Articles About OC Human Relations

The Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 last week, with Supervisor Michelle Steel as the lone dissenter, to continue funding the council for at least another year. But the panel also urged the council and commission to stop “co-mingling,” with one supervisor noting that some commission staff members report to the council’s director.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday, June 13, in favor of funding the OC Human Relations Council, allowing the nonprofit to pay for three staff positions at $252,000 and remain in the county building on Grand Avenue for one more year.

OC Register, April 28, 2017 – County supervisors have put on the back-burner a $250,000 request from the OC Human Relations Council to fund three staff positions, citing concerns about the entanglement and blurring of roles between the

When we listen to the “better angels of our nature” we will hear that many people who are our neighbors are frightened. Local leaders have the power to address this in a caring and reassuring way. We must remember, as President Kennedy wrote, we are “A Nation of Immigrants.”

CAHRO, the California Association of Human Relations Organizations, held its biennial conference Oct 27 & 28 at San Jose State University. Human relations commissioners and staff, public officials, students, educators, activists, and community members from across California came together for two days of talks, workshops, and organizing activities on economic human rights, discrimination, and effective practices for realizing human rights