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Davis Human Relations Commission debates whether to accept and investigate discrimination complaints
Summary
Commissioners reviewed research from roughly 50 jurisdictions and debated whether the city's 1986 civil rights ordinance requires the Human Relations Commission to receive, investigate or mediate discrimination complaints, weighing capacity, partnerships and reporting mechanisms.
The Davis Human Relations Commission spent the bulk of its meeting examining whether it should accept and investigate discrimination complaints under the city's civil rights ordinance.
The chair summarized the ordinance and the commission's research, noting that the civil rights law enacted in 1986 allows "any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against" to request the commission investigate and mediate a complaint. The chair said the commission had found wide variation in how other local governments implement such powers and…
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