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Public commenter urges Commission to update six-year-old equity statement
Summary
A public commenter who monitors equity statements told the Commission the current equity and diversity statement is six years old and criticized the lack of accountability in enforcement, citing workforce salary disparities by race.
Lambert, who identifies themself as a monitor of equity and diversity statements at City Hall, urged the Commission to move faster on updating and enforcing the city's equity statement, saying the current document is six years old and that prolonged study without action perpetuates inequities.
"If a statement is six years old and there's still confusion, then you're studying too long," Lambert said, later adding that accountability measures discussed in other audits had not been implemented and pointing to low salaries among Black employees as an example of continuing disparities. Lambert told the Commission they had raised these concerns at a recent budget audit and described reluctance among some residents to speak at the public microphone.
The transcript records Lambert's comments during the public-comment period; no formal response or policy action by the Commission is recorded in the provided segments.
