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Philadelphia council law expands EORC seats to add Asian American and LGBTQ+ chambers
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City Council passed Bill 250,654 to add designated seats for the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and the Independence Business Alliance on the Economic Opportunity Review Committee, officials said, a change leaders say will strengthen oversight of contracting equity.
City Council this year approved Bill 250,654 to expand the Economic Opportunity Review Committee (EORC) by creating designated seats for the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and the Independence Business Alliance, officials said at the committee's Dec. 8 meeting.
"I'm here because your work matters," Councilmember Nina Ahmed told the committee, saying the ordinance ensures that oversight "must be more than policy on paper" by bringing more community voices into contracting oversight. Ahmed said the structural change is…
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