CDFA RELEASES RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN

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SACRAMENTO, September 12, 2023 - CDFA today announced the public release of the agency’s first Racial Equity Action Plan. The plan is a blueprint for action to guide long-term efforts to embed equity throughout CDFA programs, policies and practices to repair inequitable systems that serve certain groups over others. 

“CDFA is proud to join other state agencies in releasing an action plan to guide our work to tackle systemic and institutional racism. We recognize this is a long-term effort that requires time and trust,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “This initiative will build upon the Governor’s Executive Order on Equity and help to realize the vision of a California for All.”

CDFA envisions this plan as a guide and the backbone of its work as an agency to address racial equity, and also a mechanism to help ensure that AB 1348, the Farmer Equity Act, continues to be implemented across the agency.

CDFA is committed to addressing equity both externally and internally within its organization. The agency is comprised of hundreds of staff members who work each day to serve California agriculture, making it a high priority to build and strengthen internal equity systems.
 
The equity action plan is meant to be a living document to be revised regularly to track and ensure progress is being made towards achieving the outcomes and vision laid forth in the plan. 

Additionally, the plan is in alignment with and complimentary to the CDFA Strategic Plan as well as the recently published “Ag Vision for the Next Decade,” which highlights and embeds equity throughout the plan. 

This is the culmination of CDFA’s participation in the 2020-2021 year-long Capital Collaborative on Race and Equity ( CCORE ) training, followed by CDFA internal training sessions and discussions on priorities within the plan.

CDFA will hold a series of public listening sessions about the plan throughout the remainder of 2023 and early 2024. 

Please see the Racial Equity Action Plan home page for more details and to view the entire plan in detail.

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