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Budget Committee for San Francisco advances language-access ordinance, flags staffing needs
Summary
The Budget and Appropriation Committee advanced an ordinance to expand language-access requirements across city departments, lowering thresholds for required translation and adding signage, digital-content and complaint-reporting rules; the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs said the changes will require new staff and training.
The Budget and Appropriation Committee on May 22 forwarded an ordinance to the full Board that would amend San Francisco's Administrative Code to expand language-access services across city departments and lower the threshold for qualifying languages to 6,000 limited-English-proficient residents.
The ordinance, read into the record as Item 1, would clarify departmental responsibilities, require translations of signage and digital content, rename the annual compliance plan to an annual compliance report, create a…
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