Mission Statement

The Department of Race & Equity (DRE) works with the City Administrator and City Departments in the application of equity and social justice foundational practices about City actions. To endeavor to integrate fairness and justice into the City's strategic, operational and business plans; management and reporting systems for accountability & performance; and budgets to eliminate racial disparities and create opportunities for all people and communities.

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SERVICE IMPACTS & EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS

Reductions

Good jobs and vibrant economy

1. Freezes vacant 1.0 FTE Data Analyst III. This position is responsible for establishing baseline disparity data, creating a system of equity data collection and analysis, and providing technical support for equity work in departments to create targets, benchmarks, and processes to track and report equity outcomes. Freezing this position means the City will have a less robust implementation of equity framework and longer horizon for taking equity impact analysis work to scale in the near term.
   • Equity Consideration: All the department’s work is related to advancing equity by working with departments to examine policies, programs and procedures for elements that might contribute to racial disparities in outcomes, or to identify missed opportunities to design equity in where it has not yet been taken into consideration. This current position is vacant but should be filled as soon as it is fiscally possible to advance racial equity for Oakland’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
2. Reduces department’s consulting budget by $60,000 in FY 2023-24 and $40,000 in FY 2024-25. The department’s consulting budget was intended towards the creation of a data collection and reporting system. Reducing this budget means the City will have a less robust implementation of equity framework and longer horizon for taking equity impact analysis work to scale in the near term.
   • Equity Consideration: This cut was identified as the least impactful because it is not obligated and can be postponed.

SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY CHANGES

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

POSITION INFORMATION