All of you. My name is george rivas. I am the director of the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs, i am joined by my colleague chloe noonan, who is our policy and engagement officer, who oversees our Language Access efforts at oca. I am looking forward to sharing more Background Information about our office and then chloe will share more background on the lao report from 2024, and will walk us through the contents of that report as well, ill take next slide. I will take a moment to share some background about our office. The office of Civic Engagement and World Affairs was founded in 2 in 2009, at which time it was designated to oversee implementation of the equal access to Services Ordinance and with time, as you all know now, its become the Language Access ordinance. Today, eoc has a policy compliance, direct services and grant making City Department. Our mission is to promote inclusive policies and foster immigrant assistance programs that lead to full civic and economi
Bedrooms, while theres five of them and theyre fairly modest size, its not what weve seen in other places where theres bathrooms on every bedroom. So i think the program works. I would just like to see some design modifications so it doesnt read as large from the front on 27th street as it does under the renderings we have before us. Commissioner i was going to Say Something very similar in that, you know, yeah, the difference to me is the design. It doesnt have, you know, two media rooms and some of the things that weve seen in some of these other massive expansions. It is clearly designed for a family, a large family. So that makes a difference to me. I do agree that, you know, theres some Design Elements that could, perhaps, be tinkered with to make some of the neighbors, you know, less you know, more comfortable with how it fits in to the fabric of that block. But, you know, i think that expanding the back unit actually is a good thing. It makes it rentable and provides a home for
There are some others like this on 27th street that have kind of the large kind of how things work, but i think, you know, the bedrooms, while theres five of them and theyre fairly modest size, its not what weve seen in other places where theres bathrooms on every bedroom. So i think the program works. I would just like to see some design modifications so it doesnt read as large from the front on 27th street as it does under the renderings we have before us. Commissioner i was going to Say Something very similar in that, you know, yeah, the difference to me is the design. It doesnt have, you know, two media rooms and some of the things that weve seen in some of these other massive expansions. It is clearly designed for a family, a large family. So that makes a difference to me. I do agree that, you know, theres some Design Elements that could, perhaps, be tinkered with to make some of the neighbors, you know, less you know, more comfortable with how it fits in to the fabric of that blo
Building code, so its only the tantamount under our code. So the rent control provisions should prevail. I kind of agree on the front. It could use, you know, softening to make it i dont know if its so it will feel less bulky on that building. There are some others like this on 27th street that have kind of the large kind of how things work, but i think, you know, the bedrooms, while theres five of them and theyre fairly modest size, its not what weve seen in other places where theres bathrooms on every bedroom. So i think the program works. I would just like to see some design modifications so it doesnt read as large from the front on 27th street as it does under the renderings we have before us. Commissioner i was going to Say Something very similar in that, you know, yeah, the difference to me is the design. It doesnt have, you know, two media rooms and some of the things that weve seen in some of these other massive expansions. It is clearly designed for a family, a large family. S
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