November 10, 2025 IRC hearing

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.

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This item is to allow Director Rivas to provide announcements on interpretation services, public comment, and other information related to today’s hearing; and 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.

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This item is to allow Director Rivas and Chair Souza to recognize Immigrant Rights Commissioners Gaime and Senghor for their service on the Commission; and to welcome newly appointed Immigrant Rights Commissioners Hans How, Laura Padilla, and Adoubou Traore.

a. Introduction (Chair Souza, Commissioner Ruiz)
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This item is to allow Chair Souza and Commissioner Ruiz to introduce today’s hearing and provide an overview of the purpose of the hearing.

b. Invited Speakers
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This item is to allow the Commission to hear from invited speakers on the topic of today’s hearing.
1. Honey Mahogany, Executive Director, San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives
2. Sofía S. Ríos Dorantes, Deputy Director, El/La Para TransLatinas
3. Anjali Rimi, Executive Director, Parivar Bay Area
4. Kenan Arun, Executive Director, and Jhon Tesoro, Staff Attorney, LGBT Asylum Project

c. Public Comment
This item is to allow members of the public to address the Commission on matters related to the topic of today’s hearing.

d. Closing Remarks
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This item is to allow Chair Souza, Commissioner Ruiz, and Director Rivas to provide brief closing remarks on today’s hearing.

(Discussion/Action)
Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Immigrant Rights Commission’s Full Commission meetings of September 8, 2025 and October 27, 2025.

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This item is to allow OCEIA Language Access and Policy Manager Ana De Carolis to provide the Commission with an overview of the complaints OCEIA has received and investigated from members of the public regarding the City’s language services.

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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.