Resolution No. 2022-07-12-1504
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION DECLARING RACISM AND INEQUITY A HUMAN RIGHTS AND
PUBLIC HEAL TH CRISIS AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT
TO ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF
STOCKTON
Racism and other inequities cause persistent discrimination and disproportionate outcomes in many areas of life, including: housing, education, employment, and criminal justice; and
There are disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease, mortality, poverty, economic distress, and the adverse effects of health outcomes for racial minorities which are widely recognized and documented, yet continue to persist throughout the United States; and
The City of Stockton has been recognized as the most racially diverse city in the United States, composed of 42.7% Latinx, 21.5% Asian, 20.6% White (not Latinx), 11.2% African American, 0.7% Native American or Alaskan Native, 0.6% Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, and 11.8% two or more races; and
The City Council of the City of Stockton ("City Council") acknowledges societal inequities related to race, gender, and age that have resulted in vastly different living and social conditions and access to opportunities; and
Inclusion is the value and practice of ensuring that people feel they belong and that their inputs are valued by the whole (group, organization, society, system, etc.) particularly regarding decisions that affect their lives; and The compounding effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic disruption have exposed the gross inequities that exist in our society; and The City Council seeks to lead and.or join efforts to reverse the effects of the inequitabie policies, processes, and practices of the past, and recognizes it has a role to play in understanding and communicating the impacts that its decisions have on low income families, communities of color, and other disadvantaged communities and to engage the community in those decisions, now, therefore, II
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