OUR MANDATE
The Office of Racial Equity (ORE) was created to address structural and institutional racism in the City and County of San Francisco’s internal practices and systems and external delivery of services to the public.
By legislation, ORE has the authority to:
Establish a citywide racial equity framework and racial equity indicators.
Direct all departments to develop and implement mandated racial equity action plans and provide annual progress reports.
Provide training, technical assistance, and capacity building to departments on racial equity strategies.
Analyze racial equity impacts of pending ordinances.
Create tools for departments to assess racial equity in budget requests and decisions.
Recommend policy priorities for racial equity to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors.
Additional department responsibilities required by legislation include:
All departments:
Designate staff racial equity leaders as liaisons to ORE (if annual budget is over $10 million, department must submit a staffing plan to ORE and designate at least one racial equity leader per division).
Provide staff racial equity leaders with dedicated time for racial equity work and protect them from retaliation.
Department of Human Resources: Work with ORE to release annual race/ethnicity and gender data about the City’s workforce.
Controller’s Office and City Administrator: Work with ORE to develop processes and systems to gather race/ethnicity and gender about the City’s contracts.
STRATEGY
Citywide Racial Equity Framework
Policy Priorities
Budget Priorities
LEARNING + EVALUATION
City Workforce Data + Audit
City Contracts Data + Audit
Racial Equity Index
COMMUNITY
INPUT
ACTION
Racial Equity Action Plans
Racial Equity Leaders + Teams
Legislation, Policy, and Budget Equity Analysis
Racial Reconciliation
OUR HISTORY
In response to growing racial disparities in San Francisco, the City and County of San Francisco established the Office of Racial Equity (ORE) as a division of the Human Rights Commission in July 2019.
This was the result of successful advocacy and organizing by Black City workers, labor leaders, and community members. The authorizing legislation for ORE was passed under the leadership of Supervisors Sandra Lee Fewer and Vallie Brown.
With the establishment of ORE, San Francisco joins a national movement to address the government’s role in resolving the inequitable outcomes it created.