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Community Urges BOS to Adopt Equal Access to Services Ordinance
In San Francisco, where nearly half the households speak a language other than English, government agencies cannot be run effectively unless they can communicate in multiple languages. Over the last year CAA has developed and ultimately helped secure passage of legislation from the Board of Supervisors that would strengthen existing City policies on language [...]
City Government Notices will Combine English, Chinese and Spanish (World Journal)
San Francisco Board of Supervisors president David Chiu and Rules Committee chair David Campos are serious about a bill that will be heard in the Rules Committee on the 30th which would provide language services to the City’s non-English speaking residents. The two not only publicized the legislation at a morning press conference on July 29th, but personally pointed out places in city hall where language services were insufficient. Continue reading
Supervisor David Chiu Pushes Legislation to Improve Language Services (World Journal)
Chinese for Affirmative Action Executive Director Vincent Pan, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors David Chiu, and chair of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee David Compos attended a press conference at City Hall on the morning of July 29th to promote a language access bill which would strengthen public services for non-English speakers in the City. Continue reading
Press conference announcing a City bill to amend the Equal Access to Services Ordinance
[ July 29, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] CAA, San Francisco Supervisors David Chiu and David Campos, and fellow language rights advocates will host a press conference announcing a City bill to amend the Equal Access to Services Ordinance (EAS) on Wednesday, July 29th at 10am at City Hall.
The Equal Access to Services Ordinance was enacted on June 15, 2001 to require certain [...]
Language Rights Advocates Join City Supervisors in Calling for Stronger Language Access Laws (Press Release)
City residents and community organizations are urging the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to adopt legislation which would strengthen existing City policies on language access and improve services for the City’s language minorities. Chinese for Affirmative Action and Mujeres Unidas y Activas joined Supervisors David Chiu and David Campos at City Hall this morning to ask the Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors to pass the legislation when it’s voted on tomorrow. Continue reading
Language Access Progress at the SFPD: New Translated Brochures Spread Awareness of Residents’ Rights
Since 2006, a number of language access advocates including CAA have been working with the San Francisco Police Department to develop stronger language access policies and to increase community awareness around the right to interpretive and translation services when interacting with members of the SFPD.
Spurred to action by police shooting deaths involving limited-English proficient (LEP) [...]
CAA Hosts Community Briefing on New SFPD Language Access Policy
Due to two years of persistent advocacy by CAA and community partners, the San Francisco Police Commission voted last October to unanimously approve a groundbreaking new policy to ensure effective and accurate communication between the SFPD and the limited-English proficient (LEP) communities they serve. However, there is still a lot of work to be done [...]
Interpreting the situation (CAA op-ed)
“Every day, San Francisco’s police officers render life-saving services. Most of us take it for granted that in an emergency, we can pick up the phone, call the police and help will soon be on the way. For the 100,000 San Francisco residents who are limited-English proficient, accessing police services is not so easy. Language barriers prevent many residents from talking to or getting help from the police…” Continue reading
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