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 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 June 25, 2025 Executive Committee meeting.
Discussion/Action Items
a. Proposed Resolution on Affordable Housing (Chair Souza)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Chair Souza to present her revised resolution on affordable housing before it goes to the Full Commission for a vote. During its June 25, 2025 meeting, the Executive Committee suggested edits and approved a motion for Chair Souza to edit the resolution and work with OCEIA staff to bring it to the Full Commission for a vote.
b. Proposed Statement on Student Visas (Vice Chair Chaudhary)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Vice Chair Chaudhary to present her revised statement on international students in San Francisco and the termination of student visas before it goes to the Full Commission for a vote. During its June 25, 2025 meeting, the Executive Committee suggested edits and approved a motion for Vice Chair Chaudhary to edit the resolution and work with OCEIA staff to bring it to the Full Commission for a vote. Director Rivas also said he would share the statement with the City Attorney’s Office.
c. Planning for Upcoming Full Commission Meetings (Director Rivas, Commissioner Obregon, Commissioner Ruiz)
(Discussion/Action)
This item allows Director Rivas to provide an overview of upcoming Full Commission meetings, including a Closed Session with the City Attorney’s Office, a hearing on sanctuary city policies led by Commissioner Obregon, and a hearing on transgender immigrants led by Commissioner Ruiz. This item allows Commissioner Obregon and Commissioner Ruiz to discuss plans for the hearings, including the objective and focus, invited speakers, and questions Commissioners would like them to address.
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. Reappointment Hearings
This item allows the OCEIA Director to provide an update on the scheduling of IRC reappointment hearings.
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.