Contra Costa supervisors propose office of racial justice, social equity

To better address long-standing issues of institutional social inequality through the annual budgeting process, Contra Costa County leaders have started discussions about creating an Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity.

The concept was described by several speakers who on Tuesday told the supervisors that an Office of Racial Justice and Social Equity would help ensure a stronger public voice for promoting racial and economic equality and addressing police brutality and the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on Contra Costa’s low-income residents and communities of color.