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Orange County HRC outlines events, youth outreach and recruitment plans; hears a housing complaint
Summary
The Human Relations Commission reviewed upcoming events (Feb. 21 community conversation; tentative March 3 youth engagement), confirmed tabling plans for the spring and summer, noted four vacancies on the commission, and heard a public comment from a community member who reported filing a housing complaint.
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Orange County Human Relations Commission reviewed a slate of upcoming community engagement activities and acknowledged ongoing vacancies on the commission.
County staff and commissioners discussed the "Building Resilience Together" community conversation scheduled for Feb. 21, 2026; HRC members will arrive early to set up and staff tables. The commission also discussed a tentative youth engagement half‑day event planned for March 3, 2026, at The Drakeford if facility and speaker arrangements are finalized. Commissioners Shane Lukas, Wendy Calvin and Krista Caraway were assigned to finalize event planning and an outreach tabling schedule that includes a Department of Social Services event in May, Latino Pride in June and Hog Day in September.
The commission noted there are four vacancies and that the executive committee is still seeking a secretary. In other business, proclamations for Women's History Month and Martin Luther King Jr. Day were forwarded to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners for presentation on Feb. 3, 2026; Krista Caraway and Corey Hogans offered to attend that BOCC meeting.
During public comment, community member Holly Meschko said she had filed a housing complaint with the Orange County Office of Civil Rights; Chief Civil Rights Officer Paul Slack reminded attendees that public comment should not include confidential information or details of active complaints and that sensitive matters may be redirected to staff or the formal complaint process to protect due process.
