EQUITY COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: February 18, 2025
Subject: 2025 Meeting Schedule, Meeting Format and Work Plan
Submitted For: Equity Committee
Department: Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice
Referral No:
Referral Name:
Presenter: Kendra Carr
Contact: Kendra Carr, kendra.carr@oresj.cccounty.us <mailto:kendra.carr@oresj.cccounty.us>
Referral History:
During the 2024 calendar year, the Committee received reports and updates related to the work of the following entities:
• African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub Feasibility Study Steering Committee (Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice)
• $1M Measure X Allocation for African American Wellness Services (Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Officer and the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity (Risk Management)
• Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice
• Racial Justice Oversight Body (Office of Reentry & Justice / Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice)
• Small Business Enterprise, Outreach, and Local Programs Report (Public Works)
• Gender-specific Pronouns in the County Ordinance Code (County Administrators Office)
• Measure X Community Advisory Board Memo re: Procurement Policies (Measure X Community Advisory Board)
• Budget Equity in Contra Costa County (Budget Justice Coalition & Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice)
Referral Update:
The Committee members have selected the third Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. as the standing meeting date/time for 2025.
The proposed meeting dates are:
February 18 (rescheduled due to county holiday), March 17, April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17 and December 15, 2025.
The attachment contains the draft workplan for 2025.
Effective March 1, 2023, the Board's standing committees have been directed by the Board to use a hybrid meeting format that will enable the public to continue to participate in meetings electronically from remote locations. Additionally, the Brown Act and County's Better Government Ordinance permits remote participation of a Committee member under these rules:
• At least a quorum of the Committee (one member) must participate from a location in the county.
• Each telephone conference location and the meeting location must be shown on the agenda for the meeting. In addition, the agenda must provide an opportunity for members of the public to give public comment from each teleconference location.
• In addition to the usual agenda-posting agenda locations and the County website, an agenda must be posted at each teleconference location 96 hours in advance of the meeting.
• Each teleconference location must be open and accessible to members of the public.
• All votes taken during a teleconference meeting must be by roll call.
It is recommended that the Committee members meet remotely from their supervisorial offices using the Zoom platform. The public and staff are now accustomed to this format, and it provides convenient online access to the meeting as well as two physical meeting locations within the county.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
APPROVE the proposed 2025 Committee meeting schedule and meeting format or provide direction to staff regarding any changes thereto.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
N/A