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People who can speak to community needs; radical, non-traditional voices

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What does accountability look like for the Initiative and the subsequent action items?

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Potential overlap of membership between the Equity & Human Relations Commission

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Co-creation/engagement at every step of the process: goal setting, strategy development, implementation, etc.

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Oversight of the Racial Equity Workgroups

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Committee can only advise if there is real transparency about what's happening within the City

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Regular engagement with the Racial Equity Leadership Team & Office of Equity

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What is the money needed for real program funding? How many people do we need for robust programing? Community wants to see the DREAM not the weak plan thats been put through the grinder and dwindled down to nothing.

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Food! ... even when its virtual. Consider UberEats/ Grubhub cards.

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Is there a budgetary amount of empowerment that this group will obtain?

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More consistent way to check in; food is important

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City staff feels that community input needs to be more involved, but upper management serves as a huge obstacle. The committee needs to be involved and conferred in the decision making at all levels from beginning to end.

Who is making these decisions?

Community members are given something that has been approved by management, no leeway added for real input. The process is tiring.

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Move reports/ recommendations to July to create alignment with budgeting process

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A first step for individual citizens to take complaints.

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How is this being properly addressed, because it appears it is not being addressed properly? (what has been presented is 'going in circles')

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Ongoing check-ins will prevent the need to constantly spend excess time on updating  folx

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Important to have some continuity; if not every month then every other month. Set up some kind of monthly check in (preferably during the day at noon and not always at night)

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Monthly check-ins with community members

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Black community may not be receiving the aid that was originally intended.

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Consider adding in members from the faith-based community.

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Host Community roundtables that includes everyone on a monthly basis (similar to what they do in LA)

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The community needs to have VETO power. They need to be able to provide input at every step of the way BEFORE commitments are made.

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Moving the yearly report to July (before the budget); to ID funding source

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Update the committee on each goal and get feedback. Ensure that the timetable of goals are attained.

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must look at the City's hiring practices- diversity and equity

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There needs to be an enforcement piece.

For the group to be worthwhile, there need to be true accountability measures. Don't bring community in at the very end of the process.

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Role of this group in informing hiring practices and policies?

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The process feels backwards and as if we're working toward nothing, working like the CPCC, community feels like an after thought. Want participation where time is going to achieve something, and not be wasted. Trainings are meaningless unless there is action behind it. Is the advisory committee going to be anything other than a show? If there's no enforcement, and no recognition and action from PD, then it's meaningless.

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Will this committee have any "power" to make true policy decisions?

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Those who have been most active should have a number of the seats on the group.

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Cleaning house and ensuring the work being done benefits community members in a more impactful way.

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Allowing the space for the youth- to create a succession plan for them to take our place

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Things can be cleared up (i.e. figuring out how money has being spent; straightening up accomplishments/actions to align with the actual task at at). Also focusing on why this work is being done, and addressing what is behind that still needs to happen.

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a Mix of people; there are a lot of staff in the room often times that end up taking up a lot of space; want to have more balance. Community members, young people, a few staff

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People need enough time and notice to participate

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Possibly 8-10 people with term limits. Possibly 2 year limits.

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For Policy recs when needed

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Partnering with the equity and human relations commission

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Community members should be advising groups made by the city, there needs to be connections between the internal groups and the community, community needs to have an important voice in the decisions that are being made

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Who is ensuring their involvement in the internal workgroups?

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Then compensation, and needs met to actively participate

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Ensure that intersectionality plays a role in determining the "who."

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Elevate it to a commission or something that has teeth

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Being thought partners, thinking through emerging issues

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Advisory has no power on decision of the plan, perhaps some decision making power would build trust and excitement for the group.

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Make sure that it's inclusive to community groups. Include an application process and possibly conduct an interview.

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Include council members

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Creating measurable outcomes; creating measurable goals

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How will we be able to measure this?

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Serve as a thought partner on a regular basis

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LBUSD should be involved in the internal work groups with city staff bc its the largest employer and responsible for majority of our citizens.

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Are there safe spaces for PoC city staff to share their concerns? and engage in shared solidarity

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Work with community African American organizations to help form the group.

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what impact will the advisory have? How far will it extend down into the community?

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How meaningful is the Equity training? what other tools can be provided to make sure its not just "checking the box"

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"Will the report have a section for recommendations for the next phases? If so ,will there be a presentation on those recommendations for the next phases? For Goal 3 - Defunding of the police and reinvestment in prevention and intervention programs was the main ask.  Some progress are shown from new funding like care dollars  while the police budget is being replenished."

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Whats the point of engaging police misconduct if you can't do anything about it?

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Re; State Level Bills: is the city taking a stance on SB2?

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"not sure what happened with goal 3, what are the accomplishments regarding redesigning police tactics, training, retention and accountability."

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There is seemingly a plan to add more cultural taxation to BIPOC city staff

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RE: goals - disability needs to be considered, an intersectional perspective especially (e.g Black, disabled, women) needs to be integrated into the report

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RE: goal 4 health equity piece is missing as an achievement - what's going on?