1 THESE MINUTES ARE NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED BY THE
CULVER CITY EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF THE July 28, 2026
CULVER CITY EQUITY AND 6:00 P.M.
HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA
Call To Order & Roll Call
Chair Renteria called the regular meeting of the Culver City Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee to order in the Garden Room at the Veterans Memorial Building at 6:00 p.m.
Members Present: Denice Renteria, Chair
London McBride, Vice Chair*
Samia Bano, Member
Haifaa Moammar, Member
Ifunanyachukwu Nweke, Member**
Rebecca Rona-Tuttle, Member
Carlos Valverde, Member
*Vice Chair McBride arrived at 6:01 p.m.
**Member Nweke arrived at 6:14 p.m.
Absent: Lucine Linnemayr, Member
Staff Present: Dana Anderson, Chief Human Resources
Officer
Michelle Hamilton, Deputy Human Resources
Director
Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity
Analyst
Monica Kilaita, Deputy City Attorney
Josseline Hernandez, Human Resources
Technician
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2 Pledge of Allegiance
Chair Renteria led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Items from Members/Staff
Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, discussed creation of an advisory board, task force or committee for women and girls; community input and responses received; and good ideas and suggestions received.
Member Valverde congratulated Culver City for the summer concert series noting that they were creating community.
Member Rona discussed a conversation with her Texas relatives about certain people being seen as “the other” as compared to white people; looking at ways to help people in Culver City not be seen as “the other”; and helping people appreciate each other.
Vice Chair McBride arrived.
Responding to inquiry, Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, clarified that Member Linnemayr was unable to attend the meeting.
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Public Comment – Items NOT On the Agenda
Chair Renteria invited public comment.
Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, reported that no one had signed up to speak.
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Receipt of Correspondence
Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, reported that no correspondence had been received.
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3 Consent Calendar
Item C-1
Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting Held on April 28, 2026
Chair Renteria indicated that she had abstained from the vote for the adult individual award on page 8 of the minutes.
MOVED BY MEMBER BANO AND SECONDED BY MEMBER MOAMMAR THAT THE
EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 28, 2026, AS AMENDED.
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, RENTERIA, VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAINED: RONA
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR, NWEKE
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Order of the Agenda
No changes were made
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Action Items
Item A-1
(1) Receive and File a Report from the Diversity Awareness Projects (DAP) Ad Hoc Subcommittee; (2) If so desired, Discuss and Consider Approval of the Report’s Recommendations and (3) Determine Next Steps as Deemed Appropriate
Member Valverde provided an update; reported that the first write up on the Pacific Electric Camps including permissions and photographs had been submitted to staff; discussed the draft of the Gabrieliño Tongva article; the articles on the Kunisawa family; Sebastian’s Cotton Club; and he asked the Committee to support submitting the first write up and
pictures to begin the actual micro-site to be submitted to IT with the others added as they are completed.
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4 Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members regarding previous discussion and approval of the item at the last meeting; the need for Committee approval of the
Gabrieliño report; and separate approval required for the photographs that would be submitted later.
Member Nweke arrived at 6:14 p.m.
Committee Members took a few minutes to review the Gabrieliño report.
Additional discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members regarding a correction to a reference to Henry Culver rather than Harry Culver; use of the word “burials” rather than “gravesites”; terminology that came from a Gabrieliño historian; sharing the report with the Historical Society before publication; citing the historian involved in the process; agreement to seek clarification with the historian and add that to the document; including a glossary of terms; ensuring that writing is kept to an eighth grade level to allow accessibility; and agreement to wait on approval of the Gabrieliño report until the next meeting.
MOVED BY MEMBER VALVERDE AND SECONDED BY CHAIR RENTERIA THAT
THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECEIVE AND
FILE A REPORT FROM THE DIVERSITY AWARENESS PROJECTS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
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Item A-2
(1) Receive and File a Report from the 2026-2027 Public Events, Projects, and Budget Ad Hoc Subcommittee; (2) Discuss and Make Recommendations, as Deemed Appropriate; and (3) Determine Next Steps as Deemed Appropriate
Member Bano discussed collaboration with staff for United Against Hate Week in October; the theme proposed program and format; simplifying the event and reducing costs;
infeasibility of the Guashna Village presentation and the Ballona Discovery Park event; holding off on Courageous Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee
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5 Conversations pending survey results; review of the survey; and the optional open-ended question at the end to add
comments or concerns to share.
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding ensuring that providing information on age, race, and/or ethnicity is voluntary; clarification on the goal of the survey results; adoption of results into the work of the EHRAC work plan; the goal to gather information to understand how to address certain issues; community engagement meetings; concern with creating expectations; asking a more open-ended question about what the barriers are; the goal of eliciting information on how to better do their jobs; adding a question for people to identify what age group they are in; the
importance of how things are worded; wording for the race and ethnicity question; categories provided; adding a question about what might make it easier for people to attend meetings; whether to limit the number of options provided;
disaggregation of data; aligning programming recommendations with survey data; narrowing down priorities; adding language to direct people to select all that apply; information
generated at the end of the survey; ranking certain items to determine priorities; asking people which topics they are most interested in learning about; the fact that the majority of residents are not LGBTQ or immigrants so they could lose out on being represented; groups that do not get information; the opportunity to consider the data and determine how to move forward; opportunities to receive feedback at events; building in flexibility; concern with providing fewer
choices; the fact that people may not think of things if they are not reminded; topics not included in the list;
disabilities and homelessness; purview of other committees; top issues identified in the very first survey; and the fact that people feel heard when they are asked for their feedback.
Additional discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members regarding agreement to ask respondents to rank their choices for question 1 in order of interest; agreement to revise question 2 to ask which topics they are most interested in learning about ranked in order of interest; agreement to move question 3 to become number 5 and have it read: “What challenges, if any, would prevent you from attending any EHRAC events?”; agreement that question 4 would ask survey
respondents to identify their age group with the option to decline to state; agreement to ask how respondents identify and include the option to decline to state; staff indicated Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee
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6 that they would address numbering issues; and agreement on wording for the optional write-in question with a character limit specified.
Further discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members regarding the flyer; a reminder not to use all caps ensuring everything is in an accessible format; govdelivery; digital flyers vs. paper flyers; confusion when the “other” option is included on paper flyers; the United Against Hate Week event planned for October 21; other events that were deemed to be infeasible or put on hold pending survey feedback;
distribution at a City booth at Fiesta La Ballona;
consistency; encouraging people to take the five question survey; agreement on changes on the survey and the flyer; plans to administer the survey through August and potentially part of September; and agreement to agendize the item and updated event recommendations at the September meeting.
MOVED BY MEMBER BANO AND SECONDED BY MEMBER VALVERDE THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
1. APPROVE THE SURVEY WITH EDITS AS DISCUSSED; AND,
2. APPROVE THE FLYER WITH EDITS AS DISCUSSED; AND,
3. APPROVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME AS DISCUSSED.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding the October event during United Against Hate Week; format; timing for holding the panel of storytellers with a small group discussion; speaking to the history of civil rights; emotional intelligence training; looking at
neurodivergence in the community; teaching tolerance and understanding; concern with the word tolerance; acceptance; defining tolerance; the collaborative effort; the City event vs. an EHRAC event; being cognizant of the Brown Act; Member attendance; the suggested speaker list; and the ad hoc
subcommittee for the event.
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7 MOVED BY MEMBER BANO AND SECONDED BY MEMBER VALVERDE THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: APPROVE THE IDEA OF THE EVENT AS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
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Item A-3
(1) Review, Discuss and Update, as Deemed Appropriate the Draft 2026 Biannual Report; (2) Approve of the July 2026 Biannual Report with Any Agreed Upon Edits; and (3) Authorize Transmittal of the July 2026 Biannual Report to City Council Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding accomplishments and scheduled activities;
clarification on the title of the February 22, 2026, Community Conversation; the microsite; continued work on the Youth Advisory Board and the Peace Resolution; adding a reference to the October 2026 EHRAC event in conjunction with United Against Hate Week; and the surveys.
MOVED BY MEMBER BANO AND SECONDED BY CHAIR RENTERIA THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
1. APPROVE THE JULY 2026 BIANNUAL REPORT WITH AGREED UPON EDITS; AND,
2. AUTHORIZE STAFF TO MAKE NON-SUBSTANTIVE EDITS; AND,
3. AUTHORIZE TRANSMITTAL OF THE JULY 2026 BIANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
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8 ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding microphones and the ability to record the meeting to compile the minutes.
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Item A-4
(1) Discuss the Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee Meeting Needs for July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026; and ((2) If So Desired, Determine and Approve Special Meeting Dates and Times for July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026 Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, provided a summary of the material of record.
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding a suggestion to hold a special meeting in September; and potential dates.
MOVED BY MEMBER VALVERDE AND SECONDED BY CHAIR RENTERIA THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
1. CANCEL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED EHRAC MEETING ON OCTOBER 27, 2026, AND INSTEAD HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON OCTOBER 21, 2026; AND,
2. ADD A SPECIAL EHRAC MEETING FOR REGULAR BUSINESS ON
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
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Item A-5
(1) Review EHRAC’S Current Ad Hoc Subcommittees as of the May 12, 2026, Special Meeting; (2) Dissolve Existing Ad Hoc Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee
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9 Subcommittees Whose Objectives Have Been Met; (3) Fill Vacant Positions and/or Adjust Existing Ad Hoc Subcommittees, as Deemed Appropriate; and (4) If So Desired Form New Ad Hoc Subcommittees In Accordance with Approved Events and Projects and Appoint Members Thereto
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding open seats; ad hoc subcommittees to dissolve; ad hoc subcommittees to be added; Members Moammar and Rona volunteered to serve on the October United Against Hate Event Ad Hoc Subcommittee; overlapping subcommittees; timing for the awards subcommittees; approval of the awards program in the fall in order to start marketing the awards in January; examination of the awards process; creation of a flyer; where the awards would be provided; City Council backlog; ensuring there is infrastructure in place to address potential issues; concern with putting out a flyer when information and plans are not confirmed; the need for the Awards Ad Hoc Subcommittee to meet; agreement that a draft flyer could be created pending consideration of the overall process that could lead to changes; information to include on the flyer; the ability to make changes to the draft flyer; creation of the new ad hoc subcommittee at the September meeting; and a suggestion that current members of the ad hoc subcommittee and the future ad hoc subcommittee be the same.
Additional discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members regarding agreement to have an earlier start to the event in order to have the flyer discussion at the special October meeting.
MOVED BY CHAIR RENTERIA AND SECONDED BY MEMBER BANO THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: CREATE THE
OCTOBER EVENT AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE INCLUDING MEMBERS BANO, MOAMMAR, AND RONA.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
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10 Item A-6
(1) Select by a Majority Vote a Chairperson (Chair) and a Vice Chairperson (Vice Chair) to Serve in those Capacities Until the Next Reorganization in July 2027 or Thereafter Member Rona nominated Member Moammar to serve as Chair.
Chair Renteria nominated Vice Chair McBride to serve as Chair.
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding protocol and support for following the City
Council’s process.
MOVED BY MEMBER MOAMMAR AND SECONDED BY MEMBER NWEKE THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: SELECT LONDON
MCBRIDE TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 2026-2027.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
MOVED BY MEMBER VALVERDE AND SECONDED BY MEMBER RENTERIA THAT THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: SELECT
HAIFAA MOAMMAR TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 2026-2027.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: BANO, MCBRIDE, MOAMMAR, NWEKE, RENTERIA, RONA,
VALVERDE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: LINNEMAYR
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Public Comment – Items NOT On the Agenda (Continued)
Chair Renteria invited public comment.
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11 Jeannine Houchen, Human Resources Equity Analyst, indicated that no requests to speak had been received.
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Items from Members/Staff
Committee Members thanked Chair Renteria for her service as Chair over the past year.
Chair Renteria expressed appreciation for the opportunity to serve; indicated that she had learned a lot; and noted that she would not be around for the next few months.
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Member Requests to Agendize Items
Discussion ensued between staff and Committee Members
regarding agendizing the EHRAC awards process for the
September meeting; receipt of a report from the October Event Ad Hoc Subcommittee; providing an opportunity for the Youth Member to join the Youth Advisory Ad Hoc Subcommittee; the standing item; receipt of an update from the Ad Hoc
Subcommittee with the opportunity to join; consideration of the survey for the Peace Resolution; receipt of a report from the Public Events and Budget Ad Hoc Subcommittee at the September meeting; the meeting between staff and the Vice Chair prior to the full Committee meeting; and receipt of a report from the Diversity Awareness Ad Hoc Subcommittee. o0o
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12 Adjournment
There being no further business, at 8:25 P.M., the Equity and Human Relations Advisory Committee adjourned to a meeting to be held on September 29, 2026, at 5:00 P.M.
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___________________________________________________________ Dana Anderson
SECRETARY of the Culver City Equity and
Human Relations Advisory Committee
Culver City, California
APPROVED
___________________________________________________________ Denice Renteria
CHAIR of the Culver City Equity and Human Relations
Advisory Committee
Culver City, California
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that, on the date below written, these minutes were filed in the Office of the City Clerk, Culver City, California and constitute the Official Minutes of said
meeting.
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Jeremy Bocchino Date
CITY CLERK