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Commission affirms Department of the Environment’s racial equity initiative
Summary
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted March 14 to adopt a resolution affirming the Department of the Environment’s commitment to operationalizing racial equity across programs, embedding training and a data-driven action plan, and coordinating with a citywide cohort.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment on March 14 unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the department’s Racial Equity Initiative, directing staff to develop a departmental racial equity action plan and to continue staff training and interdepartmental collaboration.
Staff presenters said the initiative will move the department from awareness to action by embedding a racial equity lens into program design, internal processes and budgeting. Wendy Goodfriend, Climate and Environmental Justice Program manager, and Shraddha Mehta of the Environmental Justice Program summarized the department’s history of work in frontline neighborhoods, including environmental-justice grants and energy programs that placed solar PV systems on low-income homes. Soko Made…
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