City Staff Outline Provider Trainings on Immigration Rights, Multilingual Materials and Emergency Protocols
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Summary
City departments described collaborative workshops, multi‑language materials and on‑site immigration‑response protocols for outreach workers and shelter providers; staff advised providers to seek site‑specific legal counsel and committed to further outreach and training.
City staff from CIFD, LASA, the housing department and the City Attorney’s Office described a coordinated effort to train outreach workers and service providers on clients’ immigration rights and on how providers should respond during enforcement or emergency events.
Staff said they have delivered roughly 20 trainings in multiple languages, produced printed materials in more than 50 languages and created videos in Indigenous languages. Jackie Rodríguez (CIFD) described workshops for providers that cover a range of scenarios and emphasized that providers should consult their own legal counsel for site‑specific legal advice. Kelsey Madigan (LASA) reported a training that reached 137 participants and noted coordination with the Office of Immigration Affairs and county partners.
Committee members asked how staff would protect client data and respond when federal immigration enforcement is present at or near housing sites. Staff said the city does not share client data with immigration authorities and that incident reports are completed in situations where law‑enforcement activity occurs, but they could not offer private‑counsel advice. The ASA’s representative described operational coordination during regional protests and efforts to prepare staff for emergency incidents.
Next steps: staff will continue workshops, produce follow‑up materials for providers and return with additional clarifications in a future meeting if the committee requests more detail.