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Commission debates permanent structure, research capacity and staffing for recommendations
Summary
Commissioners debated recommending a permanent body or formal linkage with the Human Rights Commission, the creation of routine data collection on racial disparities, dedicated staff or a paid team to collect community testimony, and clearer report-writing and budgeting guidance before submitting final recommendations.
During a public discussion of agenda item 5C (recommendations), commissioners laid out a series of options for how the city should receive and act on the commission’s findings.
Unidentified Speaker 4 proposed that the City Council adopt a routine structure to collect statistical information on structural racism and create formal channels for community witness testimony so the council would be informed proactively rather than reactively. Unidentified Speaker 6 argued the commission’s work should not be shelved and recommended…
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