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.
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 March 25, 2026 Executive Committee meeting.
Discussion/Action Item: Immigrant Leadership Award Recipients (Commissioners Fara and Obregon)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioners Fara and Obregon to present the list of nominees recommended by the Awards Committee and allows the Executive Committee to discuss the recommendations, make any final changes to the list, and finalize and vote on the 2026 Immigrant Leadership Award recipients.
Discussion/Action Item: Update on Language Access Quarterly Complaint Report and Implementation of Vietnamese as a Required Language (Director Rivas)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Director Rivas to provide an update on OCEIA’s quarterly language access complaint report and the implementation of Vietnamese as a required language, and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Discussion/Action Item: Follow-Up on October Resolution Recommendations (Vice Chair Chaudhary and Commissioner Obregon)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Vice Chair Chaudhary and Commissioner Obregon to identify which recommendations from the IRC’s October resolution to prioritize.
Discussion/Action Item: Strategic Outreach to Supervisors: Follow-up to Letter on Immigrant Priorities (Director Rivas)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Director Rivas to discuss strategic outreach to Supervisors as a follow-up to the letter the Commission approved on immigrant priorities.
Discussion/Action Item: IRC Hearing on Public Health (Commissioners Padilla and Paz)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioners Padilla and Paz to discuss plans for the hearing on access to health care, including the timeline and suggested speakers, and allows Commissioners to discuss and provide feedback.
Discussion/Action Item: Follow-up from Travel Ban Resolution: Proposed Letter on SFO Immigrant Resources (Commissioner Fara)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioner Fara to propose a letter in support of establishing immigrant support resources at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) as a follow-up to the IRC’s resolution on travel bans, and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Discussion/Action Item: Proposed Statement on War in West Asia (Commissioner Aljiran)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioner Aljiran to propose a statement denouncing the war in West Asia and reaffirming immigrant rights and resources, and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Discussion/Action Item: Potential Presentation by MOHCD (Commissioner Abdou)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioner Abdou to propose a potential presentation by MOHCD on housing resources and information for immigrant residents, and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Discussion/Action Item: Proposed Action in Support of AB-2017 (Haney) (Commissioner Abdou)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioner Abdou to propose an action in support of AB-2017 State holidays: Eid (Haney), and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Discussion/Action Item: Proposed Statement on Birthright Citizenship (Commissioner Ng)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Commissioner Ng to propose issuing a statement on birthright citizenship, and allows the Executive Committee to discuss and take possible action.
Staff Reports: Director's Updates
(Information)
Report on OCEIA and IRC activities and announcements. This item allows the OCEIA Director 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.