Local planning boards, including planning commissions, zoning boards, design review committees, and other specialized bodies of appointed officials, are crucial to land-use decision-making across the U.S. They oversee comprehensive planning and land subdivisions, grant zoning variances, and review requests for discretionary use permits, among other duties. To minimize bias and advance equitable development outcomes, it is important for these bodies to reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.
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