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Davis Human Relations Commission approves draft civil-rights ordinance for city review
Summary
The Human Relations Commission voted to forward a revised civil-rights ordinance aligning the city code with California state law to the city clerk and city council for review and potential adoption.
The Davis Human Relations Commission voted Jan. 23 to forward a proposed update to the city’s civil-rights ordinance to the city clerk and city council for review.
Commissioners said the draft is intended to bring the city ordinance into alignment with current state civil-rights protections and to avoid the appearance that the city’s code lags behind state law. The commission discussed the proposal at length before voting to transmit the draft.
The commission’s memo and draft ordinance replace an enumerated list of protected classes with a cross-reference to protections recognized under state law, language commission members said is meant to keep the city ordinance current without repeatedly revising municipal code. "The intention was to change the fewest number of words that would accomplish…
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