Title:
Title
Citywide Racial Equity Initiative: Draft Council Resolution and Community Engagement
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File ID: 2021-00022
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Consider and provide direction on a draft resolution which: a) acknowledges historic and recent systemic harms and racism; b) affirms a sustained commitment to racial equity citywide; and c) focuses on the City's role in developing credibility, trust, and accountability with communities of color; and 2) provide direction to the City Manager on outreach and resources to create a community driven and owned approach to build proactive and meaningful community partnerships in developing this initiative.
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Contact: Allison Joe, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-7005, Office of Councilmember Jay Schenirer - District 5; Koy Saeteurn, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-7006, Office of Councilmember Eric Guerra - District 6.
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Presenter: Jay Schenirer, Councilmember, (916) 808-7005, Council District 5, Eric Guerra, Councilmember, (916) 808-7006, Council District 6
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Draft Racial Equity Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: This year, the City Council will lead a series of actions to begin to address longstanding racial inequities and move toward becoming an anti-racist city -in its internal and external structure, policies, and actions.
Based on events, public conversations, and a need for the City and its leaders to acknowledge and address historic and systemic racism and respond to the impacts of such longstanding inequities on our local community, members of the Law and Legislation Committee requested an update from staff on the status of current efforts to advance racial equity in the City of Sacramento (City). The City Council in December 2020 unanimously agreed to develop and implement an approach to address racial equity citywide, with quarterly actions moving forward. This report addresses two of these componen...
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