City of Sacramento
Racial Equity Committee Report
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File ID: 2024-01464 8/13/2024 Discussion Item 2.
SCORE Initiative Update [Oral Report]
File ID: 2024-01464
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Provide an update on the work of Race Forward, the Racial Equity Alliance, and the Racial Equity Council as part of the multi-year Sacramento Centered on Racial Equity (SCORE) initiative and workplan.
Contact: Kelly F. Rivas, Senior Advisor to the Mayor, (916) 808-5300, [email protected] Presenter: Nora Liu, Race Forward, [email protected] Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Racial Equity Alliance and Racial Equity Council Workgroup Reports - To Be Delivered Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: 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. Staff from Race Forward and members of the Racial Equity Alliance will provide an update on their efforts.
Policy Considerations: Council directed staff to include consideration of racial equity in future policy and budget decisions. While the workplan for SCORE extends over multiple years, staff developed several tools. The first is a draft interim racial equity rapid response (IRRT) 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. An update on the implementation of the IRRT was provided at the April 26, 2022 Racial Equity Committee meeting.
The second one was an interim racial equity tool to be applied to parts of the city budget which was first presented at the April 2, 2024 Racial Equity Committee meeting, was presented in more detail at the April 30, 2024 Racial Equity Committee meeting as Discussion Item 3: Update on Development and Pilot Application of a Budget Equity Resource Guide and Tool (BERG/T) on the Office of Innovation and Economic Development Department, Fire Department, and Convention and Cultural
File ID: 2024-01464 8/13/2024 Discussion Item 2.
Services Budget Reductions, and then presented to the full City Council. The tool was then utilized during the budget process for fiscal year 2024/2025.
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 on ongoing efforts related to the SCORE initiative.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.