Advocacy Efforts
Below you can find position papers, letters, flyers, and other advocacy tools from each of our program areas and campaigns past and present. (Photo above courtesy of Urban Habitat)
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SF Local Hiring Ordinance - Year 2 Report
Posted Wed, May 01, 2013 | Local Hiring
The SF Local Hiring Ordinance Year 2 Report shows continued local hiring success under San Francisco's landmark local hiring law.
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Thank You Letter to Mayor Ed Lee for Supporting GoSolarSF
Posted Tue, Mar 12, 2013 | Renewable Energy
March 12, 2013 coalition letter thanking Mayor Ed Lee for his strong support to fully fund GoSolarSF.
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GoSolarSF Update - July 24, 2012
Posted Tue, Jul 24, 2012 | Renewable Energy
SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington provides an update on funding for GoSolarSF and the CleanPowerSF program.
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Community and Labor Advocates Support Better Job Standards for Treasure Island
Posted Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | Local Hiring
June 7, 2012 letter to Mayor Lee from Brightline, Laborers Union Local 261, Janitors Union SEIU Local 87, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute regarding better job standards for maintenance workers at Treasure Island.
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Brightline Letter of Support for Providence Local Hiring Efforts
Posted Wed, May 16, 2012 | Local Hiring
Brightline's Letter to Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras' office and the Providence City Solicitor in support of local hiring reform efforts led by a community-labor partnership including Direct Access for Rights and Equality and the Rhode Island Building Trades and Construction Council.
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Brightline Report - "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Posted Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | Local Hiring
Brightline's March 2012 report, "Putting Local Hire To Work." This document is a story of the hard work that led to the creation and passage of San Francisco’s Local Hiring Policy for Construction.
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Assemblymember Ammiano's Letter to Board of Supervisors re: Local Hiring on America's Cup
Posted Wed, Feb 15, 2012 | Local Hiring
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano's letter to SF Board of Supervisors on his legislation rendering America's Cup construction projects as "public works" subject to the San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction.
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Brightline Letter to Mayor Lee re: America's Cup Local Hiring "Bait and Switch"
Posted Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Local Hiring
Brightline asks Event Authority to fulfill its longstanding commitment to local hire based on the December 31, 2010 Host and Venue Agreement.
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America's Cup Jobs Plan - R.I.P. Good Faith Efforts
Posted Wed, Feb 01, 2012 | Local Hiring
Board of Supervisors' hearing on proposed America's Cup "good faith efforts" jobs plan. Community and labor advocates win across the board prevailing wage, denounce "good faith" hiring plan in favor City local hiring law.
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Carpenters, Laborers, Operating Engineers Letter to America's Cup Event Authority
Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2012 | Local Hiring
In a 1/30/12 letter to ACEA CEO Richard Worth, Carpenters Local 22, Laborers Local 261, and Operating Engineers Local 3 call for the application of prevailing wage and local hiring requirements to jobs associated with America's Cup.
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Brightline Letter to Richard Worth re: America's Cup
Posted Thu, Jan 26, 2012 | Local Hiring
In a 1/26/12 letter to ACEA CEO Richard Worth, Brightline calls upon the Authority to apply the San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction and commit to an all-union workforce.
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SFPUC Discusses Local Hiring Ordinance and WSIP PLA
Posted Tue, Sep 13, 2011 | Local Hiring
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and public speakers discuss the request for clarification regarding San Francisco's Local Hiring Policy and its application to the existing SFPUC Water System Improvement Project Project Labor Agreement.
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Brightline Letter Re America's Cup
Posted Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | Local Hiring
August 2 Brightline Letter Highlights Lack of an America's Cup Jobs Plan
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Environmental and Social Justice Advocates Support Green Jobs Equity
Posted Thu, Jun 23, 2011 | Renewable Energy
Twenty environmental and social justice advocates signed a letter to Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors asking the City to resume its green jobs agenda, including plans for putting solar atop City Hall, with an equitable approach inclusive of the City's diverse communities and its partners in labor.
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Anti-Local Hiring Bill AB 356 Goes "Inactive"
Posted Fri, Jun 03, 2011 | Local Hiring
Jerry Hill's controversial anti-local hiring bill AB 356 went into the "inactive" pile this morning.
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