"systemic racism review committee"

The planning commission, hospital board, Board of Equalization and Systemic Racism Review Committee all have openings.

The city’s working title for the project is the Lemon Creek Multimodal Path. The city doesn’t know where the path will be, what it will cost or when it will be done. It needs money to make a plan for the path first.

The main concerns the committee had were about the lack of affordable housing in Juneau and a lack of public input on the legislation.

The Juneau Assembly created the Systemic Racism Review Committee last year. Before, staffers and policymakers rarely discussed race and equity.

The committee will review proposed laws and advise the assembly if they include a policy or implication that is racist.

The seven-person committee will review proposed laws and advise the assembly if they include a policy or implication that is racist.

This is the latest proposal to come forward as the city continues to struggle with the lack of affordable childcare options.

The committee will be tasked with reviewing legislation that comes before the Assembly to ensure that it doesn’t perpetuate discrimination or inequality in the community. 

Assembly members in committee also discussed an anti-racism resolution that’s part of the response to the Black Lives Matter movement’s demands, and Assembly member Rob Edwardson’s ordinance to create a Systemic Racism Review Committee. 

Assembly members and the public expressed support for rooting out systemic racism. But there were also concerns that the proposal would introduce a major hurdle to local policymaking.