If  the recommendations  of these boards "can result in new, or improved, programs and services", the editorial should have cited at least one case where this has happened.
I know some people who are on the Human Rights Commission, and I can't help but think that all the time and energy they put into their work is wasted.
As an example, the Human Rights Commission has been trying, unsuccessfully, for years to get the city to decriminalize homelessness, but the camping ban city officials  enforce is still costing lives.
Carrie Miller might be alive today if the city hadn't closed down the Whoville camp in 2014.