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Carson council introduces business-license revocation changes, approves two disability-focused seats on Human Relations Commission

5402477 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

The council introduced Ordinance No. 25-2509 to clarify and narrow grounds for revoking or suspending business licenses and approved Ordinance No. 25-2516 to add two Human Relations Commission seats reserved for disability-related expertise; both measures cleared council action at first reading.

The City Council introduced an ordinance to narrow the city's authority to suspend or revoke business licenses when criminal investigations yield evidence of violations, and it approved a separate ordinance to add two seats to the Human Relations Commission focused on disability issues.

Councilmember Jim Dear moved to introduce Ordinance No. 25-2509, which staff said would amend existing business-license provisions to make revocation authority specific to provable wrongdoing. "We've taken out ... moral turpitude…

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