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Residents tell council Department of Neighborhood Empowerment outreach has left immigrant and low‑income communities out of neighborhood-council process
Summary
Multiple community members told the City Council they found outreach by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment inadequate, especially for limited-English and lower-income communities, and urged resources such as childcare, translation and transportation to enable broad participation.
At a public-comment period called early in the July 11 City Council meeting, multiple speakers representing neighborhood groups and community organizations told the council that the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) had not adequately reached limited‑English and lower‑income communities in early meetings to form neighborhood councils.
Speakers said some DONE meetings had relied on small-format activities (for example, Post-it notes) without providing background information or language access. They urged the…
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