The Board of Supervisors, on December 18, 2018, authorized the establishment of a Complete Count Steering Committee to guide the County's 2020 Census outreach effort. The charge of the Committee is to:
- Set clear, achievable goals and objectives;
- Identify areas of the community that may need extra outreach efforts, either a geographical area or a population group that might be hard to count;
- Use a “grassroots” approach to working with community-based organizations and groups who have direct contact with households who may be hard to count;
- Customize promotional materials for local area;
- Implement special events;
- Build awareness of the census and its benefits and motivate response through social media, newsletters, and other communications;
- Support and complete these tasks through the work of regional sub-committees in Central County, East County, South County, and West County;
- Develop a proposed Census 2020 budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
The Board appointed Supervisor Diane Burgis to chair the Steering Committee and make recommendations to the Board on the Committee composition. Supervisor Burgis envisions a Committee composed of 11-15 members, including the Chair. Of these, 5 will be representatives from each Supervisorial District and 5-9 will be at-large members, all appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The at-large members will be determined after the Board appointees are selected, to fill any gaps in the composition needed to create an effective outreach campaign. Supervisor Burgis has requested the Board's Internal Operations Committee to screen applicants, consistent with the County's policy for advisory body appointments, for the 5-9 At Large members of the Steering Committee.
Steering Committee members will be expected to serve as ambassadors for the 2020 Census within their region and/or across diverse sectors and communities countywide, and will need to think strategically about how to engage residents in hard to count populations, help to organize community events, communicate through their networks, and make presentations to community groups. They must be able and willing to commit the time required (estimated to be 5-10 hours/month) and regularly attend Complete Count Committee meetings, which will be held monthly in the afternoons. Periodic meetings will be held in the evening or on weekends.
The County began recruiting for Steering Committee members on January 11 (see attached announcements). The two-week recruitment garnered 23 applicants.
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Attached are applications of the 23 candidates (listed alphabetically below) for the 5-9 At Large seats on the 2020 Census Complete Count Steering Committee. Also attached are the recruitment announcements and a summary of key information from the applications sorted by Supervisorial District.
- Lauren Babb, Concord
- Christina Baronian, Richmond
- Fran Biderman, Kensington
- Chala L. Bonner, Richmond
- Adriana Cendejas, Brentwood
- Alvaro Fuentes, Richmond
- Dulce Maria N. Galicia Noguez, Richmond
- Ruben Hernandez Story, Richmond
- Samuel Houston, Concord
- Melody Howe Weintraub
- James Kapris, Richmond
- Ajit Kaushal, Concord
- Terry W. Koehne, San Ramon
- Cynthia LeBlanc, Richmond
- Mariana Moore, Richmond
- Mark Orcutt, Walnut Creek
- Andres Orozco, Oakley
- Mayra Padilla, Richmond
- Ali J. Saidi, Pinole
- Laura Sheckler, Richmond
- Linda Soliven, Antioch
- Lina Velasco, Pinole
- Joseph Villarreal, Pleasant Hill
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