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
(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.
Recognizing Commissioner Aljiran and Welcoming Commissioner Reyes
(Information)
This item is to allow Director Rivas and Chair Souza to recognize Immigrant Rights Commissioner Aljiran for her service on the Commission, and to welcome newly appointed Immigrant Rights Commissioner David Reyes.
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 May 11, 2026.
Recognition of the Community Ambassadors Program (Commissioner Abdou, OCEIA Senior Data & Field Systems Coordinator Julia Isabel Rivera)
(Information)
This item allows Commissioner Abdou to recognize the Community Ambassadors Program (CAP) for its 16 years of service to San Francisco communities, and allows OCEIA Senior Data & Field Systems Coordinator Julia Isabel Rivera to present on the impact of the program.
Information/Discussion Item: Language Access Ordinance Quarterly Complaint Report (OCEIA Language Access and Policy Manager Ana De Carolis)
(Information/Discussion)
This item allows OCEIA Language Access and Policy Manager Ana De Carolis to provide an overview of the complaints OCEIA has received and investigated from members of the public regarding the City’s language services.
Information/Discussion Item: Language Access Update on Language Service Technology Pilots (OCEIA Language Access and Policy Manager Ana De Carolis)
(Information/Discussion)
This item allows OCEIA Language Access and Policy Manager Ana De Carolis to provide an update on OCEIA’s plans for a three-month pilot program to test new translation and interpretation technologies for the City and County of San Francisco.
Action Item: Commission Officer Election (Director Rivas)
(Action)
Election of the Vice Chair of the Immigrant Rights Commission.
Chair’s Reports (Chair Souza)
(Information)
This item allows Chair Souza to provide brief updates on the work of the Executive Committee.
Staff Reports (Director Rivas)
(Information)
This item allows Director Rivas and OCEIA staff to provide brief updates on activities and announcements including plans for Welcoming Week in September.
Old and New Business
(Information)
This item allows Commissioners to provide updates on items the Commission has previously discussed, and to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the Commission.