Q&A
Staffing and functions of the Office of Language Services
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Council Member Alexa Avilés inquires about the staffing and current functions of the Office of Language Services. Dan Steinberg and Francisco Navarro provide information on the office's structure and responsibilities.
- The Office of Language Services currently employs only one and a half people
- It's described as a vestige of the former regime responsible for interpretation
- The main function of the office is now the Secret Shopper program
- Most language access functions have been transferred to the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA)
- The office sometimes assists with technical aspects of language implementation plans
Alexa Avilés
2:32:28
Sure.
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In terms of the office of language services, and I may be in now feeling brain dead, is it how many people are employed?
2:32:41
The office of language services.
Dan Steinberg
2:32:43
At operations?
2:32:44
Yeah.
2:32:44
It's really just one and a half.
2:32:46
Okay.
2:32:46
People are.
2:32:47
It it's again, it's somewhat of a vestige of the of this sort of former Got it.
2:32:55
Regime that was responsible for all interpretation of things that you shouldn't work.
Alexa Avilés
2:33:00
Okay.
2:33:01
Yeah.
2:33:01
Okay.
2:33:01
Thank you.
2:33:02
And are agencies reaching out to to the office?
Dan Steinberg
2:33:07
We recapped them a lot.
2:33:08
But go ahead.
Kenneth Lo
2:33:09
I mean,
Francisco Navarro
2:33:09
I think your agencies reach out more to Moria because, again, the 4 functions have been transferred to Moria.
Dan Steinberg
2:33:15
Got it.
Alexa Avilés
2:33:17
So, really, the the main function of this office is a secret.
2:33:21
Shopper Yep.
2:33:22
Program.
Francisco Navarro
2:33:23
And and the system sometimes with technical aspects of the language implementation plan.
