Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
AUGUST 18, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: EQUITY FOCUS COMMUNITIES 2022 REPORT BACK
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE a report back on using 2022 Equity Focus Communities (EFCs) to prioritize investments during the development of the Metro FY24 budget.
Issue
ISSUE
During the May 2022 Executive Management Committee (EMC) meeting, Director Garcetti requested a report back in August 2022 on recommendations for using the newly updated 2022 EFC map to prioritize funding during the development of Metro's FY24 budget.
Background
BACKGROUND
The original iteration of the EFC map (adopted by the Board in 2019) has been used as a geographic measurement of marginalized and high-need communities by staff in Metro project and program analysis, budget assessments, and grant application supplementary context. During the FY23 budget development process, Metro's CEO initiated a new approach: Equity Zero-Based Budgeting (EZBB). The FY23 EZBB process expanded the scope of budget justifications and applied the Metro Budget Equity Assessment Tool (MBEAT) to all FY23 annual budget and capital projects requests, both new and ongoing. The FY23 EZBB MBEAT required staff to identify impacts on EFCs for each budget item, including distinguishing between targeted benefits and disproportionate service.
Due to the delayed timing of 2020 Census demographic data becoming publicly available (mid-March 2022), the 2022 EFC Update map was not able to be used during the FY23 EZBB MBEAT process, which ended in late February 2022, per the annual budget development timeline. To accommodate this delay, staff identified budget impacts aligned with a modified EFC map that referenced 2019 Census data. This modified EFC map has only been used during the FY23 EZBB MBEAT process.
During the May 2022 EMC meeting, the 2022 EFC Update was received (File # 2022-0275), which included updating Los Angeles County de...
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