Item 2.Desk Item with Exhibit 3.JEDI PlanPREPARED BY: Holly Young
Senior Management Analyst
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT
MEETING DATE: 03/22/2023
ITEM NO: 2
DATE: March 22, 2023
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Provide Input for the Draft Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Plan.
REMARKS:
Exhibit 3 includes Planning Commissioner comments.
EXHIBITS:
Previously received with the March 22, 2023, Staff Report:
1.ALFI Discovery Report
2.Potential JEDI Plan Action Items
Received with this Desk Item Report:
3.Planning Commissioner Comments
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From: Jeffrey Barnett
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 2:46:29 PM
To: Laurel Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>; Joel Paulson <jpaulson@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Planning Commission Meeting of 3.22.23 - Agenda Item 2
Dear Laurel and Joel.
I suggest that the JEDI report include examples of the types of discrimination that are prohibited in the
operation of the Town and which are anathema to the JEDI principles.
A possible source is California Civil Code Section 51, pertinent parts of which are included below. While I
believe that this statute is not binding on public entities such as our Town, it nevertheless embodies our
principles and expresses our aspirations.
It would be important to recognize that these categories are examples, and are not comprehensive.
I would appreciate inclusion of this email as a desk item for Wednesday's meeting.
Thank you.
Jeffrey
California Civil Code Section 51
(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
(b) All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race,
color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital
status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status are entitled to the full
and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments
of every kind whatsoever.
. . .
(e) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Disability” means any mental or physical disability as defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of
the Government Code.
(2) (A) “Genetic information” means, with respect to any individual, information about any of the
following:
(i) The individual’s genetic tests.
(ii) The genetic tests of family members of the individual.
(iii) The manifestation of a disease or disorder in family members of the individual.
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(B) “Genetic information” includes any request for, or receipt of, genetic services, or participation
in clinical research that includes genetic services, by an individual or any family member of the
individual.
(C) “Genetic information” does not include information about the sex or age of any individual.
(3) “Medical condition” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 12926 of the
Government Code.
(4) “Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice.
(5) “Sex” includes, but is not limited to, pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to
pregnancy or childbirth. “Sex” also includes, but is not limited to, a person’s gender. “Gender” means
sex, and includes a person’s gender identity and gender expression. “Gender expression” means a
person’s gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the
person’s assigned sex at birth.
(6) “Sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic
information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status”
includes a perception that the person has any particular characteristic or characteristics within the
listed categories or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any
particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories.
(7) “Sexual orientation” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (s) of Section 12926 of the
Government Code.