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New report on the journey to local hiring reform in SF recently published
Our community partner, Brightline Defense Project, just published a new report documenting the years of advocacy and coalition building that led to our city’s local hiring policy for construction. Titled “Putting Local Hire To Work”, it features a narrative and policy background of the advocates, workers, labor leaders, and policy makers that came together to [...]
CAA named a “Local Hiring Hero” by Brightline Defense Project
Our good friends at Brightline Defense Project, with whom we co-authored the groundbreaking report on local hiring titled “The Failure of Good Faith“, is hosting a benefit event on September 29 at San Francisco’s Sloane Lounge. We will be joining other “Local Hiring Heroes” who helped make effective local hiring a reality in San Francisco. [...]
Historic Local Hiring Law Passed in San Francisco
Photo: San Franciscans come together to rally for local hiring reform at City Hall on October 19, 2010, the day the bill was introduced by Supervisor John Avalos.
On March 25, 2011, San Francisco passed the strongest local hiring ordinance in the country, helping to address persistent unemployment that has plagued disadvantaged communities for generations in [...]
Local Hiring Stimulates Real Economic Pathways for Immigrants and Working Families (CAA Op-Ed)
A joint-op-ed by CAA Director of Community Initiatives Jenny Lam and San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar on how a local hiring mandate benefits immigrants, local businesses, and working families.
Op-Ed to Sing Tao Daily
March 2011
A strong coalition of community groups and San Francisco’s Board of supervisors made history in December by passing a new local hiring [...]
City College Trustees Back Local Hire Policy at New Campus (Bay Citizen)
By: Bay City News Service
3/10/2011
CCSF Board President John Rizzo and Trustee Steve Ngo will introduce the mandate for local hiring for construction jobs at a meeting of the board’s Facilities, Infrastructure and Technology Committee. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a citywide local hiring law in December, but City College projects fall under a [...]
City College to Introduce Resolution to Initiate Grievances against Contractors Who Are Non-Compliant on Local Hiring for Chinatown Campus (Media Advisory)
CCSF Trustee Steve Ngo and Board President John Rizzo will announce a new resolution to address a lack of local hiring on the Chinatown/North Beach Campus construction. Although a historic city-wide law on local hiring was recently passed in San Francisco, City College projects fall under a different jurisdiction and [...]
Audio: San Francisco Board Of Supes Approves Local Hiring Law (CBS 5)
December 8, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has approved local legislation that would eventually require 50 percent of the workers on public works projects live in the city.
The legislation authored by Supervisor John Avalos tosses out the current laws that merely sets goals for private contractors that build city projects [...]
SF Supes Approve Mandated Local Hiring For City Construction Projects (KTVU)
San Francisco supervisors approved legislation that would mandate certain amounts of city residents be hired for city-funded construction projects; helping to benefit local businesses, address unemployment, and lift up poor neighborhoods.
December 7, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco supervisors Tuesday approved legislation that would mandate certain amounts of city residents be hired for city-funded construction projects.
The [...]
Mandatory Local Hire means our fair share of construction jobs (SF Bay View)
Macio Lyons
November 8, 2010
As a life-long San Franciscan and Bayview Hunters Point resident for the last 27 years, I first got involved with the issue of Local Hire about two years ago with James Richards Sr. and the group ABU. At any given time over the last few years you can find a dozen major [...]
Failure in Local Hiring in SF (New America Media)
By Vivian Po
August 5, 2010
Monday, a report showed San Francisco has failed to deliver 50 percent of job hours on public works projects to local residents, as mandated by city law.
Of the 5.3 million working hours clocked on the city’s 29 public works projects, only a quarter of the jobs went to San Franciscans, according [...]
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