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Budget analysts lay out socioeconomic equity indicators; supervisors push for equity lens in budget
Summary
The Budget & Legislative Analyst presented a socioeconomic equity report showing neighborhood and racial disparities—declines in the black population, gaps in median income and prenatal care, and overrepresentation in incarceration—and supervisors asked the analysts to develop a Phase 2 linking indicators to departmental budget allocations.
Supervisor John Avalos opened a June 5 hearing on a Budget & Legislative Analyst report titled Socioeconomic Equity in the City and County of San Francisco and urged that the report be used as a framework to guide budget and policy priorities.
Fred Brousseau, the analyst leading the project, presented indicators by race, ethnicity and supervisorial district. He noted the city has become more diverse over the last 30 years but highlighted a 35.7 percent decline in the black or African American population.…
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