Established in 2020, The City of San Jose’s Office of Racial Equity office is responsible for advancing systems change through a citywide racial equity framework that will examine and improve San José’s internal policies, programs, and practices to eradicate any structural and/or institutional racism in the City of San José. This includes a focus on enabling the organization, at all levels and in all departments, to identify ways to improve outcomes for Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/x, and People of Color. The Office of Racial Equity will achieve this goal through training, data collection, policy analysis and development, stronger accountability measures for City departments, as well as authentic community engagement. Community Guidelines: This site is intended to serve as a forum for communication between the public and the City of San José. Comments posted to this page will be monitored during regular business hours. The City reserves the right to restrict or remove inappropriate comments including those that have obscene language or sexual content, threaten or defame any person or organization, violate intellectual property rights or the legal ownership interest of another party, support or oppose political candidates or ballot propositions, encourage illegal activity, promote commercial services or products or are not topically related to the particular posting.
