DPH unveils three-year racial equity action plan focused on workforce changes

Dr. Ayanna Bennett, senior leader for equity work at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, presented the department's three-year Racial Equity Action Plan required by the ordinance that created the city's Office of Racial Equity. She said the plan centers on workforce equity across seven categories: hiring and recruitment, retention and promotion, discipline and separation, equitable leadership, mobility and professional development, organizational culture, and boards and commissions.