SR 03-30-2021 13A 13.A
March 30, 2021
Council Meeting: March 30, 2021 Santa Monica, California
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CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services
Department
Date: March 30, 2021
13.A Request of Mayor Pro Tem McCowan and Councilmember Davis that, in an
effort to reach our equity and inclusion goals and ensure that equity and
inclusion are woven into everything we do, we ensure that language justice
has a prominent place in our efforts. To that end we ask that, in accordance
with Council’s most recent priorities regarding equity and inclusion,
Council direct staff to return with an ordinance creating a biennial language
access plan focused on ensuring that: (1) Information that is disseminated
by the City of Santa Monica in English, including websites, blogs, social
media posts, press releases, forms, instructions, or other materials or
information relating to community updates and information, shall also be
provided in Spanish; (2) Spanish language interpretation services and
support are required at all city meetings and events; (3) implementation
progress is tracked and reported biannually to track usage by residents; (4)
a language access coordinator is identified as part of our equity and
inclusion initiatives; (5) the City seeks to create standards by which City
contracts and partners can offer the same accessibility as it pertains to
their work with the City; and (6) funding for these actions is prioritized in
the upcoming biennial budget in alignment with the most recent Council
priorities regarding equity and inclusion.
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Vernice Hankins
From:Scott Wolfe <scott.a.wolfe@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:56 AM
To:councilmtgitems
Cc:Gleam Davis; Kristin McCowan; Phil Brock; Sue Himmelrich; Oscar de la Torre; Councilmember Kevin
McKeown; Christine Parra
Subject:Public Comment for Council Meeting 03-30-2021 - Item 13.A
EXTERNAL
Dear Councilmembers,
I want to extend my warm thank you to Mayor Pro Tem McCown and Councilmember Davis for presenting Item 13.A in
regards to Language Justice to provide Spanish language translations to City resources.
Santa Monica is a multi‐ethnic city which includes several ESL and non‐English speaking residents. Ensuring that every
resident has the information to understand how their City represents them is critical towards ensuring that Santa
Monica becomes more inclusive over time.
I hope that all Council Members will vote yes on Item 13.A in support of our Spanish speaking and Latinx Santa
Monicans.
Scott Wolfe
Sunset Park Resident
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