Capri Maddox

Executive director and GM, Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department

Executive director and general manager of the Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department

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The City of Los Angeles aims to inject $8.5 million directly into nine neighborhoods that have faced systemic inequities through its first participatory budget program.

$8.5 million will go to historically marginalized LA neighborhoods

The City of Los Angeles aims to inject $8.5 million directly into nine neighborhoods that have faced systemic inequities through its first participatory budget program.

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How unequal is Los Angeles? There’s a new city office with a mandate to find out.

LA’s new Civil and Human Rights Department aims to tackle systemic racism

How unequal is Los Angeles? There’s a new city office with a mandate to find out.

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