Title
Adopt a Racial Equity Resolution
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FileID
File ID: 2024-02008
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to operationalize racial equity in the City, with the goal of producing material outcomes for all residents to thrive and fostering a culture of shared partnership and accountability between community and government.
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Contact
Contact: Allison S. Joe, Senior Advisor, Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg; (916) 808-5300; ajoe@cityofsacramento.org
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Presenter
Presenter: Aim?e Zenzele Barnes, Diversity & Equity Manager, (916) 808-1174, abarnes@cityofsacramento.org, Department of Human Resources; Jesse Villalobos, Race Forward, Race Forward, info@raceforward.org
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Attachments
Attachments:
1 - Description/Analysis
2 - Revised March 2024 Scope of Work and Workplan for SCORE Initiative
3 - Proposed Resolution as amended by the Racial Equity Committee on October 29, 2024
4 - Proposed Resolution as amended by the City Manager
5 - Summary of REA and REC Hosted Listening Sessions
6 - Outreach Related to the Development of the Proposed Resolution
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: In 2021, Council directed staff to provide a possible framework to address racial equity and inequitable policies, practices, and decisions, and develop a definition of "racial equity" with community. Specific direction from the Council was to bring back a Council resolution which acknowledges historic and recent systemic harms and racism; and affirms a sustained commitment to a citywide racial equity initiative.
On January 11, 2021, Council created the Racial Equity Committee (Committee) as a standing committee of the Council to help the Council align the advancement of racial equity in City policy, budget, and service-delivery decision making and increase engagement, transparency, and accountability for the City's ongoing racial equity work.
A draft resolution is one of the de...
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