The measurement is percent of OUSD students by race/ethnicity who were suspended at any point in the school year. This is only measuring out-of-school suspensions, not on-campus suspensions or office referrals that did not result in removing a student from school. It includes all students who were enrolled at any point during the school year for any number of days.

Jail incarceration rates are measured by the number of incarcerated individuals in jail per 100,000 population aged 18-69. This Indicator is measured for Alameda County, and the most recently available data is from 2015.

This Indicator measures the percent of individuals living in housing units without access to high speed Internet, defined as broadband Internet service such as cable, fiber optic, or DSL service.

This Indicator measures the percent of individuals who live in households in which at least one household member received SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in the past 12 months, by race/ethnicity.

This Indicator measures substance abuse related emergency department visits per 100,000 by race/ethnicity, from 2013 through the third quarter of 2015. Substance abuse related emergency department visits refers to cases that involved non-medical use of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, or alcohol in combination with other drugs.

The equal access accommodations Indicator is measured by comparing the percent of public contact position (PCP) employees who speak Spanish to the percent of Spanish speakers who have limited English proficiency (LEP) citywide. The Equal Access to Services Ordinance includes a requirement for City departments to offer bilingual services based on citywide demographics. In FY2016-2017, the two languages required by the ordinance were Spanish and Chinese. We chose to measure Spanish-speaking PCP employees for this Indicator because Spanish speakers comprise a larger proportion of the population.

This Indicator measures the rate of felony arrests of juveniles by race/ethnicity adjusted for population. This Indicator is measured for Oakland. Rate is calculated as the number of juvenile felony arrests per 100,000 people of each race/ethnicity that are under 18 years of age. To determine the number of juveniles of each race/ethnicity in Oakland, we took the population by race/ethnicity for all ages and multiplied by the percent of Oakland’s population that is under 18 (19.67%). This approach was necessary due to the lack of exact data available on the under 18 population in Oakland by race/ethnicity.

This Indicator measures the percent of individuals who live in housing units that do not have complete plumbing facilities. Complete plumbing facilities include hot and cold water and a bathtub or shower.

This Indicator measures the number of service requests received by the Oakland Call Center for illegal dumping as a rate per 1,000 people in each census tract. The census tracts are grouped based on majority race/ethnicity. Service requests that were canceled were excluded from the analysis.

This Indicator measures the rate of domestic violence victimization in Oakland by race/ethnicity. Rate is calculated as the number of domestic violence incidents per 100,000 people of the same race/ethnicity (of any age).