RECOMMENDATION(S):
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2023-09 amending the County Ordinance Code to add a new section and exempt from the merit system the new classifications of Co-Director, Race, Equity, and Community Empowerment-Exempt and Co-Director, Race, Equity, and Inter-Agency Engagement-Exempt, with the appointing authority as the Board of Supervisors, WAIVE READING and FIX April 4, 2023, for adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Upon approval, this action has no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
In November 2020, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors authorized the development of an Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ) that would be informed by and launched after a community engagement process. The goal of the ORESJ is to enact and sustain principles, policies, practices, and investments that are racially just and equitable across all of its departments and divisions.
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