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Audit finds priority neighborhoods received equal or higher Beautify SJ services; council directs staff to design targeted blight pilot
Summary
A city audit found that priority equity communities received equal or higher access to the Beautify SJ neighborhood blight reduction programs. San José City Council unanimously directed staff to prepare a memorandum of budget and analysis (MBA) to design a geographically focused outreach, education and enforcement pilot for systemic blight.
San José City Council on Tuesday accepted an independent audit finding that priority equity communities received equal or higher levels of service from the city’s Beautify SJ neighborhood blight reduction programs and directed staff to return with a funding plan for a targeted pilot to address persistent blight.
The audit, presented by City Auditor Joe Royce, compared service access using three equity lenses — the Healthy Places Index, the San José Equity Atlas and Metropolitan Transportation Commission equity priority communities — and examined program data, service timeliness and outreach. Royce said the audit found priority communities received a higher…
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