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Portola Valley committee reads land acknowledgment at meeting close
Summary
Chair Ivy Margolis read a land acknowledgment recognizing colonial history and harms to Indigenous peoples; the committee closed the meeting afterward.
At the end of the meeting, committee chair Ivy Margolis read a land acknowledgment recognizing the colonial history of the land and harms endured by Indigenous peoples.
Margolis read language noting the committee's recognition of "the unceded territory" of Indigenous nations and the committee's intent to understand and find ways to make repair for the legacies of dispossession. After the acknowledgment, the chair called for adjournment and members exchanged closing remarks.
The acknowledgment was read aloud during the meeting and recorded in the transcript; the committee did not take further formal action related to the statement at that session.
