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District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor The Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) and Post News Group joined with District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor to host a town hall to discuss ways to mitigate local contracting disparities. Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, and the staff of District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife also joined the town hall meeting to add their support for full implementation of the plan to bring a more equitable distribution of the city’s contracting dollars. A direct response to the city’s 2017 Disparities Study, conducted by Mason Tillman Associates, showed more than $56M in lost contract dollars for the Black community during the five-year study period. The purpose of the town hall was to receive community input on potential solutions, including Taylor’s Local Business Empowerment Through Contracting (LBETC) Resolution & Ordinance. ....
Black Businesses May Get Bigger Slice of City Contracting Pie postnewsgroup.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postnewsgroup.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black business owners may get more work with the city of Oakland ktvu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Push is on for Murphy to deliver for minority-owned businesses Published: December 27, 2020 State Sen. Ron Rice (c.) with Assembly members Cleopatra Tucker and Ralph Caputo (David Matthau, Townsquare Media NJ) TRENTON Some lawmakers and activists are upping the pressure entering Gov. Phil Murphy’s re-election year for him to deliver on economic promises for minority-owned businesses. Through its Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity, the Legislature is looking to boost minority- and women-owned businesses. Said Sen. Ronald Rice, D-Essex, said decades of legislative hearings have yielded few meaningful results in terms of contracts and opportunities. “I think we have to recognize that although sometimes the governor’s going to get offended, even though many of us support the governor, for speaking truth to power,” Rice said. ....
For Prop. 16, 'equity and inclusion' must replace 'quotas' misuse eastbayexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastbayexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.