Boards, Commissions,
and Committees
Diversity Report - 2023
Presenter: Dina Manis, City Clerk
May 21, 2024
1 Report to Include
• Charter Requirements for annual report
• 2023 Overview of total number of applications and appointments • Diversity data related to applicant and appointee ethnicity, gender, and geographics
• Progress and success of increasing the diversity of appointments • Additional data requested by City Council in 2022 and 2023 now included are:
• Individual appointment data by Council Member
• Full-Council appointment data
• Age diversity data
2 Charter
Requirements
Section 11 - Requires an annual report on the diversity of Council appointments and applications received for
boards, commissions, and committees.
3 • Art in Public Places
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board
• Board of Community Services
• Board of Building Regulations Appeals (Full Council)
• Board of Public Utilities
• Community Advisory Board
• Cultural Heritage Board
• Design Review Board
• Housing Authority (Full Council)
• Measure O Oversight Committee
• Personnel Board (Full Council)
• Planning Commission
• Waterways Advisory Committee (Full Council)
2023
Overview
• 2023 Applicants
• 79 Applications (57 unique)
• 100% reported gender information
• 96% reported race/ethnicity information
• 96% reported age range information
• 100% reported home address that could be mapped
• 2023 Appointees
• 54 appointments made
• 100% reported gender information
• 95% reported race/ethnicity information
• 67% reported age range information
4 GENDER DIVERSITY
PROGRESS SUMMARY
5 Gender of
Appointees
by District
(54)
Gender of
Appointees by
Appointing
Authority (54)
Gender
Diversity
Summary
8 Gender
Diversity
Summary
9 ETHNICITY DIVERSITY
PROGRESS SUMMARY
10 Ethnicity of
Appointees
by District
(54)
Ethnicity of
Appointees by
Appointing
Authority (54)
13 Ethnicity
Diversity
Summary
14 Ethnicity Census Data Comparison
15 3-year Average
of Applicants 2022 Census Ethnicity
Data 2023 Appointees
Active Board
Member
Composition
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic 65% 60.1% 54% 59%
Hispanic 9% 34% 20% 14%
Black or African American
Alone
7% 1.8% 11% 7%
API 4% Asian Alone =6.2%
Other Pacific Islander
at .4%
4% 4%
American Indian/Alaskan
Native Aleutian
2% 1.1% 2% 2%
Other/Multi-Racial 9% 11% 4% 4%
Prefer not to say or no
response
5% 5% 9%
GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
PROGRESS SUMMARY
16 17
Central Core, 9, 17%
Northeast, 19, 35%
Northwest, 13, 24%
Southeast, 10, 18%
Southwest, 3, 6% Geographics of
Appointees
Central Core Northeast
Northwest Southeast
Southwest
18 AGE DIVERSITY
PROGRESS SUMMARY
19 Age
Diversity
Summary
20 Council
Member
Snapshots
21 22
23 24
25 Recruitment
Efforts
26 Recruitment
Efforts –
looking
forward
27 Current
Vacancies
29 Apply Now!
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Recommendation
It is recommended by the City Clerk’s
Office that Council, by motion,
accept the 2023 Annual Report of
Diversity of City Council Appointees
and provide feedback to staff on
future reports.
30 QUESTIONS?
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