LOS ANGELES — As a third-grader at Grape Street Elementary School in Watts, Marveon Mabon introduced himself thus: I m going to be president of the United States.
City and community leaders held a Get Out The Vote kickoff in Watts on March 31, for L.A. REPAIR, the City’s first and California’s largest participatory budgeting program, created by the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (LA Civil Rights).
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.