Articles About OC Human Relations

The Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1991 As police chief of the city of Santa Ana, I cannot overstate the importance of the Human Relations Commission. The commission is a key-ingredient in fostering of harmony and understanding in culturally diverse Orange County… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1991 In the 20 years since the Orange County Human Relations Commission was formed, the County has changed from a nearly all-white suburban enclave to a multicultural urban center.  The Commission has done well and deserves support…. click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1991 It seemed an unlikely decision for the Orange County Board of Supervisors to have made, create a semi-autonomous commission, people it with prominent activists, then let it loose to document whatever social injustices were happening in its backyard… click here to read more

Orange County Register, October 11, 1986 Suspects, motives are elusive a year after Arab spokesman’s death.  This much the FBI will say: a year ago today terrorists killed Arab spokesman Alex Odeh… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1986 Throughout a day long conference Saturday in Anaheim, spearheaded by the Orange County Human Relations Commission, more than 200 Latino parents heard the message over and over again: Know what your children are doing in the classroom and show that you care.  click here to read more

The OC Register, January 18, 1985 About 60 undocumented agricultural workers were arrested in Orange County fields Thursday, federal officials said.   Orange County Human Relations  Commission expressed concern about the arrests and said they were investigating the legality of the arrests… click here to read more

The OC Register, January 13, 1985 The number of homeless in Orange County is impossible to calculate because they make a point of trying to be invisible, but all who deal with the problem in any way agree that the number is increasing and a conservative estimate is 4,000 or more…. click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, December 16, 1984 It seems, at first, an unlikely combination of personalities, a suburban police chief and a college administrator, a military retiree and a rabbi, a telephone company executive and a housewife.  But then, the Orange County Human Relations Commission, in some ways, is an unlikely organization… click here to read more