Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: SCAG DRAFT 2024 RTP/SCS AND RELATED COORDINATION UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE ORAL REPORT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE oral report on coordination with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) on its release of the Draft 2024 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS).
Equity_Platform
EQUITY PLATFORM
SCAG developed policies and priorities to address equity for the Draft 2024 RTP/SCS, including:
• The Regional Council adopted Resolution No. 20-623-2 on Racial and Social Justice, affirming SCAG's commitment to meaningfully advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and establishing the Special Committee on Equity and Social Justice to advance social justice throughout the agency.
• The Regional Council adopted the Racial Equity Early Action Plan to guide and sustain SCAG’s regional leadership in service of equity and social justice. It reflects discussions and feedback provided to the Special Committee on the definition of equity and overarching goals and strategies to advance racial equity through SCAG’s policies, practices, and activities.
• SCAG convened a subcommittee on Racial Equity and Planning to identify opportunities to advance racial equity through the policies and strategies contained in their long-range visioning plan Connect SoCal and guide how planning and investments over the next 30 years can address and rectify the effects of racially discriminatory policies in SCAG’s environmental justice communities.
Metro staff align the Long Range Transportation Plan (and any Short Range Transportation Plans) with SCAG’s population assumptions for the RTP/SCS. However, Metro’s Equity Focus Communities (EFCs) predate SCAG equity analysis efforts and provide a more targeted assessment of Los Angeles County.
Prepared_by
Prepared by: Rena Lum, Interim Deputy Executive Officer, Long-Range Planning, (213) 922-6963
Kalieh Honish, Executive Officer, Technical & Data Services, (213) 922-7109
Michael Cano, Executive Officer, Multimodal Integrated Planning (213) 418-3010
Avital Barnea, Senior Executive Officer, Multimodal Integrated Planning, (213) 547-4317
Ray Sosa, Deputy Chief Planning Officer, Countywide Planning & Development, (213) 547-4274
Reviewed_By
Reviewed by: James de la Loza, Chief Planning Officer, (213) 922-2920
