Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer Racial Equity Committee Report
915 I Street, 1st Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2022-00268 January 25, 2022 Discussion Item 01
Title: SCORE Initiative Update [Oral Report]
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Discuss the multi-year Sacramento Centered On Racial Equity (SCORE) initiative and workplan.
Contact: Kelly F. Rivas, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-5300; [email protected] ;
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, (916) 808-5300, Office of the Mayor
Presenter: Nora Liu, Race Forward and Jesse Villalobos, Race Forward; (212) 513-7925, [email protected]
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Racial Equity Ad Hoc Committee Considered Purpose + Mission
File ID: 2022-00268 Discussion Item 01
January 25, 2022
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Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On January 11, 2021, Council approved the Racial Equity Committee REC as a standing committee of the Council with the following purpose:
1. help the council align its advancement of racial equity in city decision making with the impacts resulting from city policy, budget, and service-delivery decisions;
2. provide a space to help coordinate various city racial equity initiatives, efforts, metrics, and best practices into a holistic citywide informed approach (rather than a siloed case- by-case approach); and
3. increase engagement, transparency, and accountability for the city’s ongoing racial equity work.
The goal of the SCORE process is to define racial equity, develop a racial equity resolution for Council consideration, and guide the development of racial equity capacity building and racial equity tools for the City to apply a racial equity lens to decision making.
Policy Considerations: Council has directed staff to include consideration of racial equity in future policy and budget decisions. While the workplan for SCORE extends over multiple years, staff has developed a draft interim racial equity rapid response tool to be utilized to guide short-term decisions related to the deployment of federal American Rescue Plan Act resources provided to the City for the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: This action does not constitute a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: This report provides an update to the REC on ongoing efforts related to the SCORE initiative.
Financial Considerations: Establishing shared definitions and metrics in conjunction with evaluation of program outcomes will provide the framework to understand the impact of efforts to prioritize racial equity in City policy and funding. This work requires the completion of a citywide racial equity study to serve as the basis of efforts to lead with race. Funding will be included in the proposed Midyear Report to complete this required work.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Purpose + Mission of the
RACIAL EQUITY AD HOC
Committee
October 6, 2021
City of Sacramento
Mission
The mission of the racial equity ad hoc committee is for the City Council to:
1) Align its intent to advance racial equity in city decision making with the impacts of city policy, budget, and service delivery decisions; 2) Provide a space to help coordinate the various city racial equity initiatives, efforts, metrics, and best practices into a holistic citywide informed approach (rather than a siloed case by case approach); 3) Increase community engagement, transparency and accountability for the City’s ongoing work to create a Sacramento City culture that expects racial equity as the norm.
Provide direction for
Discussion Item 5 to
develop and use a draft
American Rescue Plan
(ARP) racial equity rapid
response tool to guide the
federal ARP pandemic
recovery expenditures.
Coordinate a racial equity
workshop or series of racial
equity workshops for the full
City Council.
Serve as the public
reporting body for the multi-
year long Sacramento
Centered On Racial Equity
(SCORE) initiative and
workplan as facilitated by
Race Forward in
partnership with community.
Stated Purposes
SHORT
TERM
MID
TERM
LONG
TERM
LONG TERM
Moving at the Speed of Trust: SCORE Initiative and Workplan 2021 - 2023
Who: Race Forward + Community + City
What: SCORE initiative + workplan proposal
Status: The city is working with Race Forward to facilitate a community led process.
About Race Forward:
In 2017, Race Forward united with the Center for Social Inclusion. Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Founded in 2002, the Center for Social Inclusion catalyzed community, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racial inequity and create equitable outcomes for all. Race Forward is home to the
Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a national network of local government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all (the City of Sacramento has been a member since 2018). Race Forward publishes the daily news site
Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice.
Sacramento Centered On Racial Equity
SCORE initiative + workplan proposal
Race Forward comments from the SCORE scope of work proposal - "We are encouraged by the Sacramento City Council discussion and unanimous affirmation to move forward on a Racial Equity Initiative at the December 8, 2020, Council meeting. We are further encouraged by the Mayor’s announcement of the creation of a Racial Equity Ad Hoc on August 24, 2021 to develop a racial equity workshop for the full city council and for this ad hoc to be the public reporting body for the citywide Sacramento Centered On Racial Equity (SCORE) workplan outlined in this scope of work."
Sacramento Centered On Racial Equity
SCORE initiative + workplan proposal
The Race Forward scope of work proposal...
"...provides our recommendation to best accomplish equitable outcomes. We propose to support you [City of Sacramento] and community racial equity leaders, together, to transform the City’s internal and external structure, policies, procedures, to achieve racial equity. During this process we will offer strategy development, tools and facilitated workshops for the City of Sacramento and its communities of color to shape governmental processes to truly serve all its people.
The City must be prepared to pass an ordinance to fully sustain this work. This must include the resource and staffing to implement the first key projects; develop the knowledge and skills of all staff to do this work; and create the culture that expects racial equity as the norm."
Sacramento Centered On Racial Equity
SCORE initiative + workplan proposal
The proposed scope of work outlines a flexible three phase timeline from 2021-2023:
◦ Task 1: F inalize City Racial Equity Resolution
◦ Fall/Winter 2021 – S pring 2022
◦ Task 2 : Develop Engagement / Partnership / Accountability Strategy to Center Communities of Color for Racial Justice
◦ Spring 2022 – S ummer 2022
◦ Task 3: Co-c reate Citywide Racial Equity Workplan with City and Community ◦ Summer 2022 – S pring 2023
Race Forward – SCORE initiative status update
Race Forward met with 15 racial justice
community leaders from diverse
backgrounds the week of Sep. 20, 2021
"We heard deep pain and broken trust as
a result of city actions. There is a very
clear need for healing and trust building
at the very beginning of this work, in fact it
is apparent that without City ownership of
the damage that City decisions created,
this work will not be able to proceed."
Next Steps:
◦ Race Forward will meet again with
c
ommunity on Oct. 28, 2021, and ad
hoc committee staff will ask Race
Forward to expand their outreach with
the 15 identified racial justice leaders to
include more community members.
◦ This meeting will inform the
d
evelopment of an intentional truth
telling and trust building component
into Task 1 of the proposed SCORE
scope of work.
Race Forward – SCORE initiative status update
Race Forward did affirm the racial justice community leaders gave them a preliminary indication, not a firm decision, of the following:
◦ they would like to see the proposed scope of work move forward (with the addition o
f work focused on truth telling and trust building);
◦ they would support Race Forward moving forward in this work; and ◦ they would support the creation of a R acial Equity Council of community racial justice leaders to guide the City’s work (and they noted that there is need to create further details about the purpose, authority, communications, and accountability of this group, and that it may include more than 5-11 [members]).
Race Forward – SCORE initiative status update
Community centered engagement
Race Forward's comment on the Racial Justice community leaders' intention and commitment for community centered engagement:
"They will invite others to the table so that the discussion and decision can be made with the input and support of many other leaders and communities. We fully support this decision and are grateful for their wisdom and willingness to share with us."
Race Forward – SCORE initiative status update
Race Forward's parting messages:
◦ "...we applaud Sacramento City leadership for acknowledging the need and urgency to a
ddress historic and systemic racism and to respond to the impacts of such long- standing inequities on our local community. We appreciate this opportunity to support Sacramento City Council and the City Manager’s Office to address long- standing racial inequities and move toward becoming a racially just city." ◦ "In order for this work to be successful, we must follow the lead of the community leaders, and they have clearly indicated that more time is needed to come to a decision that will hold, that will have broader support of the community." ◦ "We l ook forward to supporting the City to be among those who are named as leaders and establishing a new path."
MID TERM
Capacity Building for City Council: Racial Equity Workshop(s) for Council 2022
Council Racial Equity Workshop(s)
Task:
Provide direction at future meeting(s) to committee staff in partnership with Race Forward to develop and conduct a racial equity workshop or series of racial equity workshops for the full city council.
Timeline:
Calendar year 2022.
Goal:
Increase the city council's training, capacity building, and coordination as an elected governing body around racial equity.
SHORT TERM
Equitable Crisis Response: ARP Racial Equity Rapid Response Tool Immediately - ongoing
DRAFT American Rescue Plan (ARP)
Racial Equity Rapid Response Tool
Task:
Discussion Item 5: Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to: 1) utilize the draft American Rescue Plan (ARP) racial equity rapid response tool as outlined in the presentation; and 2) utilize the City's Vulnerability Index (CVI) metrics for evaluating the geographic distribution of resources and vulnerability across the City of Sacramento.
Timeline:
Immediate - Ongoing
Goal:
Guide short-term equity centered decisions related to the deployment of federal ARP resources provided to the City for the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
QUESTIONS +
COMMENTS
Next: Discussion Item 4 - Update on Current Citywide Equity Work Then: Discussion Item 5 – Draft ARP Racial Equity Rapid Response Tool