City Council formally established the Office of Racial Equity on Nov.1, as a part of the LA Civil Rights Department (also known as the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department) by approving its framework and five-year action plan. The Office of Racial Equity, which began work in 2021, aims to achieve equitable outcomes by proactively addressing systemic oppression through culture, policies, practices, and programs with an intersectional framework.
30 Million Latinas Need Representation In Biden s Cabinet | Opinion Ana Flores On 12/29/20 at 2:56 PM EST
As a busy single mom and a small business owner, when Mayor Garcetti s administration asked me to co-chair Los Angeles Racial Equity and Newly Empowered Workplaces (RENEW) Task Force, a broad coalition committed to rooting out structural racism in businesses in Los Angeles, my answer was not an easy yes. But in a city that s nearly 48 percent Latinx, knowing that I would ensure Latina business owners were represented at the table was important. In California, Latina-owned businesses skyrocketed 111 percent in the 10 years following the Great Recession, including my own, and the numbers nationally are just as impressive. But the numbers are also tragic, when measured by the wage gap and most recently, the prognosis for the increased racial wealth gap that the current economic crisis is likely to trigger (if the great recession is any indication).