Kern County Municipal Code Ch. 2.49 Kern County Human Relations Commission

There is created, pursuant to authority vested by Government Code Sections 50260—50265, the Kern County human relations commission. The members of the Kern County human relations commission shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. The human relations commission shall be constituted and shall function pursuant to the terms and conditions as may be established by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. G-6904 § 2 (part), 2002)

It shall be the responsibility of the commission:

A. To foster mutual respect and understanding among all racial, religious and nationality groups in the community;

B. To make such studies in any field of human relationship in the community as in the judgment of the commission will aid in effectuating its general purposes;

C. To inquire into incidents of tension and 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;

D. 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.

(Ord. G-6904 § 2 (part), 2002)

The commission shall discharge the following obligations:

A. 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;

B. To issue such publications and reports of investigation as in its judgment will tend to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;

C. 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;

D. To encourage and stimulate agencies under the jurisdiction of the local governing body which created the commission to take such action as will fulfill the purposes of this chapter; and

E. To submit an annual report to the governing body.

(Ord. G-6904 § 2 (part), 2002)