Responding to Hate Crimes
and Addressing Racial Equity at
the County of Santa Clara
Presented to
The City of Mountain View
Ad-Hoc Council Subcommittee on Race, Equity, and Inclusion (REI Subcommittee)
Background
• 2016/2017 Special Hearings on Immigration, Women’s Rights, Hate Crimes
• 2018 Special Hearings follow up
• 2019 Gilroy Garlic festival mass shooting
• 2020
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Uptick in hate crimes
• Ongoing racialized tension with Law Enforcement
across the country
Santa Clara County Response
• 2018 The County creates the Division of Equity and Social Justice • 2021 The Board approves a series of referrals to begin to • Address Violence against Asian and Asian Americans and document contributions • Address increases in hate crimes against targeted communities such as Latinx, Muslim, and others. • Provide mini-grants to community organizations to provide training, education or activities to combat hate • Create a Hate Prevention and Inclusion T askforce (HPITF), a joint meeting with the City of San Jose • Approved the Creation of Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging and a Chief Diversity and Equity Officer • 2022 The HPITF has gathered community stakeholders and hired San Jose State University Research Foundation to lead the group toward actionable recommendations • Ghost Guns Ordinance – The Board of Supervisors provided direction for County Counsel and the Office of the District Attorney to work together to develop an ordinance which would prohibit the possession, manufacturing and assembly of a “ghost gun” within County of Santa Clara jurisdiction • AB 1947 – The Board of Supervisors provided direction to adopt a resolution that designates the County’s support for Assembly Bill 1947 (Ting), which requires law enforcement agencies to adopt a hate crime policy • Office of Prevention of Hate Incidents – The Board of Supervisors provided direction for the administration to explore recommendations relating to an establishment of a county level office and/or developing another mechanism dedicated to preventing community hate.
HPITC Recommendations
• The HPITC received 36 recommendations
The Division of Equity and Social Justice
• Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging
• Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention
• Office of Immigrant Relations
• Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement
• Office of LGBTQ Affairs
• Office of Women’s Policy
• Office of Disability Affairs-coming soon
DRAFT
Office of Diversity, Equity, & Belonging
Analilia Garcia, DrPH, MPH
Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer
June 21st, 2022
Meet the team!
Dr. Analilia Garcia (she/her)
Chief Equity & Inclusion
Officer
T elina Martinez-Barrientos
(she/her)
Program Manager II
Heather Morgan (she/her)
Sr. T raining & Staff
Development Specialist
Amber Siddle-Manas
(she/they)
Sr. Management Analyst
Office of Diversity, Equity, & Belonging
VISION: Advance equitable strategies to improve outcomes for all GOAL: Strengthen county and departmental programs, services and policies to advance equity in government
OBJECTIVES ASPIRATIONAL GOAL
OBJECTIVE 1
Establish
Organizational
Commitment
Establish equity infrastructure to support the
County’s commitment to eliminating inequities.
County of Santa Clara has an organizational
infrastructure that consistently promotes and
supports equity.
OBJECTIVE 2 Operationalize
Incorporate evidence-based principles of
equity, and into all County activities, policies,
and programs.
County workforce understand principles of equity
and embed principles in all aspects of work to
ensure equitable outcomes for all.
OBJECTIVE 3 Cultivate
Partnerships
Cultivate and increase County partnerships and
collaborations to advance equity.
A broad partner base (governmental, private and
public sector) values equity principles as core values
in design, planning, implementation and
sustainability of core organizational functions.
Office of
Diversity,
Equity and
Belonging
Matrix
Services
T echnical assistance
Training
Policy, practice and procedure review
Coaching for departmental Racial Equity leads
Communities of Practice & Peer Network of Practioners
Consulting
Communication
Accountability
Monitoring & Evaluation
Coordination of GARE Membership and Network
Data
On the horizon for the
Office of Diversity, Equity, & Belonging…
DESJ Strategic Plan &
ODEB Work Plan
(Feb-June 2022)
Community of Practice
(March 2022)
Equity Learning &
T raining Program
(April 2022)
Contract with Race
Forward/GARE
(June 2022)
Countywide
Communication Plan
(July 2022)
Countywide Budget
Equity T ool
(Feb 2022-Feb 2023)
Countywide Employee
Equity Survey
(September 2022)
Countywide Equity
Strategic Plan
(2022-2023)
What
questions/wonderings
might you have?
Thank Y ou!