By supervisor walton and safai. Our clerk is victor young and like to thank jaime from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Public comment will be taken on each item on the agenda. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called please line up to speak on your right. You may submit Public Comment in writing, email to myself at victor. Young at sfgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment via email it will be included as part of the file. May also send to city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place. Please silence cell phones and electronic devices. Documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda march 12, 2024 unless otherwise stated. That completes my announcements. Thank you. Can you please read item 1 . Hearing 1 to consider appointing 6 members terms ending june 6, 2025 to the immigrant rights commission. We have several candidates here today so well ask you to come up one by one to make comments and if you can keep your comments around two minutes that would be fantastic. We are so grateful to have you here today and so grateful for this really important work. So, first, im going to call up aseel fara. And please correct me if i pronounced your name incorrectly. You said it perfectly. Thank you so much. Good morning. Good morning supervisors. Peace and blessings upon you all. It is privilege to stand before you. Im a 24 year old first generation of my family. I want to San FranciscoState University and received a degree in political science, and a son of immigrants and would not be who i am if not for my father. My father had to sell everything he had to bring my family and i into the country. I often asked him why take such a risk and he would say aseel, it is for your education so indebted to my father and thankful of the experiences and blessings i learned from him. Regardic my qualification, i like to speak about my work in peace organizing and then my work within our beloved San Francisco tenderloin neighborhood. Im founder of urgent care for yemen, which is a organization that delivered fresh water along with aid pract packages. [indiscernible] National Legislation and both of those capacities and advocate for peace and diplomacy in u. S. Foreign policies and work along with other individuals also advocating for peace in their homeland. Regarding the tenderloin, people when they think tenderloin it is mostly negative thoughts but i have a lot of pride for the tl and i grew up in the tl. Turk and hyde used to be the epicenter of dug dealing and drug use and looks like a better block now because of stewardship. Many immigrants have to face the same story now and the words need to be elevated which is why im pursuing the commission. Under the youth tenderloin district i was the youthopen spaces effected by covid19 hosting Community Events for immigrant youth and families. Convening youth focused discussion with community and city stakeholders. Advocating for inclusion of transitional age youth and high Level Community resource guide. As of right now, my current role lie s with San Francisco planning, part of the Community Equity division and working on the tenderloin action plan. Our mission is bring the Tenderloin Community voice into action and transform action into realty through investments and that requires a lot of on the ground work. So, i want to thank you again for your consideration. The last thing ill say is, i know we are living a very polarized times which is i believe that it is important now more then ever that our commission reflects the diversity of our community, which is why im pursuing the commission and look forward embracing the task with courage, determination, knowing together we can build a better future. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks again. Thank you so much. Colleagues, are there any questions . Nope. I just want to thank you so much. That was such a impressive presentation and im really really excited that youre willing to do this incredibly important work. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Sure, go ahead. I had the situation of having dinner with aseel saturday noit. A great opportunity to talk with him, so super excited about his application here today and i think the work hes doing in the tenderloin and with immigrant communities, particularly his own will really inform the work he does for the immigrant rights commission, so welcome. Very happy to support you. Thank you so much for that. Next we have celine kennelly, who is returning and done incredible work for many years for the immigrant commission so great to see you. Thank you so much supervisor ronan. Good to be with you all this morning. It is my honor and privilege and pleasure to serve on the immigrant right commission since 2012, so quite some time. Currentsly serve in the role of the board of commission chair. The work of the commission in my time on the commission has grown, it has expanded, it developed and im delighted to have been part that work. We have a phenomenal active dedicated committed and engaged commission. The breath of issues brought to the commission by my fellow commissioner jz we have been in the position to move forward on have been quite significant. Highlights from the last couple years, including, special hearings on Workforce Development for immigrant workerss, the needs of the lgbtq ia plus immigrants. Immigrant perspective on housing near and dear to my fellow commissioner jz working on a report out from the hearing. Hearings on the Language Access ordinance. We had great privilege working closely with supervisor waltons office and look forward continuing that Partnership Moving Forward in the coming weeks. And of course we have had our immigrant Leadership Awards for the past couple years. We are delighted to be back in person this past june and it has given a opportunity to lift up the voices within our community to highlight the work they do and to give them a platform before the public. The commission has beenis placed within the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affair jz i want to thank director rivas and all the team for commitment and dedication they have to work of the commission, but also to the immigrant community in San Francisco for the guidance and leadership that they give to the commission as we aim to push barriers, aim to push boundaries and aim to push things forward. Our commissionvery excited to see two new applicants for the two vacancies on the commission. We are always looking for new interested engaged individuals and our First Applicant was fantastic. I would also like to on behalf of my fellow commissioners who are not here today, to thank them for their service and i do look forward to having the opportunity to continue to work with them in the next. It is a honor to serve on the commission. We are always delighted to be in a position to provide feedback, guidance and advice to the board and to the mayor and i look forward to doing this in the future. If you have any questions, im happy to ask. I donts think so, just a deep deep thank you for your decades long work in this important commission and during critical critical moments and we are in another one of those critical moments, so to have you there isand have your history you know, going through the pandemic, going through the trump presidency, going through the boarder crisis that we are in, just thank you so much being there throughout it all. Thank you very much. Thank you celine for your tremendous work over the last decade plus. Just want to say one thing we have seen in the city over the last year and a half is people trying to scapegoat immigrants, trying to point to them for many problems in our city, and say that they are the cause or dealing with them in a very punitive manner would help solve some of the problems of San Francisco. Just wanted to highlight that. Appreciate the work that youve done and insure that the work that youll continue to be a strong voice protecting immigrants and shining the light on all the positive work we do in San Francisco will remain a refuge for immigrant as it always has been, so thank you for being such a strong voice for that and i wanted to highlight that because we have seen that rear its uglehead in the chambers. Policies, conversations by some members of the board and some other members of the public, so just wanted to underscore that because of all the phenomenal work you do. Thank you. Thank you very much supervisor. Next three applicants Lucia Obregon, mario paz and sarah souza, 3 leaders in the community that served on the immigrant right commission quite some time and done a fantastic job are not here, but my understanding is directive rivas wanted to say a few words on their behalf. Good morning board members. Chair ronan. Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning. My name is [indiscernible] director of the office of Civic Engagement immigrant affairs and secretary to immigrant rights commission. Before i read their statements that they submitted, i want to also just thank the commissioners who have partnered moving the work forward and it has been [audio cutting in and out] i want the support the reappointments today. Ill start with commissioner obregon statement so it is in the record. Dear members of the rules committee. Please accept my sincere apologies not present in person. Never the less, im deeply grateful for the opportunity to be heard. My name is Lucia Obregon. [indiscernible] serving on the commission the past 4 years have been an immensely rewarding experience and im humbled to give the chance to continue my service. Working alongside dedicated colleagues i have the honor to [indiscernible] the privilege listening to the stories of immigrant struggle and resilience and impactful. The narratives, [indiscernible] resinate deeply with my own immigrant experience. They serve as remindser of the boundless opportunities and power of our city. I am deeply committed to continuing my service to our community and our city. The work i have undertaken not only enriched personal and professional growth and deepen ed my commitment to social justice and equity. [indiscernible] a member of the Planning Department equity council, i have been able to leverage my experiences on the commission to effect positive change in the city. I will be remiss if i did not express gratitude to the staff at ocf, [indiscernible] for their invaluable support and guidance stewarding the work of the commission. The dedication and hard work are commendable and im honored to have the opportunity to partner with them. I also [indiscernible] appreciation to fellow commissioners for dedication and collaboration. Insight and expertise have been instrumental in my growth as a professional advocate. I express gratitude to the rules committee considering my reappointment. It is honor to serve the city and hope for the opportunity to continue this important work. Thank you for your time and consideration, sincerely Lucia Obregon. Ill move on reading commissioner paz statement. Rules Committee Members, supervisors, hillary ronan, Shamann Walton and ahsha safai. [indiscernible] requesting consideration of approval of the reappointment to immigrant right Commission Seat 6. Please accept my support for seat 7. Seat 10, seat 11 and my colleagues have been demonstrated incredible leadership and dedication and deserving of your approval. Im grateful and proud oof the work we are accomplished together. I have done my best to include our collective work including San FranciscoLanguage Access ordinance, [audio cutting in and out] also work to protect and stand behind our policies as a lack of federal Immigration Reform further creates a hew mareten migrant crisis. I hope to continue contributing to our commission and our city as we face a National Election year that create false narrative that [indiscernible] hate towards immigrants. San francisco has always been a beacon of light, speaks the truth and recognize the many contributions immigrants provide to our city and shared society. Thank you for your consideration and support. Sincerely yours, mario paz. [indiscernible] she has been a very active member in the immigrant right commission and spearheaded a lot of work around immigrant [indiscernible] housing and also working closely with our office on immigrant economic and workforce opportunities as well. Thank you so much for reading the statements and all your work. Thank you. Thank you. Last but certainly not least we have jose ng. Good morning supervisor, chair ronan, supervisor walton and supervisor safai and everyone in the house. My name is jose ng a immigrant from hong kong and lived in San Francisco nearly 7 years now. I work as the immigrant Rights Program manager at [indiscernible] im here to seek consideration for immigrant rights commission. Over the years i had the privilege to lead directly engage in the San Francisco immigrant community from assisting chinese immigrants assessing [indiscernible] privilege the work and lead the city wide coalition. [indiscernible] and the immigration status. With that, im particularly interesting in exploring the immigrant right role from meaningfully participating in our society. Particularly around Language Access issue and Voting Rights issue. Thank you for your time and consideration for my appointment. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you so much and thank you applying for this seat. Colleagues, do you have questions or comments . No. Thank you very much for taking this on and again, another very impressive presentation. We are in good hands colleagues. First, before we make any motions, can we please open this item up for Public Comment . Yes, members of the public who wish to speak should line up to speak. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes. There is a soft chimet with 30 seconds left and louder chime when your time expires. Come join us. Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to voice my support for jose ng as commissioner to the immigrant right commission. I oversee his work and in the last 6 and a half years i attest to the fitness for the immigrant community. As a immigrant fully bilingual in cantonese and mandarin, jose is effective leader. He leads Community Education programming around immigrant rights issues to insure chinese immigrants have access to the information they need such as crucial changes to the immigration system. He built strong ties to local institutions such as San Francisco unified school district, city college, major clineez Media Outlets feechards countless time and other Community Based organizations. If you walk around china town with jose it is like being with the captain football team. Jose is department of justice representative as mentioned and he has been able to provide Naturalization Service to dozens if not hundreds of China Town Community members and provide councilitation and guidance to hubs more. Jose is not only advocate for chinese members but multilingual [indiscernible] the immigrant voting collaborative and live dispatcher on the San FranciscoRapid Response hotline. He understands the concerns and needs of San Francisco immigrant communities all over the world would be able to well represent those concerns and needs in constructive ways. Jose is forward thinking and solution oriented and would be a great asis etto the commission. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning. Good morning supervisors. My name is vincent pan, the coexecutive director of chinese affirmative action and as my colleague just indicated, strong support the application of jose to the immigrant rights commission. I want to say on a personal note, jose is a steadfast advocate for community clients, insightful Problem Solver and worked hard to address the system barriers face to access and [indiscernible] grounded in the chinese community. Jose helped lead our work in coalitions that bring immigrants and others together across language, class, race, ethnicity and immigrant status. Im confidence jose will serve with integrity, diligence, collegeality and thoughtfulness and believe of rights on all people regardless of immigration status. I encourage you to vote in favor of joses application to the immigrant right commission and ca has been a real privilege to work with the immigrant right commission and office of Civic Engagement and immigrant afears many years and look forward continuing the partnership. They think. Thank you so much. There does not appear to be additional Public Commenters. Public comment is now closed. Supervisor walton. Thank you chair ronan. I just wanted to say thank you to all of the candidates, both the incumbents and also new candidates willing to step up and serve. I dont think people know how much time and work goes into working on commissions here in San