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Residents urge action after alleged harassment and board removal; request internal audit and ethics oversight
Summary
During citizen communications, a former community development advisory board member alleged repeated harassment by the board chair and said she was removed from the board; other speakers called for an ethics commission, internal audits and greater transparency.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to raise concerns about harassment, board removals and transparency in city-appointed boards, urging the commission to investigate and strengthen oversight.
Lorena Galarza identified herself as a District 1 resident and a former member of the Community Development Advisory Board and said she experienced threats and harassment from Jim Young, the board’s chair, who she said was appointed by Commissioner Rene Perez. Galarza told the commission her report…
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