Resources
Here you will find a curated list of presentations, webpages and other resources related to the development, implementation and scaling of the principles and practices outlined in this Data Equity Handbook.
All Water Boards authors are bolded below.
Other Equity & Data Handbooks / Toolkits / Guides
Water Boards Environmental Justice Roundtable Resource Catalog
GARE Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity
500 Women Scientists Guide for Inclusive Scientific Meetings
City of Oakland | OakDOT Geographic Equity Toolbox (oaklandca.gov)
City of Portland Racial Equity Toolkit: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oehr/71685
Pierce County (Washington State) utilizes an Equity Index mapping tool to help inform diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations throughout County decision-making.
The City of Seattle utilizes a Racial and Social Equity Index that many departments use for prioritization and evaluation/analysis. A user guide is also available.
New York City government’s online interactive equity data tool EquityNYC, including a Mapping Equity tool.
The Water Boards Office of Research Planning and Performance Water Conservation and Urban Water folks tool: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/conservation_portal/water-use-explorer/
The Water Boards Office of Research Planning and Performance Vulnerable Communities Platform: https://vcp-beta-1-1-gov-opr.hub.arcgis.com/
Racial Equity Workforce Planning (CalEPA) - Practices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Plannin (ca.gov)
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/create-a-social-equity-index-to-improve-public-health/
Caltrans Beta Equity Index Map: https://caltrans.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8ff3d27cdc1a4e8da0ae09c6b076a253
Water Boards Division of Drinking Water SAFER Outreach Tool: https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=70d27423735e45d6b037b7fbaea9a6a6
Presentations
Analyzing Water Boards and Demographic Data for Equity. Jun 2024. Hannah Cushman Garland. State Water Board Racial Equity Data Subcommittee Webinar. Recording | Download and Use the Code | View Code
Relevant Government Documents
State of California Agency Resources
Governor’s Office
Governor Executive Order on Racial Equity: https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9.13.22-EO-N-16-22-Equity.pdf?emrc=c11513
Equity in the State Revolving Fund use for infrastructure: https://www.policyinnovation.org/publications/a-fairer-funding-stream
California Water Boards
- Racial Equity Resolution (2021) - English, Español
- Racial Equity Action Plan (2023) - English, Español
- Racial Equity Resolution Annotated References (2021)
California Office of Data and Innovation
- California Data Strategy Report (2024)
- California Data Strategy (2020)
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
- Considering Equity in Community Impact Analysis for Projects https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/environmental-analysis/documents/ser/equity-guidance-a11y.pdf
Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
- CalEnviroScreen 4.0 and how race and ethnicity is analyzed within that tool and the CES score correlations: https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/calenviroscreen/document/calenviroscreen40raceanalysisf2021.pdf
Local City and County Resources
City of Oakland | OakDOT Geographic Equity Toolbox (oaklandca.gov)
City of Portland Racial Equity Toolkit: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/oehr/71685
Pierce County (Washington State) utilizes an Equity Index mapping tool to help inform diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations throughout County decision-making.
The City of Seattle utilizes a Racial and Social Equity Index that many departments use for prioritization and evaluation/analysis. A user guide is also available.
New York City government’s online interactive equity data tool EquityNYC, including a Mapping Equity tool.
National Level Resources
- The Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan (2024)
- Year of Open Science Fact Sheet (2023)
- https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data.html - The American Community Survey (ACS) releases new data every year through a variety of data tables that you can access with different data tools.
- https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/handbook - You can use American Community Survey (ACS) data in different ways and for different reasons. Each one of our downloadable PDF handbooks helps a particular group with specific how-to instructions and/or case studies.
- US EPA guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-11/ejtg_revision_110823_508compliant_0.pdf
- Guide from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on how to conduct an equity assessment of a policy or program: In-Depth Equity Assessment Guide | ASPE (hhs.gov)
- FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Annual Agency Equity Action Plans to Further Advance Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
- https://www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/Racial_Equity_Data_Guidebook.pdf (link broken?) - The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is the only federal agency with a sole mission focused on preventing and ending homelessness in America. The council consists of 19 federal agencies that help create and catalyze implementation of the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/eo13985-vision-for-equitable-data.pdf - From the White House Equitable Data Working Group
- https://cssp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Our-Identities-Ourselves-Project-Infographic-FINAL.pdf - Center for the Study of Social Policy. This is the first phase of a larger project whose goal is to share best practices for collecting data about race, ethnicity, and other demographic information including sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE); national origin; language spoken; disability; religion; and tribal affiliation in child welfare agencies nationwide.
- CDC guidance: Principles for Using Public Health Data to Drive Equity A guide to embedding equitable practices throughout the data life cycle
- Federal Register :: Initial Proposals For Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards
- Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) Centering for Equity Toolkit: https://aisp.upenn.edu/resource-article/a-toolkit-for-centering-racial-equity-throughout-data-integration/
- Urban Institute’s Principles for Advancing Equitable Data Practice: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/102346/principles-for-advancing-equitable-data-practice.pdf
- General Data Management resource hub from the National Institute of Health that includes FAIR principles, metadata practices etc. https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy/data-management
- Hero Database with Racial Equity Resources collated from the National : https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/project/page/project_id/3611
- https://nationalequityatlas.org/ The National Equity Atlas is America’s most detailed report card on racial and economic equity.
- US EPA has guidance for content metadata in ArcGIS Online.
- Initial Proposals for Revising the Federal Race and Ethnicity Standards | OMB | The White House
Relevant Literature
O’Brien, M., Duerr, R., Taitingfong, R., Martinez, A., Vera, L., Jennings, L.L., Downs, R.R., Antognoli, E., ten Brink, T., Halmai, N.B., David-Chavez, D., Carroll, S.R., Hudson, M. and Buttigieg, P.L. (2024) ‘Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles’, Data Science Journal, 23(1), p. 37.