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 and General Public Comment
(Information)
This item is to allow Director Rivas to provide announcements on the San Francisco Immigrant Forum, 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.
Recognizing Commissioner Wang
(Information)
This item is to allow Director Rivas and Chair Souza to recognize Immigrant Rights Commissioner Alicia Wang for her service on the Commission.
Update on Public Charge (Susie Smith, Deputy Director, Policy, Planning & Public Affairs, San Francisco Human Services Agency)
(Information)
This item allows Susie Smith, San Francisco Human Services Agency’s Deputy Director of Policy, Planning & Public Affairs, to provide an informational update on USCIS’s new guidance on public charge, set to take effect on September 18, 2026, including who is and is not impacted by the public charge test, and what immigrant families need to know.
OCEIA: Public Charge: San Francisco Immigrant Support Hub
SFHSA: Public Charge: SFHSA Answers Your Questions
IRC Hearing on Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Communities in San Francisco (Various Speakers)
(Information/Discussion)
This item allows Chair Souza, Commissioner Padilla and Commissioner Paz to introduce the IRC hearing, and allows the invited speakers to present on the changes to healthcare access for immigrant community members, what immigrant families need to know, and what resources are available for San Franciscans regardless of status. Invited speakers include:
- San Francisco Human Services Agency: Susie Smith, Deputy Director of Policy, Planning & Public Affairs
- San Francisco Department of Public Health and Healthy San Francisco: Tangerine Brigham, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, San Francisco Health Network; Stella Cao, Director, Office of Managed Care
- Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC): Denisse Porter, RN, MS, FNP, Associate Chief Medical Officer; Willie Ramirez, Chief Strategy Officer; Anna Robert, RN, MSN, DrPH, Chief Executive Officer