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<br /> 1 Gene '`.,`;or i c;uchi said tint he ' ought the Ok:) ier s were impressed by the C::i.tv ` s
<br /> concern , but that unless they were ac '1;uall ; managing the c c pa.eN , they were
<br /> somewhat removed . lie sugces ted tint the h'.Wiuugers mi ; h•t be asked to come in
<br /> next t:Llr.e
<br /> Mel Kerwin said th t he thought the a.tti tude of the nia j or i t yr of J..v nd to rd s Wa
<br /> "not thqt good . " He said that he , toe) , felt that it would have been good to
<br /> have the managers at those meei;1..ng^ , i;hour}h dim Thompson , the MCI'Ix representative
<br /> on his rli_jiht , thought that, it wasn ' t a g;ood idea to have the confrontation th:.;. t-,
<br /> t}1..vt would involve .
<br /> a 1 ] said ' i l• j the �' J C•� 1 1 r' '� R' meetings , 7
<br /> Paul Ft(rc_l��l_c,� -�., � ., t�L., biggest ccyirf:c �;rh�{�:�t:ioi. in the n.cetin� s he had attended
<br /> had ,,1(, the mnR g o R mac) R the owner) his friend The
<br /> rl,_,,d cf�Jl... ��r,l�hen t,l � ,...�ll��,,,rr:r. )r::„ls thee. �•� ,--E;n thc ). , . ,.� �, )� .� The
<br /> 1L iAi just ! :i Ltly denied ctiscr nn:Lxlat:u:fJ , he said . Sitirley Pepper,, oJ_
<br /> NCFII , h_?rd done a "h.?'•Lgni :iai_c:ent job " at that peii.t . IIe questioned whether it 1.,as
<br /> to have the milyIngers come l cv.. J . .
<br /> S i 1' rti c .a Mc a i. c said that the owners of i ] said , "Oh , that m anaLc _ was only
<br /> there , ^ q three » ; + l t :2 - lcw we ' ve , t )c t t:em manager , " and that they a cr c
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<br /> using tlii as a 1•:''y out .
<br /> Dave J.1)r ( ns asked Asr i.stant Cry '. y Liana€ er ,S,r:i th where pl 'ins for a follow-up
<br /> audit stoop . 7 a m J Y:: -th said u 1t the r: h .r;er f s eccj Ye n1a i s had been for
<br /> r 1-� •{ :•fie " ' • • ) l i' funds ) r . Led for, one S > .
<br /> an a. 11 U.:. �+ ..�-.:, ., :J. �. +.)c_.�-:l_ .i �.. • ,,_ , and that no r, Cr"E: - L' �� a ,• C: Ui:,('i.
<br /> IBC 1-: co,..: d conduct the second cs.udit , he me.id , but til.c: r would not, be expected
<br /> to du .c_;t.? on `c:;, g?'i3•t:'_ .J )c1,si .
<br /> ((;c• l: t-4-•., .,-' .t. a • c i o .(.r }i 1 ec/� Iii -'n �t: it lt.
<br /> Paul ` r T 71. r' a `? 1 �• � a �lj i ? � r • . .� - the
<br /> }: �h1tl ,._.:l.('�; >.. ; r.:d .�. „h- z e. �t�l_u, at. �_c. c:�. the) .. � Ins �:..� '.1 .
<br /> C7 ' 1. o ') erns r •. :. r -. ef-1/� • .. o(•R City C,tJhlt_t.-..,. , .ter (fin.- tl..._ iJlJt•\.• �',.: �� L%.{..'• Ll, the G . lrjr Cnunl. :L'?. .
<br /> Mel Kerwin said that he had questions about the audit . There were a lot of
<br /> ai tae► c 't laws on discrimination , he s :-. c , ond he wondered why they haven ' t
<br /> been used .
<br /> Gene x•?or:i guchi_ said that there were two basic legtC!. remedies in Californ i.-z .
<br /> One , the Rumford Act , deals wi th the problem through the Fair Employment
<br /> Practices Ccm'n:iss :i oii , but ' the FEFC is so overlomdec:i that it takes three months
<br /> to a year before it hands down an administrative de.c. is:ion in a case . The
<br /> other , the Unruh Civil Rights Act, gives fairly 'iminedi :ite action , he said , but
<br /> the courts "don ' t appreciate the significance" of discrimination cases . He
<br /> suggested that regulatory provisions to Redwood City ' s local business license
<br /> might be a solution .
<br /> Paul Keckiey pointed out that Palo Alto is testing this possibility and that
<br /> that is why Redwood City is "willing to sit back" and wait to see how it comes
<br /> out , while giving theca whatever help they need .
<br /> Gone Moriguchi said that Palo Alto might conceivably drop the project , and
<br /> that Redwood City should "go test it ourselves . "
<br /> Mel Kerwin said that . Gene Moriguchi had indicated that there is "very little
<br /> legal threat to the landlord . " He wondered if, because of this , a second
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