The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors is expected to approve forming an Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice to address “equity, bias and inclusion in county government and beyond,” with an eye toward a county government that uses equity and social justice to inform governing decisions.
The Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice, as proposed by County Supervisors John Gioia and Federal Glover, would be part of the County Administrator’s office.
Its overarching mission would be to promote equity and eliminate disparities in Contra Costa County – especially within its governmental operations, including budget decisions — with the initial priority to eliminate structural racism, according to the staff report.
The office’s main tasks would be to better coordinate, strengthen and expand the county’s existing work on equity and inclusion, and to partner with community organizations and leaders, cities and school districts to
implement that work.
In a separate but related move, the Contra Costa supervisors could also vote to approve a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. today, and the virtual meeting can be accessed at this link.
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And here ya go, liberal democrat voters. Fake crisis and pandering by your democrat government. Another example of worthless service provided by Fuderal Glover.
Both Gioia and Glover need to leave! Another example of the low intelligence voters who also voted the likes of Pelosi, Barbara Lee, ad nauseum back into office!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha……..
So California voted down Prop 16 and this is their way to say to hell with the voters!
The left votes until they win.
Remember the “gay marriage” initiative that the public rejected…..
Is this going to be a two way street or a one way street.
Either way they will be no manhole covers
here we go
Wow. Just wow. We’re circling the drain as a society folks. The ORESJ – get used to it. Perhaps we can vote in another 1/2 cent sales tax to fund this new group?
Hammer and Scorecard sure can!
so what they are saying is they never cared about you before but NOW they do
wow ….a health crisis
so bums mutating covid is no concern
the hypocrisy train has been unleashed
goodbye america
now we are just another stupid country
with people trying to control it and rule it
while the people are left
in utter isolation and despair
never would have thought so many small minds would have be able to entice the people with so much hate and division
i hope you know where we are going
its been done before in germany and this is how it started in 1930
divide implode …and stand as the one and only savior ……
yawn at least we know how it ends eventually
@Dwight Schrute
But people who see everything through the lens of skin color are the actual racists. Amirite?
Dwight Schrute…beet farmer. Ha ha ha.
Let me guess, their plan to end racism is to place people into groups based solely on their race and then only allow people in certain groups to hold certain jobs…. I think there is a name for that…. segregation.
So, what’s new?? People of color crap!!
Well a lot of good that’s going to do when prop 16 passed to eliminate affirmative action. get over it people racial inequality and differences are going to remain forever it will never be fixed you just need to get over it and move on.
I for one am sick and tired of all the BS going on on this subject.
GET OVER IT ALREADY!
Oh really? If your mother needed an operation who would you choose? An affirmative action surgeon? Or a straight A, did it the hard way surgeon with skilled hands?
Rather than dumbing down, why not lift up? There is plenty of talent from ALL walks of life that could benefit society with a little help. Your approach is racist and extremely offensive. If I was black I would want to be helped because of my potential. This approach shoves others aside rather than being inclusive. Get a clue, your approach is Racist.
Welcome to the new California. Run by morons.
Same as the old California. I just wish the would count our votes already.
My ballot STILL hasn’t been counted.
Morons. We are surrounded by morons!
Calling these individuals as “morons” have elevated their position!!
Sooo… The county has no money for hospitals and community services, so it has to beg the voters to tax themselves more? Yet it has enough money for another meaningless political sinecure?
How do the people who voted for tax increases feel now? Still supporting measure X and other taxes?
One party rule is the biggest public health crisis we face. The lack of political diversity has lead to a dysfunctional government that will eventually self destruct. After the election results it is clear that the support for the Democrats is getting stronger and support for any alternative party is almost non-existent. We are on the road to a soft tyranny where the minority has no power. Sad.
And guess how they are going to pay for it. From the GENERAL FUND! the same place the money from Measure X is going into to. Called it. It wasn’t going to what they advertised it to. Board of stupes can spend it as they please. Congrats voters. Better be a two way street in that new office.
These people just cant help themselves and are chomping at the bit and foaming at the mouth to enact an anti-white agenda in CCCounty
What does ant-racism mean exactly?
Apparently just being white is racist? They say being logical and punctual is racist along with a preference for orderly processes
So they aren’t going to work in the county offices anymore?
Are they going to chant, dance and sing and weave baskets?
Actually, this will the line drawn in the sand.
Covid is one thing, but if they think they are going to ride its coat tail with a “public health crisis”…….good luck trying to put people in a hospital over so called racism.
2nd Amendment will be alive and well, and I make No Threats.
this comment is the best at showing how real americans think
Rather than dumbing down, why not lift up? There is plenty of talent from ALL walks of life that could benefit society with a little help. Your approach is racist and extremely offensive. If I was black I would want to be helped because of my potential. This approach shoves others aside rather than being inclusive. Get a clue, your approach is Racist.
thank you for speaking truth and showing all is not lost
not everyone is an inept robot to the hypocrisy of total dem control and ideology and servitude
we the people
not you the people will listen
this gov in this state is oppressing and instigating chaos
for no reason other than creating divide so they can take total control
and implement a gov that gets rich off of us
while we toil in an abusive political attempt to place us in a constant bubble of hate and indifference
just say no
What in the Hell is going on with these idiots? A public health Crisis? Can someone please put these nutcases away? They obviously need some meds.
What flavor IS that Kool-Aid?
Will they hang big “COLOREDS ONLY!” signs at the county borders?
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Unbelievable! Another waste of taxpayers dollars.
Racial disparities are real and sometimes, depending on the circumstances and the nature of the disparity, the government should try to do something about them. But the approach exemplified here is to subvert normal governance processes and hand a bunch of power to ideologues. That’s bad enough at the county level: it’s potentially regime change at the state and federal level. Self-governance and equality before the law don’t equal “rule by experts in equality.”
If you want a government more responsive to the needs of racial minorities, you should elect a government more responsive to the needs of racial minorities. Instead we have a move to change the structure and operation of our systems of government.
The other day my younger brother ( 76 yrs ) emailed me and said, remember when California was great? I replied, I don’t remember that, remind me. I never heard back from him.
In the 1950’s California was a great state to live in. The war was over, veterans returned to the same job they had before the war, people were buying homes in the suburbs, there was a car in just about every garage, and there was a newfangled gadget called a television that people were buying. Goodwin Knight, (Republican) was governor.
@ Dawg Unless you were black. In many California suburbs blacks were barred from owning homes, or even renting them.
Dawg I believe the migration of liberals from the east turned California around. Thousands flooded in. Even the Oakies were democrats.
Will they ever demand a massive majority Asian business place hire a white person? No.
Will they demand an all-black business hire a white person? No.
Will they persistently, doggedly harass companies with even a small plurality of white employees? YES.
@Rolaids – “In many California suburbs blacks were barred from owning homes …”. Yep and so were Asians!!! Like the patriarch of my family who was denied the opportunity to purchase a home based on race. Did he choose to whine and complain for the rest of his life – then teach his children to whine and complain and hate? No – he bought a home in a different city. He became a well-liked and productive member of the mostly White and Hispanic community. He raised a family, instilled in them the value of a good education and hard work. Many races have been discriminated against over the years – and still are today. Not just one race – every race. So sick of this crap.
Why to people keep voting for these people over and over again?
I’ve never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life.
As I’ve said from the beginning of the year, the Public Heath Crisis is about controlling the people and it has nothing to do with health.
@ Cellophane~
Maybe the only reason they keep voting them in, is because some votes get tossed, shredded, burned, used as toilet paper.
This whole thing is so stupid silly calling it a ‘public health crisis’.
People aren’t voting for these people. massive cheating going on here too I figure. any tax paying citizen in their right mind would not vote for most of these knuckleheads.
Sounds like people are still bitter from the election
Enough already. What is wrong with these people?
No ADULT supervision.
What does declaring racism a public health crisis trigger? Is it a feel good “statement” or does it give the Supervisors access to emergency funds to spend with no accountability, no goal and no measurable outcome?
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You are quoting Chris Rock almost verbatim.
Just when you thought California couldn’t get a stupider. there has to be a way to get these idiots in line. they are creating racism and divide. I guarantee things will get worse if they continue on this path.
Set them up in an office in downtown Richmond.
Yes, the Contra Costa County Health Department has gone off the rails…this smells of lunacy and if you can’t smell it, well perhaps you have Covid-19! They should be declaring this classism, not racism. Next, they will declare bigotry, xenophobia, etc. a public health ‘crisis.’
Folks, buckle up, this is just the beginning. Here’s their concept proposal:
http://64.166.146.245/docs/2020/BOS/20201110_1582/43528%5FRacialEquityOfficeConceptProposal%20%28002%29%2D%2DAttachment%201%2Epdf
Y’all can thank 45 for this. He brought back hate and racism back like wildfire four years ago. As an alternative, call it HATE SPEECH and fine people like the Brentwood IDIOT and that can subsidize this program. Seems to me like everyone on here could have a little MERCY. In fact, why don’t y’all go watch JUST MERCY. Pretty fitting.
Sorry, Obama moved skin color back into society’s focus.
Fines for hate speech? You do know that there is no legal definition of hate speech, and there’s a reason for that, right?
Oh so wrong AnonZ it all started with 44. So let me ask you about the hanging of Trump and Melania on Halloween in the good city of Danville. Was that funny and okay with you?
Sign me up.
God is love.
Sign me up.
God is love.
Racism is a “public health crisis?”
Good God – they’ve lost their minds.
Seems “public health crisis” is the new buzzword to signify, “I am completely full of %#@$&!. Look for it to used to sell other pet projects in the future.
Jimmy pass measure O an don step
We need the Supervisors to look into ways to solve the rampant shoplifting going on at large retailers in WC
Many people don’t even want to visit anymore because all they see are loud fat gangs of shoplifters with gigantic over-filled bags from all the luxury stores
They go up to the fragrance desk and cover themselves from head to toe and stink up the place
They complain about racism and get hostile at the register because the clerk won’t do a return without a receipt (wink wink)
This is a major problem
So now we know where they want to spend that new sales tax revenue!
This is the kind of approach that has led to so much division, anger and fear in our communities, starting back in 2009 when it came from the WH.
I guess we have no choice……
*** The conservative idea, just saying ***
The Office of Great Schools, Roads and Transportation, as proposed by County Supervisors, would be part of the County Administrator’s office.
Its overarching mission would be to promote great school outcomes, improve roads and public transportation in Contra Costa County – especially within its governmental operations, including budget decisions — with the initial priority to eliminate bad schools, lousy roads and public transportation that doesn’t work, according to the staff report.
The office’s main tasks would be to better coordinate, strengthen and expand the county’s existing work on schools, roads and public transit, and to partner with community organizations and leaders, cities and school districts to
implement that work.
Sound better?
As on the previous post about this nonsense…..
I nominate Prof. Glenn Lowrey.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5G2Y6LMpE
The truth hurts but it is time for people to take responsibility for themselves and stop trying to blame everyone else.
Being an idiot is a public health crisis as well as overreacting…
So ridiculous….I cannot move out of this state fast enough! Cannot wait to have California in my rear view mirror! The inmates are running the asylum.
Is it any wonder the infrastructure is crumbling and the streets are like washboards? These are the picayune issues that make for Third World politics. Certainly, they must have more pressing concerns.
There are. But the majority of California voters intellectual stimulation is Facebook, the Kardashians and American idol. Consequently, they vote in politicians who are uneducated, untrained and totally incapable. One politician specifically comes to mind, who has substantial training and background in bar tending. And, the voters continually vote in career politicians who have accomplished absolutely nothing(and who have zero accountability for actions).
So how can we ever expect the inept and so-called political leaders to fix problems like the failing education system, roads and infrastructure, homelessness, the housing shortage, jobs and the like?
A pretend solution in search of a pretend problem.
Nobody mentions discrimination or equality anymore. Apparently, that’s no longer important. All they talk about is equity. Michelle Obama says we have to give up a piece of the pie and give it to others. Hey, don’t ask about her 29 acre $12M estate on Martha’s Vineyard; that doesn’t count. This must be funded by the middle class.
They made this about money, and money alone. If that’s the problem, just write them a check and move on.
This is my opinion based on experience, research, and observation.
There is emphasis on the “systematic racism” label that is being used by many Democratic politicians. If a person is considered “racist” they are ostracized, loose jobs, and sometimes treated unfairly. Freedom of speech is being attacked if a particular word offends another person. There will always be bias and prejudice, and that cannot be controlled.
I lived through the Civil Rights movement, went to school and worked with people from all backgrounds. We were taught to respect one another. We were known as “Americans” in those days and it seemed to work. By the way, merit, ability, and integrity are characteristics more important than race, gender, religion, etc.
Laws have been enacted to protect individuals. For the Board of Supervisors to consider this issue a public health crisis appears to be a way to control citizens to obey and accept values contrary to being American. I think it divides people. As a society, it’s important to get along, even if people disagree! I think most citizens just want to earn a living and raise a family!
Larry Elder speaks about “America’s Racism Myth:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUjCK2jMp0
What in the world???!!!!!
WOW!
Mexican/Americans for Trump 🇺🇸
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