Meeting details
Date and time
How to participate
In-person
San Francisco, CA 94102
Online
Meeting details
Date and time
How to participate
In-person
San Francisco, CA 94102
Online
Overview
Members of the Immigrant Rights 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 time. For each agenda item, there is one comment per person. Members of the public may also submit public comment by email to: civic.engagement@sfgov.org.
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.
Announcements (Director Rivas)
(Information)
This item allows Director Rivas to provide a brief announcement on community resources.
General Public Comment
(Information)
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.
Commendation of Richard Whipple (Commissioner Ng)
(Information)
This item allows Commissioner Ng to present Richard Whipple with a commendation from the Immigrant Rights Commission recognizing Richard Whipple for his contributions to San Francisco’s immigrant communities, and allows Richard Whipple to provide brief remarks.
Action Item: Approval of previous minutes
(Discussion/Action)
Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Immigrant Rights Commission’s Full Commission meeting of March 9, 2026.
Chair's Reports (Chair Souza)
(Information)
This item allows Chair Souza to provide brief updates on the work of the Executive Committee and other announcements, including the Awards Committee.
Information/Discussion/Possible Action Item: Overview of the S.F. City Attorney’s Political Activity Memo and Potential Legal Implications of Adding a Presentation and Discussion Regarding a Pending Local Ballot Measure to a Future IRC Agenda (Deputy City Attorney Michael Gerchow)
(Information/Discussion/Possible Action)
Commissioner Aljiran has asked the Commission to consider placing a presentation and discussion regarding a pending local ballot measure on a future agenda. This item is only meant to allow discussion around the decision to place a pending ballot measure on the agenda and not to discuss a specific ballot measure.
Discussion/Possible Action Item: Proposed Letter Urging the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors to Take Action re: Potential SFUSD Cuts to Newcomer Services (Commissioners Padilla and Paz)
(Discussion/Possible Action)
This item allows Commissioners Padilla and Paz to present a draft letter urging the Mayor or the Board of Supervisors or both to take action re: potential cuts to SFUSD’s newcomer services, and allows Commissioners to discuss and take possible action.
Staff Reports (Director Rivas)
(Information)
This item allows Director Rivas to provide brief updates on activities and announcements.
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.