Santa Rosa Community Empowerment Plan
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Community Engagement
Physical Address
100 Santa Rosa Avenue
Room 6
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707)543-4676
Upcoming Public Meeting Information and How to Participate Virtually
For a list of upcoming meeting dates and information on how to participate virtually, please visit the City's Virtual Public Participation website.
Community Empowerment Plan
The Santa Rosa Community Empowerment Plan is a starting point for change in recognition that the City of Santa Rosa needs to reorient efforts and change policies in a collaborative manner with the community, and particularly with our communities of color. The Plan is a result of the outcry, protests, and demands stemming from the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. The focus of the Plan is to engage and work in partnership with the public in a way that all community members feel they have a voice and are empowered to seek and implement a better more inclusive system. An overview of this initial plan, intent and timeline will be reviewed so that it may be modified as needed based on public input. With a repetitive loop of input, action, and analysis, it is intended that the Community Empowerment Plan be iterative and ongoing, evolving based on feedback and need.
Documents
- Goals of the Community Empowerment Plan
- Spectrum of Community Engagement
- Principles of Community Engagement
- Listening Sessions Report
En Español:
Actions Taken by the City of Santa Rosa
inRESPONSE Mental Health Support Team
Responding to community feedback through the Community Empowerment Plan listening sessions, participation at City Council meetings and the Public Safety Subcommittee meetings, and ongoing community conversations, a new crisis response team has been formed. The goal of inRESPONSE is to handle calls for service where mental health is the primary concern. LEARN MORE ABOUT inRESPONSE
Declaring Racism a Public Health and Human Rights Crisis in Santa Rosa
On November 16, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health and human rights crisis in Santa Rosa. The resolution includes input from community listening sessions and from other communities with similar resolutions. READ RESOLUTION
The City of Santa Rosa Stands in Solidarity with Our Asian American Pacific Islander Community
Please read this important message from Mayor Chris Rogers about standing in solidarity with our Asian American Pacific Islander Community:
A Letter to Our Asian American Pacific Islander Community
Por favor, lea este importante mensaje del alcalde Chris Rogers sobre solidarizarse con nuestra comunidad asiático-americana de las islas del Pacífico:
Actions for Change: A Commitment from the Santa Rosa City Council and City Manager
- Letter to the Community (English) (June 28, 2020)
- Una Carta a la Comunidad (28 de junio de 2020)
Santa Rosa is an Indivisible City
The Santa Rosa City Council passed a resolution on Feb. 7, 2017 declaring Santa Rosa an Indivisible City to safeguard the civil rights, safety, and dignity of all Santa Rosa residents. This resolution remains in place today, and it is important to note that the Santa Rosa Police Department does not undertake joint efforts with federal, state or local law enforcement agencies to investigate, detain, or arrest individuals solely for violation of federal immigration law. Additionally, the City Council passed a resolution in 2018 opposing the separation of children and families at the U.S. - Mexico border. Both resolutions can be below:
- Resolution of the City Council to Declare Itself an Indivisible City and Safeguard the Civil Rights, Safety, and Dignity of All Santa Rosa Residents: RES-2017-017
- Resolution of the City Council Opposing the Separation of Children and Families at the U.S. - Mexico Border: RES-2018-119
Listening Sessions Summaries
Updated 2.2.21
En Español abajo
Community Engagement staff have been busy coordinating and attending meetings in alignment with Goal One objectives of the Community Empowerment Plan. The intended outcome of these meetings is to understand the concerns and priorities of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Black, Indigenous, and Latinx community members, to improve and strengthen the City’s relationships with these community groups, and to find actions that will positively affect the quality of life of our underrepresented residents. Summaries of these listening sessions are listed below.
- July 2, 2020 - Social Justice Rally and March
- July 8, 2020 - NAACP Chapter Meeting
- July 16, 2020 - Youth Listening Session #1
- July 17, 2020 - 100 Black Men of Sonoma County
- July 23, 2020 - Youth Listening Session #2
- August 6, 2020 - NAACP Follow-Up Session
- August 6, 2020 - Sonoma County Lowrider Council
- August 10, 2020 - Community Conversation on Race
- August 27, 2020 - United Black Voices of Sonoma County
- August 28, 2020 - 100 Black Men Follow-Up
- September 25, 2020 - LandPath Volunteers Listening Session
- October 12, 2020 - Roseland Community Building Initiative Listening Session
- November 14, 2020 - South Park Community Building Initiative Listening Session
- December 3, 2020 - Community Partners Listening Session
- December 10, 2020 - Indigenous Community Leaders Listening Session
Resúmenes de sesiones de escucha
El personal de Participación Comunitaria ha estado ocupado coordinando y asistiendo a reuniones en alineación con los objetivos de la Meta Uno del Plan de Participación Comunitaria. El resultado esperado de estas reuniones es comprender las preocupaciones y prioridades de los miembros de la comunidad afroamericana, indígena y latina de los condados de Santa Rosa y Sonoma, para mejorar y fortalecer las relaciones de la Ciudad con estos grupos comunitarios y encontrar acciones que afecten positivamente la calidad de vida de nuestros residentes subrepresentados. Los resúmenes de estas sesiones de escucha se enumeran a continuación.
- Resumen de la sesión de escucha del 2 de julio de 2020 y la Marcha por la Justicia
- Resumen: 8 de julio del 2020, Reunión con a NAACP
- Resumen: 16 de Julio del 2020 – Sesiones De Escucha Para Jóvenes
- Resumen: 17 de Julio del 2020 – Sesión de escucha de 100 Black Men del Condado de Sonoma
- Resumen: Sesión De Escucha Para Jóvenes – 23 de Julio del 2020
- Resumen: 6 de Agosto del 2020 - Reunión de Seguimiento con la sessión de la NAACP
- Resumen: Sesión de Escucha del 6 de Agosto del 2020 con el Consejo Lowrider del Condado de Santa Rosa
- Resumen: 27 de Agosto del 2020 - Sesión de Escucha con United Black Voices of Sonoma County
- Resumen: 28 de Agosto del 2020 - Sesión De Seguimiento de 100 Black Men del Condado de Sonoma
- Resumen: 25 de Septiembre de 2020 - Reunión con Voluntarios de LandPaths
- Resumen: 12 de Octubre de 2020 - Reunión con Roseland CBI
- Resumen: 14 de Noviembre del 2020 - Iniciativa de Construcción Comunitaria de South Park
- Resumen: 3 de Diciembre del 2020 - Socios comunitarios de la asociación para la prevención de la violencia
- Resumen: 10 del Diciembre del 2020 - Sesión de Escucha de Grupos Indígenas
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