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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02081994 - 1.18 ORDINANCE NO. 94- 14 (Human Relations Commission) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (Omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) : SECTION I . SUMMARY. This ordinance amends Section 26-8.012 of the County OrdinanceCodeto increase the number of Human Relations Commission members from 12 to a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 . SECTION II . Section 26-8.012 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to read: 26-8.012 Commission, membership, composition, and appointment. (a) The Commission shall have no fewer than fifteen members and no more than twenty members . (b) The membership shall be broadly representative of. the general public, including, but not limited to members of business, labor, religious groups, education, criminal justice, community organizations, and city representatives characteristic of the county's diverse population with respect to sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, economic disadvantage or age. (c) Commission members shall be appointed by the board of supervisors as a whole from among individuals formally applying for or nominated for membership, taking into consideration, among other things, the various religious, racial, nationality, and political groups in the county. All members of the commission must be county residents, and at least one commission member must reside in each supervisorial district. (Gov. Code, S 50260 et seq; Ords. 94- 14 S, 93-35, 88-31, 86-84, 81-64, 69-2 . ) SECTION III . EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting for and against it in the CONTRA COSTA TIMES , a newspaper published in this County. (Gov. Code, SS 25123 & 25124 . ) PASSED ON February 8 , 1994 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Smith, .Bishop, McPeak, Torlakson and Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Count Admi"J-4 'str r T fin By: Deputy Clerk Board Chair [SEAL] MAM\am ORDINANCE NO. 94- 14