Dear Salt Lake City Residents,
We’re embarking on a journey this fall that will have an effect on discrimination practices in the housing and employment sectors within Salt Lake City. The City is requesting your input on this important venture, before any specific proposals are finalized.
Last winter, then City Council Chair Jill Remington Love and I requested the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission facilitate a public process on the subject of human rights. The Commission responded by hosting a Dialogue on Discrimination series.
Recently, the Commission unveiled its 2009 Discrimination Report which includes important testimony, data and compelling narratives extending from the Dialogue series. The Commission recommended a nondiscrimination ordinance as one of its four recommendations. To view a copy of this report, click here.
I anticipate delivery of a nondiscrimination ordinance to the City Council from my office by mid-September of this year. I invite you to view a summary of Salt Lake City’s current thinking regarding this future ordinance here. I am requesting your feedback and ideas on our current direction prior to drafting a formal ordinance. Additionally, I encourage you to share both the 2009 Discrimination Report and the summary with your family, friends and neighbors.
Please submit your feedback to mayor@slcgov.com by August 21, 2009 so that it may be considered as we draft the ordinance.
I am committed to the focus on human rights through a democratic form of government and look forward to receiving your thoughts as we continue our efforts to achieve equality for all in our community.
Respectfully,
Ralph Becker
Mayor
Transmittal to the City Council, October 16, 2009: Non-Discrimination Ordinance