Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 17, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: EQUITY PLATFORM FY19 ACTIVATION PLAN
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Equity Platform FY19 Activation Plan.
Issue
ISSUE
This report outlines the set of activities that Metro is pursuing to implement the Metro Equity Platform Framework adopted by the Board in March 2018.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The Equity Platform ("Platform") stands on four pillars - Define and Measure, Listen and Learn, Focus and Deliver, and Train and Grow (Attachment A). Because the Platform is designed to inform, shape and guide all lines of the agency's business, on a continuing basis, this "activation plan" highlights a broad portfolio with some elements that are and will be on-going; current or planned projects that have a discrete beginning and end; and new initiatives still in the conceptual stage. This mix underscores the reach and depth of the Platform's intent - and likewise illustrates the distance the agency still has to go to fully realize the Platform's potential and impact for change. Incorporated into the agency's recently adopted Vision 2028 Strategic Plan, the Platform will never be a singular task that is finished; instead it is an agency commitment to incorporate Equity principles into, and pursue equitable outcomes emerging from, everything we do.
It is important to reiterate the basis of the Equity Platform, and what outcomes are intended to be achieved. While we acknowledge many different definitions of "equity" exist, the Platform is explicit in its focus on the vast disparities in access to opportunity -- jobs, housing, health care, and education to name a few -- among many people and communities within Los Angeles County. Race and income have and continue to be strong indicators of where these gaps exist. The Equity Platform is intended to help identify and implement projects or programs that close or eliminate those gaps. Eq...
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