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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-07-19 | 15 | challenges; the subcommittee will come back with a final report. 3-D. Update on Training The Chief Assistant City Attorney announced Sunshine Ordinance training would be held on December 14th at 10:00 a.m. and a Study Session would also be scheduled, which would be publicly noticed. In response to Commissioner Chen inquiry, the Chief Assistant City Attorney stated the content of the email she sent Commissioners would be more appropriately discussed during a later agenda item about the complaint procedure. Vice Chair Shabazz thanked staff for working together to set up training; stated that he is looking forward to different study sessions. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS 4-A. Consider Communication regarding Correspondence with First Amendment Coalition (Commissioner Reid) Withdrawn. 4-B. Consider Communication regarding Discussion Items (Commissioner Reid). Withdrawn. 4-C. Consider Communication regarding Equity Survey (Vice Chair Shabazz) Vice Chair Shabazz made brief comments. In response to Chair Tilos' inquiry, the City Clerk stated any survey cannot be made mandatory; a person cannot be forced to fill it out; legally what can be asked and where the survey should come from is a question of whether it falls under the OGC or something the Council should direct. Commissioner LoPilato stated that she likes the goal of the survey to ensure Boards and Commissions are diverse, inclusive and equitable; gaining the information at the application stage, rather than after the appointment stage, is problematic in nature; an interesting question is what does the application pipeline look like and what can be done to improve the pipeline and make it more diverse; she would add more immediately implementable things along the lines of applying an equity lens in the application process; also finding out what is done currently to recruit people and how that can be improved. Commissioner Chen thanked Commissioner Reid for sharing the Sacramento link; stated part of the recommendation is suggesting that the City set up a committee on racial equity and diversity; the OGC's role is to increase the number of people who apply; it is hard to know where is the need to generate applications. Commissioner Reid stated that she is supportive of the goal to represent all members of Meeting of the Open Government Commission 15 July 19, 2021 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-07-19.pdf |