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Stockton DEI lead details hiring, training and equity framework; council presses for implementation plan
Summary
Priya Nixon, the city’s inclusion lead, presented a two‑tier plan to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across city hiring, training and programs. Council members pressed for concrete 30/60/90‑day deliverables, raised funding and reporting questions and asked staff to return with a more detailed implementation timeline.
Priya Nixon, who has been overseeing Stockton’s inclusion initiatives since June 2024, told the City Council on June 24 that the city’s DEI work will be organized in two tiers: near‑term operational changes and longer‑term structural reforms.
Nixon said Tier 1 includes a full recruiting and hiring practice evaluation, an internship pipeline with local minority‑serving institutions, moving performance evaluations to an online platform to capture inclusion‑oriented goals, and expanded training and reporting. "So the resolution ... affirms the importance of culturally inclusive practices, services, and…
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