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CaliforniaSacramento County

See how Sacramento County performed on our equity assessment of its ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery Fund investment strategy.

Total Equity Focused ARPA Funds

$194,134,962$194,134,962

Overall Score

High

ARPA Equity Assessment of Sacramento County, CA

Overall Equity Focus

highHigh

Was racial and economic equity an explicit focus of the jurisdiction's ARPA investment strategy?

Equity Conscious
checkmark icon95% of locations met this criterion.
Race Conscious
checkmark icon81% of locations met this criterion.
Equity as a Priority
checkmark icon86% of locations met this criterion.

Equity Decision Making Tools and Resources

highHigh

Are equity tools, frameworks, and structures in place to support equitable investment project identification, design, and implementation?

Equity Principles
x icon38% of locations met this criterion.
Equity Policies
checkmark icon24% of locations met this criterion.

On December 13, 2022, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution creating the DIversity, Equity, and Inclusion Cabinet. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Cabinet is responsible to develop the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan for the County.

Equity Framework
checkmark icon31% of locations met this criterion.

The County is in the process of creating a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan .

Equity Staffing
checkmark icon51% of locations met this criterion.

Sacramento County is developing a Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer position.

Equity Tools
x icon31% of locations met this criterion.
Data Disaggregation
checkmark icon48% of locations met this criterion.
Geographic Targeting via QCTs
checkmark icon72% of locations met this criterion.
Neighborhood Risk/Vulnerability Mapping
checkmark icon38% of locations met this criterion.

Community Engagement

highHigh

Did the jurisdiction engage community members in decision making about the ARPA funds, conduct targeted outreach to historically excluded communities, and implement strategies to reach underserved communities?

Broad Community Engagement
checkmark icon94% of locations met this criterion.
Targeted Outreach
checkmark icon64% of locations met this criterion.
Inclusive Engagement
checkmark icon54% of locations met this criterion.

Equitable Labor Practices

middleMiddle

Does the jurisdiction use best practices for ensuring public investments deliver family-supporting jobs to residents who have faced barriers to good jobs and economic prosperity?

Targeted or Local Hiring
checkmark icon36% of locations met this criterion.
Living Wage
x icon16% of locations met this criterion.
Prevailing Wage
checkmark icon70% of locations met this criterion.
Project Labor Agreement
x icon29% of locations met this criterion.
Community Benefits Agreements
x icon11% of locations met this criterion.

Equity Investments

highHigh

Did the jurisdiction make investments that have the potential to advance equity by targeting the communities most harmed by the pandemic and addressing systemic inequities?

Good Jobs
checkmark icon62% of locations met this criterion.
Income and Wealth
checkmark icon71% of locations met this criterion.
Inclusive Business Development
checkmark icon64% of locations met this criterion.
Housing Security
checkmark icon82% of locations met this criterion.
Food Security
checkmark icon63% of locations met this criterion.
Health Equity
checkmark icon81% of locations met this criterion.
Digital Equity
x icon45% of locations met this criterion.
Early Childhood
checkmark icon33% of locations met this criterion.
Quality Child Care
x icon32% of locations met this criterion.
Youth & School-Aged Children
checkmark icon64% of locations met this criterion.
Community Infrastructure
checkmark icon64% of locations met this criterion.
Equity Infrastructure
checkmark icon31% of locations met this criterion.
Community Based Organizations
checkmark icon67% of locations met this criterion.
Community Safety & Justice
checkmark icon56% of locations met this criterion.
Policing (Negative Points)
x icon50% of locations met this criterion.
Extent of Investment (% of Spending)
72%46% is the average across all locations.
Extent of Investment (% of Projects)
76%58% is the average across all locations.

Transparency & Accountability

highHigh

Does the jurisdiction set performance goals, collect data to monitor progress toward equitable outcomes, and provide the public with information about how funds are being used?

Equity Outcomes
checkmark icon55% of locations met this criterion.
Public Data
checkmark icon70% of locations met this criterion.
ARPA Website
checkmark icon64% of locations met this criterion.
Performance Measures
checkmark icon75% of locations met this criterion.

The Equity Focus of Sacramento's ARPA Investments

Primary Policy Area
Amount
Percentage
Housing security
$103,725,892
38.6%
Health equity
$28,990,668
10.8%
Income and wealth
$21,008,402
7.8%
Community-based organizations
$12,042,500
4.5%
Inclusive business development
$10,390,000
3.9%
Food security
$4,750,000
1.8%
Community infrastructure
$4,400,000
1.6%
Community safety and justice
$3,967,500
1.5%
Youth and school-aged children
$2,200,000
0.8%
Early childhood
$1,500,000
0.6%
Good jobs
$1,000,000
0.4%
Equity infrastructure
$160,000
0.1%
Not equity focused or unknown
$74,355,936
27.7%

$194,134,962

  of $268,490,898 funds budgeted as of July 2023 (72.3%) were equity focusedView Detailed Investments