Overview
Members of the Commission will attend this meeting in person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely using Webex or by calling the phone number and entering the access code above. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encouraged to wear a mask throughout the meeting. Each member of the public attending in person may address the Commission for up to two minutes. Public speakers using consecutive interpretation assistance will be allowed to speak for twice the amount of the time.
Agenda
- Call to Order and Roll Call
- Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgment
We, the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission, acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.
- General Public Comment
This item is to allow members of the public to address the Commission on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission and that do not appear on today’s agenda.
- Action Item: Approval of previous minutes
(Discussion/Action)
Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Immigrant Rights Commission’s Executive Committee meeting of November 13, 2024. - Discussion/Action Item: Planning for IRC Special Hearing
(Information/Discussion/Action)
This item allows Vice Chair Chaudhary and Director Rivas to discuss the planning of the Commission’s special hearing. Commissioners are asked to invite community members and to inform OCEIA if anyone will need interpretation. - Chair Reports
(Information)
a. Chair’s Updates and Scheduling of Upcoming Meetings
This item allows the Commission Chair to provide updates and discuss the scheduling of upcoming meetings, including the possible rescheduling of the Executive Committee meeting to January 29, 2025.
b. IRC Strategic Planning Retreat
This item allows the Chair and Director Rivas to schedule and discuss plans for the IRC Strategic Planning Retreat.
c. IRC Awards Committee
This item allows the Chair to appoint co-chairs and members to the IRC Awards Committee. - Staff Reports
(Information)
a. Director’s Updates
Report on OCEIA and IRC activities and announcements. This item allows the OCEIA Director to provide brief updates on activities and announcements.
b. Updates on IRC Resolutions and Letters
This item allows Director Rivas to provide a brief update on the IRC’s small business resolution and letter to the Department of Human Resources, which were approved by the Full Commission at its November 18, 2024 meeting.
c. Reappointment Hearings for Board-Appointed Commissioners
This item allows the Director to discuss Commissioners up for reappointment. As of June 2024, five Commissioners are up for reappointment by the Board of Supervisors. - Old and New Business
(Information)
This item is to allow Commissioners to provide updates on items the Commission has previously discussed, and to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the Commission. - Adjournment
Date & Time
5:30 pm