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Office of Racial Equity presents budget-equity framework; public urges no cuts to CBOs and calls for targeted Black investments
Summary
The Office of Racial Equity presented a racial-equity framework and previewed a budget-equity tool to be released in December; directors reported departmental progress, gaps in investment for Black, Pacific Islander and Indigenous communities, and urged disaggregated data and dedicated equity line items. Dozens of public commenters demanded that community-based organizations be protected from cuts and that the city make targeted investments in Black communities.
At the July 29 Budget & Appropriations Committee hearing, Director Shakira Simley of the Office of Racial Equity (ORE) described the office’s racial-equity framework and an imminent budget-equity tool the office plans to release in December. Chair Sandra Lee Feuer introduced Item 2 and thanked ORE and Director Cheryl Evans Davis of the Human Rights Commission for participating.
Simley said the ORE’s work is a response to long-standing disparities that COVID-19 has intensified. She told the committee the office surveyed departments and has been working with communities and the mayor’s budget office to create a consistent approach for identifying disparities, prioritizing programs that reduce them and setting measurable…
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