Local hiring means local opportunities for local workers on public works projects funded by local dollars. For social justice advocates, this means targeting jobs for historically disadvantaged and marginalized communities in order to break persistent cycles of poverty and unemployment. Public works projects covered by local hiring policies and project labor agreements with strong local hiring provisions help guarantee community access to jobs with high wages, benefits, and working condition protections.

Brightline's work on local hiring began in late 2008 alongside the Southeast Jobs Coalition: Young Community Developers, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Aboriginal Blackmen United, Anders & Anders Foundation, Arc Ecology, Visitacion Valley Community Development, Positive Directions Equals Change, and Inner City Youth. Brightline and the Coalition teamed up for advocacy efforts to reform local hiring policies at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and San Francisco City College throughout 2009. A phone call from Supervisor John Avalos the morning of January 26, 2010, however, kicked off our SF Community Jobs Campaign for citywide reform and the eventual adoption of San Francisco's landmark "Local Hiring Policy for Construction" on December 25, 2010.

SF School Board Unanimously Adopts Local Hiring and Contracting Policy Posted Thu, Jun 13, 2013 Commissioners Establish Sweeping Changes On School District Construction, Increase Coordination With City's Local Hiring Program SAN FRANCISCO, June 13--On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to establish its first-ever local hiring and contracting policy for School District co... Local Hiring Success Continues Under Landmark SF Ordinance Posted Wed, May 22, 2013 With Nearly 1 Million Hours Under Its Belt, City's Local Hiring Law Continues To Promote Powerful Community-Labor Partnership May 22, 2013--Under a failed "good faith efforts" approach to connecting San Francisco residents with good-paying construction jobs, local workers made up an average of only 20% of... Warriors, SF Agree to Local Hire on New Arena Posted Mon, Nov 19, 2012 Community Groups And Labor Unions Join Mayor Lee In Signing Historic Letter Of Commitment (photos by Solomon So, APRI) San Francisco's successful Local Hiring Policy for Construction applies to billions of d... Brightline Joins LiUNA for Yes on 30, No on 32, and Yes on 39! Posted Mon, Nov 05, 2012 Workers Rally And Mobilize To Support Schools, Protect Working Families, And Promote Clean Energy Jobs OAKLAND, CA, November 5, 2012--This past weekend, over five hundred men and women from Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) locals across the Bay Area came together in support ... Community Groups Rally to Support Warriors Arena Posted Wed, Oct 17, 2012 Workers and Advocates Highlight Opportunity to Bring Basketball and Thousands of Good-Paying Jobs to San Francisco by 2017 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 17, 2012--After several months of discussions about plans to build a

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SF Community Jobs Campaign Reforming San Francisco's "good faith" local hiring policies in order to guarantee community access to good-paying, high quality blue-collar and green-collar jobs.

Wanted: Community Jobs Policy For San Francisco Posted Mon, Nov 15, 2010 Local Hiring

"The Failure of Good Faith" Posted Mon, Aug 02, 2010 Local Hiring

SF Local Hiring Ordinance - Year 2 Report · Wed, May 01, 2013

Community and Labor Advocates Support Better Job Standards for Treasure Island · Thu, Jun 07, 2012

Brightline Letter of Support for Providence Local Hiring Efforts · Wed, May 16, 2012

Big Names at San Francisco Local Hiring Victory Party Posted Thu, Feb 24, 2011 (Bay Citizen)

Mandatory Local Hiring Becomes Law In San Francisco Posted Thu, Dec 30, 2010 (SF Bayview)

State Lawmaker Vows To Fight San Francisco Local-Hiring Law Posted Mon, Dec 27, 2010 (Bay Citizen)