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• Chula Vista human Relations Commission Meeting
Wednesday,November 10,1999
Roll Call
Members Present: Samuel Avalon,Michele Delehanty,�chael Palo Vi _(Vice Chair)
i<fembets Absent:Anthony JemPens
ison,Jeff - -- rg?I
Visitor.John Delehanty
Declaration of Unexcused Absences of Anthony Jemison and Jeff Scott
(Reason.Np known prior notification_was Rived.)
,V(Pena)ISMPalama)/Unatunso Approval
Minutes:AWAvailableforAppoml
Treasurer Report:Not Available for Approval
Old BL3il7esa:
1.Suggestion Box
M(Pena)/S(Poloma)/Unanimous Approval
"We the Human Relanons Commission recommend that the City of Chula vista place three
cit�mggestion boxes in 0 three of our City Libraries(F Street,So,(:hili;Vista,and Ess;
Lake.)"
2.Circle K
.irt(Peno)/$(Paloma)/Urx=mous Approval
"Motion to setd the letter as written to the City Council for approval."(see attached letter)
New Businew
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M(Paloma)/S(Pe,ro)/Unorermous Approval
"Draft letter Re: ACLU`City to Collect Ronal Data on Police Traffic Stops,be placed on the
agenda for the next meeting. -Item is to be presented by.Lf.Paloma_(see attached)
Commissioner Comments: v Peas presented M Delehanry with flowers in appreciation of her seven
years of service on this commission(she has one year of service remaining).
Public Comments: None
:fleeting was adjourned by 6:30 P.M.
R j� lly ssu�bmint:54 f, approval.
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Michele Delehanty,Commissioner,
t'I'�'n verbal regue;cr�f Pamela PnwYxc,minulds were to he takOn by M Ihlehanty a-d fared to P. Prnve�s
smee Poavers aoxid not attend . ._ ....._
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(Below is clic proposed eonuncndation letter to the Chula Vi
the communist•.) sta ON Council for Circle K's good work in
From:The Chida Vista Human Relations Comrmssion
To: Honorable Mayor Shirley Horton and
estecrned members of the Chula Vista City Council.
Dear.Mayor and Mcmbers of the City Council,
With,eat plc sure We tine members of Chula Vista's Human Relations Commission recommcrtd a letter
of commendation to Circle K convenience store located at(A)Broadway Chula Vista.For the past 4 yaws
Juan Dominguez the store manage;and all the crevirnembcrshave worked to help United Cerebral Palsy by
collecting voluntary donations.These donations have been an important help in the ongoing fight against
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cerral Palsy and in the effort to give disabled children and adults=•eater independence.The store's
• dedication to families and commitrucut to our community arca true testimony of the good and benevolent
Spirit within our fine city.
Think}ou.
Chula Vista Human Relations Commission
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September 16, 1999 -- San Francisco Is 34th f',� City to CollEct Racial D
Traffic Stops Data on Police
SAN FRANCISCO— In response to the growing controversy over racial profiling, San
Francisco police officers will soon begin keeping track of the race
over,the San Francisco Chronicle reported today. of motorists they pull
According to the paper,the Police Commission ordered police officials yesterday to start
collecting racial data on all traffic stops.
The record-keeping program, which could start as soon as this January, would require
officers to fill out a fbur-question form after each traffic stop. Officers would note a
driver's race, the basis for the stop, whether the vehicle was searched and whether the
driver was cited or arrested.
The American Civil Liberties Union, several minor!
been urging local law enforcement agencies to begin collecting the dgtoups and ata entre povnse to
nationwide allegations of"racial profiling.'''Motorists of color say they have been
illejslly singled out by police in traffic stops solely because of their race.
John Crew, Director of the Police Practices Project at the ACLU of Northern California,
appeared before the Police Commission last night and said he was pleased that San
Francisco has shown leadership on the issue.
"This is an issue that has been affecting police community relations not only in this state,
but in this country for decades," Crew told the Chronicle.after the meeting. "Frankly,it is
high time for law enforcement to take this issue seriously.
A-.bill sponsored.by'Sen_Kevin'Murray;D-Los Angeles;,wduld require.California'la v
enforcement agencies to collect ficial.data_1t has beery approved:by:tha state I,
,aid ilf signed by the governor,it:�vuldgi�;e,Salb iancisco police until_2001 to_.begm
theiLprogram.
But the city Police Commission, urged by local ACLU officials,said it wanted the San
Francisco program to begin much sooner,and voluntarily.
The commission!s action makes San'Franciseo.the 34th city.to join,the-list of Califomia
police agencies that have riecideci to voluntarily collect traffic-stop:data,and analyze it fob
po$sible racial profiling. Safi Sbsd and.Saii Diego were among;the.firs!cities to begirt
filying-their traffic stops.
"We're going to fully cooperate with it," Officer Sherman Ackerson, a San Francisco
Police spokesman told the Chronicle.
Ackerson told the paper that any sort of racial profiling is not tolerated by the
department, noting that the agency's general orders specificallyprohibit officers from
• making stops based on race. 'We feel comfortable that our officers are acting properly,"
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Once collected, thsziata�.. ,M how tTl2nv peooie of color are pulled over by
police, bit also how they -ard.,,Crew said.
Exarnini$g the race of thoW.mt have dMir vehicles searched -- versus the race of those
whose caFs-are not searched--will go a long -may in understanding race-based traffic
stops,h6'said. "It's naive to think that San Francisco is immune from this problem," he
said.
Visit the ACLU's "DWB CIearinghouse" at http_/hvw,v.aclu.or features/dwb.html to
read more on the subject.
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle, September 16, 1999
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