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OAKLAND Committee OKs Hiring Of Bilingual Workers |
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
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An Oakland City Council committee yesterday approved a proposal for the city to hire more bilingual employees to better serve an increasingly diverse population. The community and economic development committee voted unanimously to implement the "equal access" policy, which also would require the city to translate documents into Spanish and Chinese. The plan is scheduled to be heard by the full council on April 24. "It's essential for us to reach those monolingual communities," said Council President Igancio De La Fuente, who drafted the proposal with Councilman Danny Wan. "The only way to improve life in our city is if everybody understands what their responsibilities are, what the laws are and what the opportunities are." Recent census figures show that Oakland's population is 22 percent Hispanic and 15 percent Asian. But the percentage of those minorities in city government is about half that. Oakland is believed to be the first city in the state to mandate bilingual hiring and translation services by local law. |
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