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DPH unveils three-year racial equity action plan focused on workforce changes
Summary
The Department of Public Health presented a 2021–2023 Racial Equity Action Plan emphasizing workforce recruitment, retention, discipline reform and accountability; the plan will be a 'living document' with quarterly updates to the commission.
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.
Bennett described department demographics and the plan's rationale: "Nearly 75% of our staff are either white or…
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