3.78.010 Creation of the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission.
A Berkeley Human Welfare and Community Action Commission is hereby created. The membership of such commission shall be fifteen:
A. Nine of the members shall be appointed by Berkeley City Councilmembers, in accordance with the Fair Representation Ordinance.
B. Six of the members shall be representatives of the poor, to be elected two from each of three districts as established by the City Council and shown on the map attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked "Exhibit A" (see Ch. 3.999).
C. The community service block grant (CSBG) target area shall comprise the total area from which three election districts are drawn. Each district will have approximately equal numbers of poverty families utilizing data from the 1980 Census.
1. Four of the nine members of the commission appointed by the council shall be members or officials of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or major groups and interests in the community, as required by California Government Code Sections 12736(e), 12750(a)(2), and 12751, the language of which is incorporated herein by reference.
2. Representatives of private sector organizations shall be empowered to speak and act on behalf of the organizations they represent in connection with the board’s business. (Ord. 6011-NS § 1, 1990)