CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
AGENDA  
Equity Committee  
Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Chair  
Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair  
Monday, October 21, 2024  
10:30 AM  
11780 San Pablo Ave. Ste D, El Cerrito |  
190 East 4th Street, Pittsburg, CA |  
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The public may attend this meeting in person at either above location. The public may also  
attend this meeting remotely via Zoom or call-in.  
Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the  
Committee.  
Introductions  
Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers  
may be limited to two (2) minutes).  
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action from the September 16, 2024  
meeting of the Equity Committee, with any necessary corrections.  
1.  
Attachments:  
ACCEPT the resignation of Nikki Lopez, Disability Seat, and DECLARE the  
vacancy on the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity (ACEEO)  
for the term ending November 30, 2025, and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to  
post the vacancies as recommended by the County’s Equal Employment  
Opportunity (EEO) Officer.  
2.  
INTERVIEW candidates Clearnise Bullard for Labor-Trade Seat, Rameet Kohli  
for Community Member Seat #1, and Oravanh Thammasen for Union Member  
Seat #1 on the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity, as  
recommended by the County’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer  
3.  
Attachments:  
RECEIVE updates and PROVIDE direction on the $1M Measure X allocation for  
existing African American Wellness Services  
4.  
5.  
Attachments:  
RECEIVE updates and PROVIDE direction on the African American Holistic  
Wellness and Resource Hub Feasibility Study.  
Attachments:  
RECEIVE presentation and recommendations from the Budget Justice Coalition  
and the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice about the use of a budget equity  
tool in the FY 2025-2026 annual budget process, and PROVIDE direction on next  
steps.  
6.  
Attachments:  
RECEIVE and DISCUSS memo from Measure X Community Advisory Board  
(MXCAB) outlining Recommended Best Practices for Engaging and Building  
Capacity for Measure X Service Providers.  
7.  
8.  
Attachments:  
RECEIVE updates from the Co-Directors of the Office of Racial Equity and  
Social Justice.  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for November 25, 2024 at 10:30am.  
Adjourn  
General Information  
This meeting provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend a the  
meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable  
public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the  
County to a majority of members of the Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available  
for public inspection at 1026 Escobar St., 2B, Martinez, during normal business hours. Staff reports  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Persons who wish to address the Committee during public comment on matters within the jurisdiction  
of the Committee that are not on the agenda, or who wish to comment with respect to an item on the  
agenda, may comment in person, via Zoom, or via call-in. Those participating in person should offer  
comments when invited by the Committee Chair. Those participating via Zoom should indicate they  
wish to speak by using the “raise your hand” feature in the Zoom app. Those calling in should indicate  
they wish to speak by pushing *9 on their phones.  
Public comments generally will be limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. In the interest of facilitating  
the business of the Board Committee, the total amount of time that a member of the public may use in  
addressing the Board Committee on all agenda items is 10 minutes. Your patience is appreciated.  
Public comments may also be submitted to Committee staff before the meeting by email or by  
voicemail. Comments submitted by email or voicemail will be included in the record of the meeting but  
will not be read or played aloud during the meeting.  
For Additional Information Contact:  
Kendra Carr, kendra.carr@oresj.cccounty.us  
Peter Kim, peter.kim@oresj.cccounty.us