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Rules Committee forwards three applicants for Immigrant Rights Commission with recommendation
Summary
The Rules Committee heard three applicants for reappointment or appointment to the Immigrant Rights Commission — Solomon Jones, Angus McCarthy and Dr. Lehi Ansani — and moved all three forward to the full board 'with recommendation.' No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript.
The Rules Committee met and moved three candidates for the Immigrant Rights Commission forward to the full board with a recommendation.
Solomon Jones appeared for reappointment and told the committee he had worked on incorporating the EAS ordinance with the city and participated in the commission's reporting work. "I'm currently still instructor of at Berkeley City College" and "I appreciate it," Jones said while summarizing his community and development involvement.
Angus McCarthy, who said he immigrated from Ireland and was undocumented at one time, described outreach with the Irish Pastoral Center and the Irish Immigration Reform movement and asked the committee to consider him for a seat. An unidentified colleague who spoke during the meeting praised McCarthy's personal testimony at a recent Irish Cultural Center event and said it was persuasive enough to request his application.
Dr. Lehi Ansani, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at San Francisco State University and cofounder/president of Applied Technology and Science, said she identifies as an immigrant and noted her civic work, including service with the National Iranian American Council. "It's been a great experience having been on the commission and having worked with the other fellow commissioners," she said.
After applicants spoke and the chair called for public comment (none was offered), the committee "move[d] this forward, all 3 with recommendation," according to the transcript; the move was made by committee members and no formal roll-call vote appears in the record.
What happens next: the committee forwarded the three names with recommendation to the full board for consideration. The transcript does not record a final confirmation vote by the full board or provide a meeting date for that consideration.
Reporting note: Attributions and exact wording follow the transcript. Where the transcript gives partial or garbled names, the article uses the name or role exactly as presented in the record or a neutral role label when the transcript is unclear.
