Lau for Chair & Commissioner Huie for Vice Chair. Commissioner Saucedo
moved for a vote and Commissioner Ny seconded the motion. Commission Lau
and Huie were unanimously elected to the position of Chair and Vice-Chair,
respectively.
Proposed Budget for FY 2002
Commissioner Saucedo asked Director Pham to
explain the Proposed Budget for FY 2002. Mr. Pham explained that the salary
and fringe benefits for the Commissioner Secretary is to increase an existing
.33 FTE position by .67 FTE, this will create a full time position to
monitor compliance of the ordinance. The Commission suggested putting
in place grants, totaling $50,000 to community based organizations to
conduct an outreach program regarding immigrant rights issues.
Commissioner Haile suggested that the Immigrant
Rights Commission write a thank you letter to all the organizations, such
Lawyers Committee for Civil rights, Chinese for Affirmative Action, CADC,
Employment Law Center and LA RAZA Centro Legal that supported the passage
of the Language Access Ordinance. Commissioner Chonis volunteers to draft
the letter these community-based organizations for their support.
Director’s Report: Director Pham reported
to the Commission about status on the membership, 14 applications were submitted
to the rules committee and the meeting is on Thursday, June 7, 2001 at 10:00
a.m. in the Rules Committee Meeting. Concerned that there will be no representation
from the Latino community once Commissioner Saucedo leaves the Commission, Commissioner
Saucedo suggested to Director Pham talk to the Board of Supervisore and the
Mayor’s Office about appointing qualified a Latinos/Laninas to the Commission.
Commissioner Saucedo will be meeting with Supervisor
Ammiano this Friday, June 8, 2001 at 3:30 to talk about the reporting
requirement in the language of the public housing. The Housing Authority
denies subsidies to immigrants who couldn’t prove citizenship or legal
permanent residency and also require them to verify immigration status
through INS. Supervisor Amminao’s Legislation has a no reporting requirement.
He wanted to provide a pool of funding so no one would lose his or her
subsidies.
Commissioner Saucedo informed the Commissioners
about the Immigrant and Public Housing Committee. She strongly urged the
Commissioners to attend the Immigrant and Public Housing Legislation that’s
being pushed by Supervisor Ammiano, on June 28, 2001 at 1:00.
Next Meeting: Next regular meeting will be
held in City Hall, on July 2, 2001 at 5:00 p.m.
Adjournment: The Commission meeting was adjourned
at 6:20 p.m.