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ORDINANCE NO. 89-1
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL CERRITO AMENDING THE EL CERRITO MUNICIPAL
CODE, TITLE 2 ADMINISTRATION, BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 2.60, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION SECTIONS 2.60.010 Title
2.60.020 Purpose
2.60.030 Membership
2.60.040 Appointment
2.60.050 Term
2.60.060 Powers and Duties
2.60.070
Removal of Members
2.60.080 Quorum,
2.60.090 Officers THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL CERRITO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:DIVISION I: CHAPTER 2.58, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, IS
HEREBY ADDED TO THE EL CERRITO MUNICIPAL CODE TO READ AND PROVIDE AS FOLLOWS: 2.60.610 Title This Chapter shall be
known as the "Human Relations Commission Ordinance." 2.60.020 Purpose
The purpose of this Chapter shall be to establish a Human Relations
Commission in the City of El Cerrito to develop positive human relations through education, encouragement
of greater respect and understanding between people, their equal opportunity rights under the law and the recognition of
the racial, ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of the El Cerrito community. The purpose of the Human Relations Commission
shall be to initiate educational and cultural programs, promote tolerance and mutual respect between all persons and
evaluate and make recommendations regarding discrimination charges levied against the City, upon the direction of the
council. 2.60.030 Membership
The Human Relations Commission shall consist of seven members who shall be residents of the City.
Commission members shall be generally representative of the demographics of the City including the racial,
religious, age, gender, ethnic, and other groups. 2.60.040 Appointment
Members of the Commission shall be appointed by majority vote of the
entire council. 2.60.050 Term
Members of the Commission snail serve for a term of four (4) years, or until their successors
are appointed, unless removed from office as specified in section 2.60.070. However, for purposes of establishing
staggered terms, the initial appointments may be for terms varying between one (1) and four (4) years as the
council may decide. 2.60.060 Powers and Duties The Human Relations Commission shall have the responsibilities as provided in this
section and such other powers and duties as the council may, from time to time, decide:
- Upon request of the council, to study and make recommendations regarding problems in the City which
arise from alleged discrimination prohibited by state and federal law.
- Upon request of the council, to study, evaluate and mediate, incidents of alleged discrimination arising in
or concerning the community and its citizens to the extent such functions are not preempted or prohibited
by Title 3 of the El Cerrito Municipal Code, the Personnel Rules and Regulations, the California Fair
Employment 6r Housing Commission or any other state or federal agency.
- Evaluate and disseminate educational and informational material relating to the elimination of all forms of prejudice,
and discrimination and promotion of tolerance and understanding.
- Initiate and encourage educational and other appropriate activities to seek to discourage or prevent discrimination where
possible or
prevent discrimination where possible.
- Provide information and technical assistance to, and cooperate with, other public agencies, organizations, institutions and
persons engaged in activities and programs intended to eliminate prejudice and discrimination
- Consult and maintain contact with other public agencies, community organizations concerned with interracial, inter-religious,
and intercultural understanding, and such other private organizations and institutions to further the objective of
eliminating discrimination
- To review achievement of the City' s equal opportunity program and provide an annual report to the
City staff for any recommendations it may make to the council.
- Develop and recommend to the council additional programs and practices designed to further Commission objectives.
- Perform such other duties as the council may direct.
2.60.070 Removal of Members Members
of the Human Relations Commission serve at the pleasure of the council and may be removed from
office by a majority vote of the entire council. 2.60.080 Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, a quorum or the Human
Relations Commission shall consist of a simple majority of the members.
2.60.090 Officers At the first meeting of each calendar
year, the members of the Human Relations Commission shall select its officers. Conduct of Commission business shall
otherwise be governed by rules of procedure adopted by the Commission.
DIVISION II SEVERABILITY CLAUSE If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the ordinance,
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. DIVISION III EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take
effective thirty (30) days after passage, and shall, within fifteen (15) days after passage, be posted in
accordance with f36933 of the Government Code of the State of California with the names of those City
Council members voting for and against it.
The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of El Cerrito, held on the 21st day of February, 1989.Adopted
and ordered pasted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of El Cerrito held on the
6th day of March, 1989 by the following called vote:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my hand and fixed the corporate seal of said
city this 6th day of March, 1989.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing ordinance was duly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of El Cerrito, County of Contra Costa, State of California, a regular meeting thereof,
held on the 6th day of March, 1989.
__________________________
Acting Clerk of the City of El Cerrito
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PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION
The ordinance creating the __________ Human Relations Commission in (date) declares:It is the public policy of the county that all persons residing or visiting in the county, irrespective of their
age, race, religion, color, sex, ancestry, national origin, handicap, or sexual orientation, may enjoy an equal opportunity to live, grow, learn, work, play, worship and exercise the responsibilities of citizenship,
unhampered by invidious discrimination. To effectuate this policy the __________ Human Relations Commission is hereby established …. This Human Relations Commission shall operate within the
County's unincorporated area and shall coordinate and cooperate with all cities within the County. The Human Relations Commission shall operate within any incorporated city which adopts a resolution in support of
this ordinance and requests participation of the Human Relations Commission. The general purposes of the ____________ Human Relations Commission shall be to foster peaceful relations in the interest of preserving the
public peace among citizens of different races, religions, and national origins; and to promote positive human relationships for the purpose of insuring public peace, health, safety and the general welfare. The
responsibilities of the __________ Human Relations Commission shall be as follows:
- To foster mutual respect and understanding among all racial, religious and nationality groups in the community.
- To make such studies in any field of human relationship in the community as in judgment of the commission will aid in effectuating its general purpose.
- To inquire into incidents of tension or conflict among or between various racial, religious and nationality groups, and to take action by means of conciliation, conference, and persuasion to alleviate such
tensions and conflict
- To conduct and recommend such educational programs as, in the judgment of the commission, will increase good will among inhabitants of the community and open new opportunities into all phases of community life
for all inhabitants.
The obligations of the ______________ Human Relations commission shall be as follows:
- To hold conferences, and other public meetings, in the interest of the constructive resolution of racial, religious and nationality group tensions and the prejudice and discrimination occasioned thereby
- To issue such publications and reports of investigation as an its judgment will tend to effectuate the purposes of this article.
- To enlist the cooperation and participation of the various racial, religious, and nationality groups, community organizations, industry and labor organizations, media or mass communication, fraternal and
benevolent associations, and other groups in an educational campaign devoted to fostering among the diverse groups of the community mutual esteem, justice and equity.
- To encourage and stimulate agencies under the jurisdiction of the ___________ Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of Cities which adopt this chapter to take such action as will fulfill the purpose of this
chapter.
- To submit an annual report to the ___________ Board of Supervisors and to the City Councils of Cities which adopt this chapter.
SELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS
The ordinance which created the ____________ Human Relations Commission states:
- The commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members.
- 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.
- Commission members shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as a whole from among individuals formally applying 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.
Terms
- The Commissioners, upon appointment, shall serve a term of three (3) years until their successors are duly appointed; but the first Commissioners shall classify themselves by lot so that five
members serve for three (3) years, five serve for two (2) years and five serve for one (1). Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original
appointment,
- Commissioners map not be appointed to more than two (2) full three pear terms. This does not include initial appointment by lot or unexpired terms of less than three (3) years.
- A vacancy shall exist and shall be reported to the Board of Supervisors whenever a commissioner has three (3) consecutive absences from regular meetings of the commission
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