LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – During its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, the Lake County Board of Supervisors will read a Proclamation, “Promoting Tolerance, Respect, Equity and Inclusion in Lake County.”
The proclamation is timed for 11 a.m.
The presentation will be broadcast live on the county of Lake’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
Members of the public interested in commenting on this item are encouraged to participate via Zoom. The link and other details are available at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
Tuesday’s proclamation was proposed as one of numerous actions in response to the widely publicized and horrific deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020.
An effort to form a local response self-organized into a group called A Community Call to Action: A loving response to systemic racism in America, or CCA. The group met monthly and meetings included a series of guest speakers, prioritization of areas for response and learning more about efforts in other communities across the nation.
The final proclamation is the result of a collaborative effort that began with a survey of CCA participants. The language was then refined through feedback from various community members, including members of the Board of Supervisors and county staff.
This historic proclamation notes in part: the duties, protections and laws of varying levels of government; the acknowledgment that protections are not afforded everyone equally; and a declaration that now is the time to answer these calls of reckoning together as a community.
Also included in the proclamation is an action commitment by the Board of Supervisors to host a community visioning session with the intention of developing recommendations for various related issues, including: meaningful actions and activities that foster tolerance, respect, equity and inclusion; and directing resources toward underlying causes and conditions that lead to inequitable distribution of resources and carriage of justice.
“Each one of us can contribute to ushering in the tolerant, respectful, equitable and inclusive Lake County we wish to see,” said District 4 Supervisor Tina Scott. “Showing up, and voicing your support for Tuesday’s proclamation is a great way to start.”