Office of Business Opportunity

Disparity Study

Purpose

As required by Chapter 15 of the City Code of Ordinances, the City shall make its best efforts to initiate a review of its minority and women business enterprise program at least every five years.  Timeliness of a disparity study is critical in order to analyze recent and updated performance of MWSBE’s and to determine the need of remedial programs, if any.  Additionally, a recent study strengthens the legal defensibility to a judicial constitutional challenge of the enacted program.  The Office of Business Opportunity has been charged with leading this endeavor in concert with a Disparity Study Consultant.

Previous Disparity Studies (.pdf)

• 2023 M/WBE Disparity Study, Final Draft (published May 7, 2024)
• 2023 M/WBE Disparity Study Appendices
• Disparity Study FAQs (.pdf)
• 2012 Construction Disparity Study
• 2006 COH Disparity Study

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