§ 39-6. Program initiated.

(a) First year of program.

In the first year following enactment of this subtitle, agencies must participate in training and ongoing capacity building around equity and inclusion to produce a baseline analysis of the equity impacts of the agency's existing and proposed actions and policies, encompassing programs, operations, and capital projects.

(b) Second and subsequent years.

Starting in the second year following enactment of this subtitle, each City agency must develop, adopt, and oversee an Equity Assessment Program that requires it to:

(1) proactively develop policies, practices, and strategic investments to reverse disparity trends based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or income;

(2) act to eliminate structural and institutional racism and discrimination of all kinds based on immutable characteristics to ensure that outcomes and opportunities for all people are no longer predicable based on those characteristics;

(3) develop and implement an equity action plan to incorporate and embed equity principles and strategies into City operations, programs, services, and policies; and

(4) conduct equity assessments of existing and proposed City actions, policies, and both capital and operating budgets.