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Immigrants Rights Commission
Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Date: April 6, 2000
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Place: City Hall - 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. Call To Order & Roll Call
II. Minutes (Action Item) ( 5 minutes)
III. Public Comment: (20 minutes)
Comments may be directed to any item on or off the agenda within
the jurisdiction of the Commission.
IV. Presentation (Discussion Item) (45 minutes)
- Presentation by Coalition for Ethnical Welfare Reform
- Presentation by Mr. David Still, Deputy Regional Director of the INS on
their guidelines for Census 2000
- Presentation by the Filipino American Educators on the reduction of funding
for bilingual education in San Francisco Unified School District
V. Director’s Report (Discussion Item): ( 5 minutes)
Monthly report from the Executive Director.
VI. Update on Census 2000 Outreach Project (Discussion Item): (15 minutes)
Update of the status of the outreach project for the Census
2000.
VII. Language Access Ordinance (Discussion Item) (10 minutes)
Update of the status of the introduced legislation on the Language
Access Ordinance.
VIII. Annual Report (Discussion Item): (15 minutes)
Discuss about the annual report to the Board of Supervisors
IX. Next Meeting’s Agenda (Action Item) ( 5 minutes)
X. 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:
Rachel Arnstine O’Hara, Clerk
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
City Hall - Room 362
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4683
(415) 554-6171 (Office)
(415) 554-6177 (Fax)
E-mail: Rachel_ArnstineO’[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.
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