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HRC Monthly Meeting

Orange County · Human Relations Commission
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Regular meeting Civil rights and nondiscriminationAppointments and personnelEthics and transparencyHistoric preservationParks and recreation

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What's on this agenda

A ninety-minute monthly meeting on Revere Road and on Teams. The commission takes an action item on a commemorative marker at Blackwood Farms, hears a county update from the Office of Civil Rights and Civic Life, and reports on membership vacancies and the retreat set for 22 August. Ten minutes for public comment.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting.

The Blackwood Farms marker starts here as an action item and runs through the commission's calendar: it returns in August as another marker update, appears in the subcommittee's community events as a dedication, and goes before the Parks and Recreation Council in September, since the marker will stand on county parkland.

The commission also fixes its August retreat for 22 August, nine to four - a full day that produced subcommittee charters, a three-year strategy and a ten-year vision statement.

The announcements item names a social justice vision alongside events for July to September, which is the commission looking past its immediate calendar.

The public comment rules are the same ones the commission carries at every meeting: speakers are asked not to share personal identifying information or details of an active complaint or investigation, and the chair may redirect anyone who does to the complaint process. A body that hears discrimination complaints has to stop its public meeting turning into the hearing.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

Orange County's own rules for public comment — check them before you rely on anything here.

Agenda items (6)

Procedural · 4Minutes approval · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 5 Public Comment (Non-Agenda Items)
    Procedural Civil rights and nondiscrimination
    Public comment on human relations, civil rights and community conditions, with speakers asked to keep identifying details of active complaints out of it.
  2. 6 County Update — Office of Civil Rights and Civic Life
    Procedural Civil rights and nondiscrimination
    Update from the county office that staffs the commission.
  3. 7 Action Item: Blackwood Farms Marker Update
    Procedural Civil rights and nondiscriminationHistoric preservationParks and recreation
    An update on the Blackwood Farms commemorative marker, the only item listed for action.
  4. 8 Executive Committee Report
    Minutes approval Appointments and personnel
    Membership and vacancies, and an all-day retreat set for 22 August.
  5. 9 Sub-Committee Reports
    Procedural Civil rights and nondiscriminationEthics and transparency
    Outreach and engagement, including tabling at events and outreach to county organizations, and community events.
  6. 11 Announcements & Future Agenda Items
    Staff or committee report Civil rights and nondiscrimination
    A social justice vision and events for July through September.

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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