Agenda #: 5.5
Meeting Date: May 16, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Daniel Fox, City Manager
TITLE: RESOLUTION DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM.
STRATEGIC
GOAL: Open, Engaged & Responsive Government
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-12 denouncing antisemitism.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No financial impact.
BACKGROUND:
The City received a letter from the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys requesting that the City of Diamond Bar take several steps in support of the Jewish community, including signing the American Jewish Committee and US Conference of Mayors statement to combat antisemitism; adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition on antisemitism (included in the resolution); approving a resolution denouncing and condemning antisemitism and all forms of hatred; appointing a community task force to foster relationships between groups; and establishing initiatives to foster interfaith acceptance, understanding and harmony.
Staff has prepared a resolution denouncing antisemitism for the Council’s consideration.
PREPARED BY:
REVIEWED BY:
Attachments:
1. 5.5.a Resolution No. 2023-12
2. 5.5.b Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys Letter