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Budget Justice Coalition and county present budget‑equity tool to Board of Supervisors; pilot planned
Summary
Budget Justice Coalition and the county's Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice described a Budget Equity Tool designed to help departments evaluate budget proposals for racial and economic equity; the board and staff discussed piloting the tool with several departments.
At a Feb. 4 meeting, representatives of the Budget Justice Coalition and the Bay Area Equity Atlas presented a draft county Budget Equity Tool and requested that the board adopt a pilot to integrate equity considerations into departmental budget development.
Ryan Fukumori of the Bay Area Equity Atlas described publicly available data resources and urged greater disaggregation to make tradeoffs visible to policy makers and the public. "An informed citizenry is really important for good governance," Fukumori said, and the atlas provides maps and datasets that aid local decision‑making.
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