Boards, Commissions, and
Committees
Diversity Report - 2025
July 14, 2026
Dina Manis, City Clerk
• Charter Requirements for Annual Report
• Overview of 2025 Report
• Portal for Diversity Data
2 Today’s Highlights
Charter Requirements
Section 11 - Requires an annual report on the diversity of Council appointments and applications received for boards, commissions, and committees.
• Art in Public Places
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board
• Board of Community Services
• Board of Building Regulations Appeals (Full Council)
• Board of Public Utilities
• Community Advisory Board
• Design Review and Preservation Board
• Housing Authority (Full Council)
• Public Safety and Prevention Oversight Committee
• Personnel Board (Full Council)
• Planning Commission
• Waterways Advisory Committee (Full Council)
3 5Overview of 2025
2025 Applicants
106 Applications (81 unique)
98% reported gender
98% reported ethnicity
95% reported age range
100% reported home address
2025 Appointees
45 appointments made
100% reported gender
100% reported ethnicity
89% reported age range
100% reported home address
5 40
38 2
1 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
MALE
FEMALE
PREFER NOT TO SAY
NONBINARY OR THIRD GENDER
PREFER TO SELF DESCRIBE
Applicant Gender
(81 Applicants)
22 23
0 0
0 0 5 10 15 20 25
MALE
FEMALE
NONBINARY OR THIRD GENDER
PREFER NOT TO SAY
PREFER TO SELF DESCRIBE
Appointee Gender
(45 Appointees)
Analysis and Conclusions on Gender
Analysis and Conclusions on Gender
6 Analysis on Ethnicity
56 9
5 4
3 2
2 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
CAUCASIAN/NON HISPANIC
HISPANIC
OTHER
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER
AFRICAN AMERICAN
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE ALEUTIAN
PREFER NOT TO ANSWER
Applicant Ethnicity
(81 Applicants)
29 7
4 2
2 1
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
CAUCASIAN/NON HISPANIC
HISPANIC
OTHER
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER
AFRICAN AMERICAN
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE ALEUTIAN
Appointee Ethnicity
(45 Appointees)
Ethnicity Diversity Conclusion
Ethnicity
Applicants
(81)
Appointees
(45)
Community
(2020 U.S. Census
estimate for 2025)
Caucasian 69.1% 64.4% 48.7%
Hispanic 11.1% 15.6% 37.4%
African American 3.7% 4.4% 2.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 4.9% 4.4% 6.9%
American Indian or
Alaskan Native 2.5% 2.2% 1.5%
Other 6.2% 8.9% 3.5%
7 District (Geographics) Analysis and Conclusion
8 8
9 12
25 16
1 10
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
DISTRICT 1
DISTRICT 2
DISTRICT 3
DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 6
DISTRICT 7
Applicant District
(81 Applicants)
4 6
11 14
5 2
3 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
DISTRICT 1
DISTRICT 2
DISTRICT 3
DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 6
DISTRICT 7
Appointee District
(45 Appointees)
9 8
26 44
4 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
18-35
36-55
56 AND OVER
PREFER NOT TO ANSWER
Applicant Age
(81 Applicants)
9 17
14 5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
18-35
36-55
56 AND OVER
PREFER NOT TO ANSWER
Appointee Age
(45 Appointees)
Age Diversity Analysis
11 Age (81) unique Applicant
Appointments
(45) % of total
appointment Community
56+ (44 apps) 54% 32% 32%
36-55 (26 apps) 32% 38% 26.5%
18-35 (8 apps) 9% 20% 21.5%
Undisclosed (4
apps)
5% 10% n/a
Age Diversity Conclusion
2025 Synopsis
12 Recruitment Efforts
13 14
Demographics provided by Meta for social media recruitment reel Recruitment Efforts – Looking Forward
Art in
Public
Places
Bicycle and
Pedestrian
Advisory
Board
Board of
Building
Regulations
Appeals
Board of
Public
Utilities
Community
Advisory
Board
Design
Review and
Preservation
Board
Public
Safety and
Prevention
Tax Citizens’
Oversight
Committee
15 Current Vacancies
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17 Diversity Data Portal
City of Santa Rosa – 2025 Boards and Commissions Diversity Report 18 The City Clerk’s Office recommends the Council, by
motion, accept the Annual Report of Diversity of City
Council Appointees for the reporting year of 2025.
18 Recommendation
19 Questions?