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Bend equity commission backs council letter urging PacificSource to keep local interpreter vendor
Summary
HREC voted to have its support included in a City Council letter urging PacificSource to continue contracting with English to Spanish, a local interpreter/translator vendor, after staff said PacificSource plans to shift to an out‑of‑region company in 2026.
The Bend Human Rights and Equity Commission voted Dec. 18 to have its support reflected in a City Council letter asking PacificSource to reconsider or preserve local language‑access services provided by the contractor English to Spanish.
Kathy Barguil told the commission that Elizabeth Sanchez (owner of English to Spanish and a former county language‑access coordinator) had asked…
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