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CCHR's budget impact on racial equity and initiatives to address discrimination
1:20:53
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Council Member Williams inquires about how CCHR's work and budget for fiscal year 2026 affects racial equity in service delivery and the criminalization of communities of color and poverty. CCHR representatives explain their mandate and initiatives to address discrimination.
- CCHR states they will continue to enforce the human rights law
- The agency plans to expand commission-initiated work to target underreported discrimination
- CCHR will implement mobile intake clinics to improve accessibility
- Three additional staff lines through City of Yes will support these efforts
Nantasha Williams
1:20:53
And can you describe how your work and budget for fiscal year twenty twenty six reduces, perpetuates, or exacerbates racial inequity in service delivery and the criminalization of communities of color and poverty?
Annabel Palma
1:21:08
Can you repeat that question?
1:21:10
Yes.
Nantasha Williams
1:21:13
Can the agency describe how their work and budget for fiscal year twenty twenty six reduces, perpetuates, or exacerbates racial inequity in service delivery and the criminalization of communities of color and poverty?
Annabel Palma
1:21:31
No.
1:21:32
We we have a mandate to fulfill and our agency will continue to ensure that the human rights law is enforced.
Katherine Carroll
1:21:41
I would just like to add, madam chair, that we are going to be expanding our commission initiated work which allows us to target areas where people where we know discrimination is happening but it's being underreported.
1:21:52
So with those three additional lines through City of Yes, we thank you for your support through that, that we will be able to focus more on those areas.
1:22:00
And additionally, the Community Relations Bureau and the Law Enforcement Bureau are working to roll out mobile intake clinics for fiscal year twenty six so we will really be able to meet people where they are rather than having them come to our office.