Good morning, everyone.

I like to call our racial equity committee to order at 1102.

Clerk, would you call role to establish quorum?

Thank you, Vice Mayor Talamantes.

We expect Councilmember Garrett momentarily.

Councilmember Jennings and Chair Ving.

Here we have a quorum.

May I ask Ami to do the land acknowledgement and then Councilmember Jennings if you can lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

There you go.

Thank you.

Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous People and Tribal Lands.

To the original people of this land, the Nissanan people, the Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains, Mi Wok, Pacquin, and Wundun peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples' history, contributions, and lives.

Thank you.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance, which you please salute.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God and the visible with liberty and justice for all the thank you, everyone.

Happy Tuesday to all of you.

Yeah.

So thank you, Chair.

I want to welcome you to the Tuesday, September 1st, 2026 Racial Equity Committee meeting.

If you wish to speak or submit comments, please fill out the online form.

There's a QR code in the back of the room and handouts in the front.

Members of the city clerk's office are available in the lobby to assist.

You will have two minutes to address the committee, and you may speak on up to four items.

The timers on the screen behind me.

The meeting is being live streamed in English and Spanish on YouTube, and captions on and translations are AI generated and may contain errors.

Meeting minutes.

Okay.

All right, move by Vice Mayor Talamantes.

Second by Councilmember Jennings.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

All right, that item passes.

Next, we have public comments.

Councilmember Guerra was absent from that.

Item number two on the discussion calendar is Sacramento centered on racial equity score work plan.

Are we on public comments?

On the next item.

Would you like we have no public comments on the consent calendar?

Comments prior to the presentation.

Okay.

The next item is Sacramento Centered on Racial Equity Score Work Plan.

Good morning.

First time on Daisy need to activate the mic.

For the score update, I have some brief remarks.

For background and context, the scope of work was initially informed by the 2024 cohort experience that both the Racial Equity Alliance and City Leadership participated in.

This cohort experience was the place-based strategies, where pre-strategy and discussions with city leadership and the racial equity alliance culminated over a six-month period in a one-day learning lab at the 2024 facing race conference.

At this learning lab, we were introduced to the equitable table design framework, which is now in Race Forward's co-governance tool that guides government agencies through a series of steps and strategies to develop and sustain co governance.

In phase one of the SCORE Work Plan in April that was affirmed by the Racial Equity Committee, we have two major deliverables in that phase to help us move the work called by the 2024 operationalizing racial equity resolution 2024 0354.

And the score goals on that document, which you can locate in the supplemental materials.

I think it's paid approximately page 23 of the PDF.

You can see that the two goals are to apply Race Forward's co-governance tool to formalize roles, expectations, and agency relative to decision making norms and accountability structures.

The draft of the citywide racial equity action plan is the other second major deliverable in the SCORE Work Plan Phase One, which calls for co-authoring with community key sections.

So both of these major key deliverables, excuse me, and key work efforts shaped the scope of work that you see.

It also shaped the deliverables, but the timeline as well, because we wanted it to be aligned and consistent with the phase one.

That section is in the institutional accountability and shared governance section, which is currently from June 2026 to December of 2027.

Another important element is the key discussions and feedback sessions and consideration shared with city leadership and staff that took place from May and August in finalizing the scope of work.

I want to acknowledge and extend my appreciation to the members of the Racial Equity Alliance and their work and working with the community in regards to the February Community Leadership Forum.

That collective insight and input shape the scope of work to be clear and inclusive of learning how our co-governance work could be positioned, not only to advance a racial equity action plan citywide, but to position us for external funding and resources and in that learning.