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Planning staff and equity advisory council lay out progress and gaps in centering racial and social equity
Summary
Planning staff and the Equity Advisory Council reviewed progress two years after the commission's equity resolution, highlighted a budget equity tool and new funding for community engagement, and heard community calls for concrete, measurable actions and stronger anti‑displacement measures.
The Planning Commission heard a comprehensive briefing on the department’s work to center racial and social equity in planning. Staff described work internal to the department — including a budget equity tool, human resources equity guidelines and an allocation of roughly $750,000 for community engagement — and announced plans for an equity audit of planning code and equity impact analysis guidelines.
Equity Council members and community advocates told the commission the…
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