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San Mateo County supervisors unanimously amend resolution to add Indigenous communities to list of protected groups
Summary
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming support for immigrants, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities and amended the text to explicitly include Indigenous communities after public comment and a brief exchange among supervisors.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming protections for immigrants, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities, and amended the document to explicitly add Indigenous communities.
The amendment followed public comment calling out the omission of Indigenous people from the list. A speaker who identified as Indigenous said, “As someone who…
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