1 CITY OF SANTA ROSA
2022 Report of Diversity of City Council Appointees
Section 11 of the City of Santa Rosa’s Charter requires an annual report on the diversity of Council appointments for boards, commissions, and committees. Additionally, Section 11 states, “The report shall contain, but is not limited to, the total number of appointments in a given year, the total number of applications in a given year, and relevant diversity information including geographic and ethnic diversity. Further, the report will evaluate the progress and success of increasing the diversity of appointments.”
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n addition to the specified requirements, this report includes data on gender diversity1 and at the recommendation of the City Council in 2022, includes data on gender and ethnicity of appointees by City Council district and by appointing authority. Also provided, beginning with the 2022 report, is a snapshot of gender, race/ethnicity and district information for board members by the appointing authority for the reported year.
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he table below lists the bodies included in the report with the overview of applications received in 2022 and appointments made in 2022.
2022 Boards, Commissions, Committees Applications
Received
Appointments
Made
Art in Public Places (APPC) 6 1
Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board (BPAB) 9 1
Board of Community Services (BOCS) 4 1
Board of Building Regulation Appeals (BOBRA) 2 0
Board of Public Utilities (BPU) 5 1
Community Advisory Board (CAB) 15 6
Cultural Heritage Board (CHB) 4 1
Design Review Board (DRB) 3 1
Housing Authority 3 0
Measure "O" Oversight Committee (Mea O) 2 3
Personnel Board 7 2
Planning Commission (PC) 5 1
Waterways Advisory Committee (WAC) 1 5
Total 66 23
The demographics of applications received (“Applicants”) and appointments made (“Appointees”) for Board, Commission, and Committee members (“Appointees”) are from within the calendar year of 2022. The information provided is based on self-reports:
• 93% of Applicants (43 out of 46) reported gender information 1 Gender options include Male, Female, Non-Binary/Third Gender, Prefer to self-describe, or Prefer not to say.
Attachment 1
2 Applicants may submit multiple applications, therefore applications received may be higher than applicants. Total applications received (66), Total unique applicants (46) • 96% of Applicants (44 out of 46) reported race/ethnicity information • 96% of Applicants (44 out of 46) provided a home address that could be mapped (e.g. not a P.O. Box)
Gender of Applicants (46)
Gender of Applicants by Board (66)
Male, 27, 59%
Female, 16, 35%
Nonbinary/third
gender, 0, 0%
Prefer to self-
describe, 0, 0%
Prefer Not To Say, 1,
2%
No Response, 2, 4%
Gender of Applicants
Male
Female
Nonbinary/third gender
Prefer to self-describe
Prefer Not To Say
No Response
APPC
BPAB
BOBRA
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
HA
Measure "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Grand Total
Female 2 3 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 21
Male 4 5 1 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 1 40
N
o Response 1 2 1 4
Prefer not to say 1 1
Grand Total 6 9 2 4 5 15 4 3 3 2 7 5 1 66
3 Gender of Appointees (23)
Gender of Appointees by Board (23)
Gender of Appointees by District (23)
Gender of Appointees by Appointing Authority (23)
Male, 17, 74%
Female, 6, 26%
Nonbinary/third
gender, 0, 0%
Prefer to self-
describe, 0, 0%
Prefer not to
say, 0, 0%
Gender of Appointees
Male
Female
Nonbinary/third gender
Prefer to self-describe
Prefer not to say
APPC
BPAB
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
Measure "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Total
Female 3 1 1 1 6
Ma
le 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 5 17
Total 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 2 1 5 23
D-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
D-5
D-6
D-7
Total
Female 1 1 1 1 2 6
M ale 1 1 1 6 2 2 4 17
T
otal 2 1 2 6 3 3 6 23
C. Rogers
City Council
D. MacDonald
E. Alvarez
J. Okrepkie
J. Sawyer
N. Rogers
Plan. Comm.
T. Schwedhelm
Total
Female 1 1 1 2 1 6
Male 1 5 1 5 2 1 1 1 17
Total 1 6 1 2 7 3 1 1 1 23
4 Ethnicity of Applicants (46)
Ethnicity of Applicants by Board (66)
African
American,
1, 2%
American
Indian/Alaskan
Native Aleutian,
1, 2%
Asian or Pacific
Islander, 2, 5%
Caucasian/Non-
Hispanic, 29, 63%
Hispanic, 6, 13%
No Response, 1, 2%
Other, 5, 11%
Prefer not to
Answer, 1, 2% Ethnicity of Applicants
African American
American Indian/Alaskan Native
Aleutian
Asian or Pacific Islander
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
No Response
Other
Prefer not to Answer
APPC
BPAB
BOBRA
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
HA
Measure "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Grand Total
African American 1 1 1 3
A
merican Indian/Alaskan Native Aleutian 1 1 1 3
Asian or Pacific Islander 1 1 2
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic 3 6 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 4 2 32
Hispanic 2 1 3 1 1 8
No Response 1 1 1 3
Other 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 14
Prefer not to Answer 1 1
Grand Total 6 9 2 4 5 15 4 3 3 2 7 5 1 66
5 Ethnicity of Appointees (23)
Ethnicity of Appointees by Board (23)
Ethnicity of Appointees by District (23)
Ethnicity of Appointees by Appointing Authority (23)
African American, 3,
13%
Asian or Pacific
Islander, 1, 5%
Causasian/Non
-Hispanic, 18,
78%
Hispanic, 1, 4% Ethnicity of
Appointees
African American
Asian or Pacific Islander
Causasian/Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
APPC
BPAB
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
Meas. "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Total
African American 1 1 1 3
Asian or Pacific Islander 1 1
Causasian/Non-Hispanic 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 4 18
Hispanic 1 1
Total 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 2 1 5 23
D-1
D-2
D-3
D-4
D-5
D-6
D-7
Total
African American 2 1 3
A
sian or Pacific Islander 1 1
Causasian/Non-Hispanic 2 1 2 4 3 1 5 18
Hispanic 1 1
Total 2 1 2 6 3 3 6 23
C. Rogers
City Council
D. MacDonald
E. Alvarez
J. Okrepkie
J. Sawyer
N. Rogers
Plan. Comm.
T. Schwedhelm
Total
African American 1 1 1 3
A
sian or Pacific Islander 1 1
Causasian/Non-Hispanic 1 5 1 2 5 2 1 1 18
Hispanic 1 1
Total 1 6 1 2 7 3 1 1 1 23
6 Geographics of Applicants (46)
Geographics of Applicants by Board (66)
Central Core, 5, 11%
No Response, 2, 4%
Northeast, 14, 30%
Northwest, 9, 20%
Southeast, 9, 20%
Southwest, 7, 15% Geographics of Applicants
Central Core
No Response
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
APPC
BPAB
BOBRA
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
HA
Measure "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Grand Total
Central Core 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
N
o Response 1 1 2 1 1 6
Northeast 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 20
Northwest 1 1 4 1 2 9
Southeast 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 12
Southwest 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 9
Grand Total 6 9 2 4 5 15 4 3 3 2 7 5 1 66
7 Geographics of Appointees (23)
Geographics of Appointees by Board (23)
Central Core, 8,
35%
Northeast, 4, 17%
Northwest, 5, 22%
Southeast, 2, 9%
Southwest, 4, 17% Geographics of Appointees
Central Core
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
APPC
BPAB
BOCS
BPU
CAB
CHB
DRB
Meas. "O"
PB
PC
WAC
Total
Central Core 1 1 2 1 1 2 8
Northeast 1 1 1 1 4
Northwest 1 3 1 5
Southeast 1 1 2
Southwest 2 2 4
Total 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 2 1 5 23
8 Geographic Location within City of Santa Rosa based on CAB map:
9 The following table shows trends in Applicant diversity from 2014 to 2022 (based on self-reports). Please note that data was gathered manually from 2014 through 2017 and data collected from 2018 to the present was collected through the Granicus Boards and Commissions on-line application portal. 2018 data below shows 52 unique applicants, 2019 data below shows 55 unique applicants, 2020 data below shows 39 unique applicants, 2021 data below shows 84 unique applicants, and 2022 data below show 46 unique applicants.
Year
Gender Race/Ethnicity Geographic Location
M F NB N/A W H B A/PI AI/AN O/M N/A NE NW SE SW C N/A
2014 26 22 35 6 1 0 0 1 18 5 6 2 2
2015 17 23 28 5 1 1 0 1 17 6 4 1 4
2016 20 25 35 6 2 2 0 1 21 8 6 0 6
2017 30 33 47 9 2 2 0 2 25 12 11 3 10
2018 32 17 3 37 2 3 1 2 2 5 20 9 6 7 9 1
2019 16 36 3 32 9 0 2 3 3 6 12 14 10 3 6 10
2020 21 16 2 25 5 1 0 0 3 5 12 9 8 2 8
2021 42 39 1 2 51 3 12 3 2 8 5 25 23 11 11 12 2
2022 27 16 3 29 6 1 2 1 5 2 14 9 9 7 5 2
Abbreviation Key
Gender:
• M – Male
• F – Female
• NB – Nonbinary or third gender
• N/A – Prefer Not to Say/Blank or No Response/Prefer to Self-Describe
Race/Ethnicity:
• W – White/Caucasian/Non-Hispanic
• H – Hispanic
• B – Black/African American
• A/PI – Asian/Pacific Islander
• AI/AN – American Indian/Alaskan Native Aleutian
• O/M – Other/Multi-racial
• N/A – Prefer not to answer or Blank/No response
Geographic Location:
• NE – Northeast
• NW – Northwest
• SE – Southeast
• SW – Southwest
• C – Core
• N/A – Blank/No Response
10 26
17 20
30 32
16 21
42 27
22 23
25 33
17 36
16 39
16 1
3 3 2 2 3
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Gender of Applicants Over Time
M F NB N/A
11 35
28 35
47 37
32 25
51 29
6 5 6
9 2
9 5
3 6
1 1 2 2 3
0 1
12 10 1 2 2 1 2
0 3 2
0 0 0 0
2 3
0 2 11 1 1 2 2 3 3
8 55 6 5 5
2 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
# of Applicants
Over time
Ethnicity of Applicants Over Time
W H B A/PI AI/AN O/M N/A
12 18 17
21 25
20 12 12
25 14
5 6
8 12
9 14
9 23
9 6
4 6
11 6
10 8
11 9
2 1 0
3 7
3 2
11 7
2 4
6 10
9 6
8 12
5 1
10 2 2
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Geographics of Applicants Over Time
NE NW SE SW C N/A
13 The following tables are a snapshot of board appointments as of the reporting date (based on self-reports) and will continue for each reporting year to reflect trends in appointment diversity. Each Council Member is responsible for 10 board appointments with 25 board appointments for the Full Council.
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian /
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 5 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0
E. ALVAREZ (DISTRICT 1) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT Date
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian
/
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
A
leutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four F ive Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 2 8 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 1 1
M. STAPP (DISTRICT 2) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT
DATE
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian
/
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
A
leutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four F ive Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 5 5 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 1
D. MACDONALD (DISTRICT 3) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT Date
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian
/
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(1 vacancy) 4 5 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 0
V. FLEMING (DISTRICT 4) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT Date
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
Male Female
Non-Binary
or Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian
/
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 6 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 3
DATE
C. ROGERS (DISTRICT 5) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
14 Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gender
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
Caucasian
/
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
Native
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
Blank
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 7 3 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 1
District
J. OKREPKIE (DISTRICT 6) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT DATE
Gender Race/Ethnicity
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
T
hird
Gender
Prefer
Not to
S
ay /
Blank
Caucasian
/
N
on-
Hispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
I
slander
American
Indian /
A
laskan
Native
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
R
acial
Prefer
Not to
S
ay /
Blank
One Two Th ree Four Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(0 vacancies) 6 3 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 3
N. ROGERS (DISTRICT 7) – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT
DATE
Gender Race/Ethnicity District
Male Female
Non-
Binary or
Third
Gen
der
Prefer
Not to
Say /
B
lank
Caucasian
/
Non-
H
ispanic
Hispanic African
American
Asian /
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian /
Alaskan
N
ative
Aleutian
Other /
Multi-
Racial
Prefer
Not to
Say /
B
lank
One Two Three F our Five Six Seven
Aug. 2023
(4 vacancies) 18 3 0 0 15 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 4 8 1 1 4
FULL COUNCIL – ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SNAPSHOT
DATE
Gender Race/Ethnicity District