EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION
TL;DR
The Equal Rights Commission held a hybrid meeting discussing various city communications, including updates from the Department of Health and the Office of Equity and Inclusion. The meeting introduced the new Assistant City Attorney and featured reports from the Human Rights Day Ad Hoc Committee.
Key Decisions
- Assistant City Attorney Introduction Introduced
- Human Rights Day Committee Report Discussed
Agenda
- Roll Call
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- Untitled item
- Call to order
- Roll call
- Approval of past meeting minutes
- Communication from the Department of Health
- Introduction of the Assistant City Attorney
- Communication from the Office of Equity and Inclusion
- Communication from the Legislative Reference Bureau
- Communication from the Human Rights Day Adhoc Committee
- Community announcements
- Adjournment
- Untitled item
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