Testimony of Ed Lazere At the Public Hearing on the Racial Equity Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2019
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DC needs to take more action to correct the impacts of decades of systemic racism. The DC Council can take meaningful steps now, as they work on the FY 2020 budget, to move DC towards a more equitable future.
The proposed FY 2020 budget will reinforce gentrification and displacement of Black residents, and fails to take meaningful steps to address the city’s persistent racial inequities, according to a new analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute.
The DCFPI Budget Toolkit is ready for you, with detailed budget analyses for the things you care about – from education to job training to housing – and ways you can get involved now to make the budget better.