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CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
May 12, 2025
Palm Springs City Hall, Large Conference Room
1. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Loyola called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL:
Present: Commissioners: Loyola, Vignolo, Rimas, Greer, Horne, Soja, and Nevins.
Absent: Commissioner Rinke
Staff Present: Jeremy Hammond, Deputy City Manager, City Manager's Office
3. ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA.
MOTION BY: Motion by Commissioner Soja to accept the meeting agenda with Vice -Chair Vignolo's
recommendation to remove and reschedule item 9A (Update — Revision to Municipal Code) to the June 9,
2025, meeting and invite participation from the City Attorney's Office and the City Clerk's Office. Second by
Commissioner Rimas.
MOTION PASSES. YES 5; NO 1; ABSTAINED 1
4. PRESENTATIONS: David Brinkman, CEO DAP Health, gave a presentation and distributed materials to
the Commission.
Marquez Equilibria, Assistant Deputy Director, California Civil Rights Department gave a presentation
regarding the Community Conflict Resolution Unit.
S. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Revisions proposed to minutes of March 10, 2025 to be presented at the June
9. 2025 meeting for review and approval.
MOTION BY: Commissioner Soja, Second by Commissioner Horne to revise the March 10, 2025, minutes
and present at the June meeting and to approve the minutes of the April 14, 2025, meeting.
MOTION PASSES. YES 7; NO 0; ABSTAINED 0
6. WELCOME AND COMMENTS FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR
Chair Loyola presented introductory comments and introduced Commissioner Nevins.
7. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Public comments were presented by Abraham Ishaq (attached).
8. NEW BUSINESS:
A. None
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9. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
A. Update on Municipal Code.
This item was moved to the regular meeting of June 9, 2025. Invitations will be extended to the City
Attorney's Office and to the Office of the City Clerk.
B. Community Service Awards —Commissioners discussed suggested criteria for the Community Service
Awards prepared by Commissioners Horne and Rinke. The Commission asked that this be placed on
a subsequent agenda for further consideration. Commissioners Rinke and Horne will meet with staff
liaison Jeremy Hammond.
C. Calendar Planning for 2025
The Commission discussed the continued development of the calendar for 2025. Chair Loyola and
other Commissioners will continue to contact organizations and speakers for future Commission
meetings. An updated calendar has been uploaded to the Human Rights Commission webpage.
10. COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS AND REQUESTS:
Commissioner Horne and Vice -Chair Vignolo asked to add an item to the June 9 agenda to discuss
Intergroup Tensions.
11. ADJOURNMENT:
Commissioner Rimas made a motion to adjourn to Monday, April 14, 2025, at 6:44 p.m.
MOTION BY: Commissioner Rimas, Second by Commissioner Horne.
MOTION PASSES. YES 7; NO 0; ABSTAINED 0
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Jeremy Ham nd
Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: