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DCA executive office outlines DEI work, training deadlines and Bagley-Keene remote-meeting limits

5455053 · July 23, 2025
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Summary

A Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) official updated the committee on departmentwide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, mandatory harassment-prevention training for board members, new federal military-license portability, and Bagley-Keene virtual-meeting expirations.

Yvonne Dorantes, from the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) board and bureau relations office, briefed the BSIS advisory committee on departmentwide initiatives including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work, required trainings for board members, and changes to allowable virtual meetings under the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.

Why it matters: the DCA update affects boards and advisory committees across the department by setting training expectations, use of DEI in strategic planning and by flagging changes to meeting modality allowed under state law.

Dorantes said DCA established a…

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