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Committee approves amendment to language-access pilot, refers ordinance to full board
Summary
The Government and Oversight Committee advanced a pilot ordinance to provide interpretation services in Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese at Board of Supervisors meetings beginning Sept. 2015, removing a requirement to translate the full agenda because of logistical concerns; the measure was referred to the full board as a committee report.
Supervisor Yee introduced an ordinance to create a pilot program that would make language assistance available at Board of Supervisors meetings, saying the city currently struggles to provide on-demand interpreters and that the pilot would offer Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese beginning in September 2015.
"This legislation will create a pilot project to offer language assistance in Spanish, Tagalog, and Chinese at all board of supervisors meetings starting in September, 2015," Supervisor Yee said, noting the pilot would run through July 2016 and that her office worked with the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA).
Adrienne Pahn,…
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