Equity impact assessment
Seattle Mun. Code § 14.18.050
in effect14.18.050 - Equity impact assessment
A. Every year, beginning by no later than September 15, 2019, and continuing by no later than September 15 each year thereafter, the Chief Technology Officer shall produce and submit to the City Council a Surveillance Technology Community Equity Impact Assessment and Policy Guidance Report ("equity impact assessment"), to be filed with the City Clerk with an electronic copy to the Council, the Chair of the committee responsible for technology matters, the co-chairs of the Working Group, the City Auditor, the Inspector General for Public Safety, and the Director of Central Staff, and posted to the City's website. The equity impact assessment shall address, at a minimum, the following:
1. Whether this Chapter 14.18 is effectively meeting the goals of the Race and Social Justice Initiative, including whether any communities and groups in the City are disproportionately impacted by the use of surveillance technologies;
2. What adjustments to laws and policies should be made to remedy any disproportionate impacts so as to achieve a more equitable outcome in the future; and
3. Any new approaches and considerations the City Council should bring to future reviews of requests for Council approval submitted pursuant to Section 14.18.030.
B. The CTO shall consult with the co-chairs of the Working Group in the writing of the equity impact assessment, and shall include all Working Group feedback and recommendations in the equity impact assessment; if the CTO disagrees with a recommendation, the CTO shall provide an explanation of the disagreement in the report.
C. The Inspector General for Public Safety may prepare an equity impact assessment for a specific technology proposed to be acquired by SPD. The Council may direct the CTO to prepare an equity impact assessment for a specific surveillance technology proposed to be acquired by any other City department.
D. When reviewing technologies that do not have SIRs, the department shall look to existing documents and policies to address the requirements of Section 14.18.050 and, whenever possible, provide the information requested for each retroactive technology.
(Ord. 125679, § 3, 2018; Ord. 125376, § 2, 2017.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT14HURI_CH14.18ACUSSUTE_14.18.050EQIMASFetched: 11/1/2026