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Sunnyvale Human Relations Commission debates antisemitism study but forwards no single priority to council
Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Human Relations Commission heard public testimony urging the city to prioritize a study addressing a reported surge in antisemitic incidents, debated three candidate priority ideas and considered overlap with a citywide community needs assessment; the commission did not forward any single priority idea to City Council.
The Sunnyvale Human Relations Commission on Dec. 11 discussed three candidate priority project ideas — a proposal to address a reported rise in antisemitism in the city, a community-center study on safety and inclusion, and a proposal to amend the boards-and-commissions attendance policy to add religious observances as excused absences — but the panel did not select a single priority to forward to the City Council.
The issue drew public comment and extended debate. Gabriel, who spoke during the meeting’s public-comment period, urged the commission to make the antisemitism-focused proposal its priority. "Addressing the surge of Jew hatred in Sunnyvale" should be chosen, Gabriel said, because it would "help Sunnyvale residents in general and specifically Jewish Sunnyvale residents like myself,"…
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