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File Number: 16-516 <br />6.City of Oakland <br />Department of Race and Equity (Budget Allocation: $150,000) <br />The Department of Race and Equity was created by city ordinance in 2015. The <br />creation of the Department reflects the city’s recognition and acknowledgment that <br />systemic racial disparities exist and that it is time to provide focus and support for their <br />elimination. The Department is tasked with integrating, on a city-wide basis, the <br />principle of ensuring that Oakland is a “fair and just” city, by eliminating systemic <br />inequities caused by past and current decisions, systems of power and privilege, and <br />policies. <br />The department has five divisions: <br />·Race and Equity <br />·Equitable City <br />·Equity Training <br />·Equitable Community Engagement <br />·Project Implementation <br />Cultural Affairs Commission (Currently on Hiatus) <br />The Cultural Affairs Commission (CAC) was established by the Oakland City Council on April <br />30, 1991 by Ordinance No. 11323 C.M.S. for the purpose of advising the Mayor, City Council <br />and City Manager on all matters affecting cultural development in the community. The CAC <br />makes recommendations to fund, assist and promote public awareness of artistic and cultural <br />activities in the city; encourages support for individual artists and arts organizations; <br />participates in community cultural planning processes, and reviews policies and programs <br />which affect arts and cultural development in Oakland. <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) <br />None <br />PREPARED BY: Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton, Communications and Community Relations <br />Manager. <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/11/2016