Rita Xavier is an elected city official who has served as a Councilmember for the City of San Pablo, California, since December 2018. She has lived in San Pablo since 1991 and has been involved in several city planning projects in a city that has been growing for the past few years. Rita’s decades of volunteer work and civil service in New York State have been carried forward with her involvement in the State of California, the County of Contra Costa, and the City of San Pablo.
Rita has four children and seven grandchildren.
Ms. Framta Saechao is an Associate Attorney with the Law Offices of Robert L. Goldstein. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at Bay Area Legal Aid and Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. She has worked with survivors of domestic violence and low-income clients on public benefits. Her work also includes immigration, elder abuse and family law cases.
Framta attended law school at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she obtained awards in trial and appellate advocacy. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in Political Science and Sociology.
Framta is a member of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California, the United States Tax Court, United States District Court and the Alameda County Bar Association. She has done very well at navigating the complex process that is the American legal, tax, and social service systems. She enjoys supporting the families of our communities, by providing answers—solutions to their specific challenges.
Ms. Koy Saephan is a Mien refugee who came to the United States from Laos at the age of ten. She obtained her college degree from UCLA, and, as a teacher, worked directly with at-risk children in court-ordered community school settings. Among her wide range of experience, she has taught parenting classes to refugees, has raised significant awareness in the Lao, Mien and broader community, about issues such as statutory rape, elder abuse, gang violence, domestic violence and child support issues.
As an active court interpreter and the owner of a language company providing interpreter services to hospitals, courts, law firms and social service agencies working with family and children from diverse backgrounds, she is a daily witness to the barriers our target populations face.
Ms. Saephan is a member of various non-profit and professional organizations including the California Health Interpreters Association (CHIA), California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) and the California Federation of Interpreters.
