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Sonia Bustamante 10/25/2022:BOS  Recommendations for the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice  Board of Supervisors District I John Gioia
   1.   RECEIVE presentation from Supervisors Federal Glover and John Gioia, and the CORE Committee of the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ) summarizing the research and community planning process for the ORESJ.
 
2.   RECEIVE report and ACCEPT the recommendations from the CORE Committee of the ORESJ regarding “Recommendations for Contra Costa Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice” (CORE Committee Report).
 
3.   In the ORESJ’s first year (Fiscal Year 2022-23), the County will move forward to hire the following positions:
 
(a)   Two Co-Directors:  one Director to focus on coordinating and expanding the equity work of County Departments and one Director to focus on working more directly with the community.   An Equity Committee of the Board of Supervisors (the existing Hiring Outreach Oversight Committee will be expanded in scope and re-named the Equity Committee) will work with the County Administrator’s Office to develop the hiring process for the two Co-Directors with meaningful community input.  The Co-Directors will lead the efforts to form the ORESJ and hire the remaining staff.  Once hired these Co-Directors will be staff support to the Equity Committee.
(b)  Language Equity Coordinator to finalize development and implementation of a Countywide Equity Language Plan to ensure that residents and families have a meaningful and equitable opportunity to apply for, receive, participate in, and benefit from services offered by County departments.
(c) Reconciliation Coordinator to focus on strategies and actions to address historical harms and inequity.
(d) Data Analyst
(e) Budget and Policy Analyst
 
 
4.  The ORESJ shall be established as a separate County department that reports directly to the Board of Supervisors with regular oversight by the Board of Supervisors Equity Committee; the Equity Committee shall ensure that the ORESJ is effectively staffed and operated to achieve the objectives of the Office.
 
5.  Upon the hiring of the ORESJ Co-Directors, the ORESJ shall form an interdepartmental committee of representatives from each County department.  This interdepartmental committee shall assess, support, and coordinate existing equity efforts across the County and develop a plan to expand this equity work in partnership with the County Administrator’s Office and the Board of Supervisors.
 
6.  To create continuity within ORESJ governance, the CORE Committee shall serve as an advisory body to ORESJ until the office is fully phased into the Lived Experience Community Advisory Board (as described on page 36 of the CORE Committee Report) in the office’s second year.
 
7.  The ORESJ will work with the County Administrator’s Office and the Board of Supervisors Equity Committee to develop a plan to implement the other recommendations in the CORE Committee Report.
Lauren Hull 12/13/2022:BOS  Re-establish the Hiring Outreach Oversight Committee to rename it as the Equity Committee   Clerk of the Board Monica Nino
  RE-NAME the Hiring Outreach Oversight Committee to the Equity Committee and expand its scope to include its existing work plus all work related to the County’s racial justice and social equity efforts, including oversight of the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice, and the work of the Racial Justice Oversight Body and all Departments’ equity officers.