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City to centralize engagement and equity work into new department; ADA and language‑access positions added
Summary
Manager realignment combines engagement, participatory budgeting, language access and equity functions into a new Engagement Department. Deputy manager said the shift will standardize approaches, add an ADA coordinator and a full‑time language‑access role and bring teams into a single office at Golden Belt.
Deputy City Manager Bertha Windisch outlined a reorganization that centralizes community engagement, language‑access, participatory budgeting and equity functions into a single new department to be located at the Golden Belt campus. The manager’s reorganization moves small engagement teams from Neighborhood Improvement Services, Equity & Inclusion, Communications, Planning, Budget, and other offices into one unified department; a new director will be recruited to lead the unit.
Why it matters: council and staff have repeatedly raised concerns that the city’s numerous engagement efforts can appear…
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