Sen. Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas), whose district also covers neighborhoods nearby, spoke about discrimination against Black children and families through urban planning policies. She said it is common practice for policymakers to “take our poverty, our racial characteristics, plug it into a grant, get dollars and those dollars do not find their way back to [predominantly Black] ZIP codes.”

SB184 would seek an annual diversity audit of managerial positions, and would also expand the North Las Vegas City Council from four council members to six, shrinking each ward. North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown testified in opposition to the measure on Monday, three days after delivering a State of the City address that celebrated the city’s multicultural tenor and diversity among residents and leadership.

Community groups are pushing for a swift investigation, accountability and reform after a video showed Clark County school police using force on high school students during an incident last week.

Quentin Savwoir, a member of the Nevada Housing Justice Alliance, said Nevada’s unique seven-day eviction law is merely a matter of failed policy.

Though Gov. Steve Sisolak and other state leaders have touted Nevada as having the nation’s best economic momentum out of the pandemic, many residents are struggling to make ends meet amid a steep rise in rental and home prices.

Community leaders note the growth of Nevada's minority populations and say that new district maps must reflect the state's increasing diversity.

She likened the summary eviction process to tenants having to sue for the right to defend themselves, and said by the best estimates of process servers, only 10 percent of tenants served such notices fight back.

The discussion, which laid bare starkly different visions of how the state should be intervening in housing policy during the pandemic, comes at a time when home values are at record highs and homes are in short supply.

The number of Nevada Amazon employees and dependents on Medicaid nearly doubled year over year, increasing from 4,040 to 7,892, despite statements on the company’s website that they offer medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage to all of their employees, regardless of their level or position.