...Title
Equity Pledge. (Arenas, Carrasco, Esparza, Jimenez, Peralez)
...Recommendations
1. Agendize for Council discussion and consideration the Equity Pledge, attached to this memo.
2. Direct the City Manager, under the leadership of the forthcoming Office of Equity, to:
a. Return to Council with a proposal to update existing processes to make Equity a more explicit part of Council deliberations, including adding a section on Equity Considerations on each Council, Committee, and Commission memo - as previously directed by Council on April 7, 2020.
b. Begin the GARE process with a formal convening of our community for public testimony on their personal experiences with discrimination, and San José's history of system racism and targeted persecution. Bring this forward as a Hearing of the San José City Council on Race and Equity in San José.