beth rubinstein, the deputy direcommunication and part of our racial equity team. morning to our new commissioner. happy to meet you. it was exciting to be here when you did the land acknowledgment for the first i had no idea and congratulations on that. i find personally really moving because we are-the public are the stewards of the public right feel it has particular meaning to us. the land ac it is for us to sort of ground ourselves in our values so i appreciated the starting the meeting that way. >> thank you for your help with it. >> sure. just to remind you sort of where the racia organization, we are under the policy and communication team. what is alit is department wide, so half our time is operations and half at 49 south van ness, but we work in deep collaboration with our deputy director me as well as the performance team under bruce robertson as the deputy director staffing and lifting up their work and bringing racial equity lens to it. we don't work in isolation by any means. we actually work with the deputy direon her initiative and how it can move

beth rubinstein, the deputy director of part of our racial equity team.new commissioner.ppy to meet you.here when you did the land acknowledgment for the first time. idea and congratulations on that. i find it personally really moving because we are-the public the stewards of the public right it has particular meaning to us. the land acknowledgment for us to sort of ground ourselves in appreciated the starting the meeting that way. >> thank you for your help with it. >> sure. you sort of where the racial equity initiative sits we are under the policy and coatteam. what is really important about is department wide, so half our time is operations an south van ness, but we work in our deputy director durden behil as the performance team under br as the deputy director of financng and lifting up their work and bringing racial equity lens to it. by any means. we actually with the deputy director of opration her initiative and how it can move forward equity plan. this is our racial group and actually you can see me on the top left and also have mber other members. half here tod

. >> item 5, the ra equity action beth rubinstein is here to present the reportis informational item. . great to be here again. be policy and communication and part of our equity team. good morning to our new commissioner. it was exciting to be here when you did time. i had no idea and congratulations on that.personally really moving because weare the stewards of the public i feel it has particular meaning to us. the land acknowledgment is for us. it is for us to sort of ourselves in our values so i appreciated the starting g that way. >> thank you for your help with it. just to remind you sort of where the in the organization, we are under the policy n team. what is really important about our work is that it is department wide, is operations and half at 49 south van ness, but deep collaboration with our deputy durden behind me as well as the performance bruce robertson as the deputy director of finance and administration and we are staffing and lifting up their work and br lens to it. we don't work in isolation by any means.actually work with opration on her initiative and how the ra