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3 <br />Attachment A <br />RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION <br />AS AN ADVISORY BOARD /COMMISSION TO <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />Whereas on January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay <br />Act of 2009, the first bill that he signed into law to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and <br />the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; and <br />Whereas, a disparity persists between women and men in hiring for jobs that pay higher <br />wages and salaries, with preference given to men over women; and <br />Whereas women historically have received and continue to receive less pay and lower <br />incomes than their male counterparts while fulfilling the same duties and responsibilities; <br />and <br />Whereas women historically have been neglected in cases of promotion, with promotions <br />being awarded to or favoring men even though women have performed as well as or better <br />than their male counterparts; and <br />Whereas no advisory board that addresses issues unique to women currently exists to <br />provide policy and program recommendations to the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners, since the former Commission for Women, established in 1978, was <br />eliminated as an advisory board in 2010; <br />Therefore be it resolved that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners hereby <br />establishes The Women's Commission as an advisory board to the Board of County <br />Commissioners, to be staffed by and receive technical support from the Orange County <br />Department of Economic Development; and <br />Be it further resolved that the overarching charge of The Women's Commission shall be to <br />examine and expose the inequalities and inequities experienced by women in the business <br />sector, the workplace, entrepreneurship, education and professional advancement and <br />leadership in Orange County, and to advocate for women so as to give redress to such <br />imbalances and discrimination via policy and program recommendations to the Orange <br />County Board of County Commissioners; and <br />Moreover be it resolved that The Women's Commission, whenever possible, shall work in <br />concert with other advisory boards, county departments and community organizations in <br />fulfilling its purpose to help assure equity and achievement for women locally, regionally <br />and nationally. <br />