2012-27450. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the California Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that the California Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will hold a briefing meeting and a planning meeting on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The briefing meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and adjourn about 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the briefing meeting is for the members to receive information on immigration issues in the state. The planning meeting will begin at approximately 2:30 p.m. and adjourn at about 3:30. The purpose of the planning meeting is for the Committee to consider future activities. The meetings will be held at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), 634 South Spring Street, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90014.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the Western Regional Office of the Commission by January 5, 2013. The address is Western Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to email their comments, or to present their comments verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Angelica Trevino, Office Manager, Western Regional Office, at [phone], (or for hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), or by email to [e-mail]. Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Western Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Western Regional Office at the above email or street address. The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, November 6, 2012.

Peter Minarik,

Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.