Oakland City Council To Take Aim At Equity In City Contracting

CBS San Francisco

January 28, 2021

OAKLAND (CBS SF/BCN) — The city of Oakland recently took its first steps towards bettering equity in its contracting following a race and gender disparity study released in November.

Suspecting even before the study was released that inequity existed, a councilmember introduced legislation that may help some businesses weather the pandemic and get their fair share of contracts.

City councilmembers on Feb. 16 will again hold the second reading of the Local Business Empowerment Through Contracting ordinance, which went back to committee to hear what the costs would be to implement the law.

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