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Mandatory Local Hiring Becomes Law in San Francisco
December 29, 2010, San Francisco, CA—A city ordinance authored by Supervisor John Avalos and passed by a super-majority of the Board of Supervisors on December 14 requiring work for local residents on San Franc...
SF School Board Unanimously Adopts Local Hiring and Contracting Policy
Thu, Jun 13, 2013  |  Local Hiring
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
Wed, May 22, 2013  |  Local Hiring
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...
City's Landmark Solar Program on Life Support
Mon, Feb 25, 2013  |  Renewable Energy
Clean Energy And Local Job Advocates Urged To Call The SFPUC At (415) 554-3155 And Say "I Support GoSolarSF"

Since 2008, San Francisco’s successful GoSolarSF program has enabled over 2,000 homeowners, tenants, businesses, and nonprofits to put solar panels on their roof, dramatically increasing the supply...
Warriors, SF Agree to Local Hire on New Arena
Mon, Nov 19, 2012  |  Local Hiring
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!
Mon, Nov 05, 2012  |  Local Hiring
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
Wed, Oct 17, 2012  |  Local Hiring
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
Glimmer Of Sunlight Enters Gloomy SF Solar Debate
Mon, Jul 16, 2012  |  Renewable Energy
Mayor Lee Instructs SFPUC To Find Additional GoSolarSF Funding, Environmental And Cleantech Leaders Hopeful For Positive News

Mayor Ed Lee has joined efforts to restore devastating budget cuts to San Francisco's successful GoSolarSF program.

After hearing from hundreds of members of the Bay Area S...
Popular SF Solar Program Faces Uncertain Future
Fri, Jul 06, 2012  |  Renewable Energy
City Leaders Have Short Window To Restore Devastating Budget Cuts

By any measurement, San Francisco’s GoSolarSF program has been an incredible success.

Since 2008, the City’s solar rebate has leveraged state and federal incentives to as...
'Local Hire' Doing Its Job
Wed, Mar 28, 2012  |  Local Hiring
Local Participation On Taxpayer-Funded Construction Up 70% Since City Abandoned "Good Faith Efforts" In Favor Of Community Hiring Requirements

Yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor John Avalos released
Brightline Publishes "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Mon, Mar 05, 2012  |  Local Hiring
Brightline has published a report on the hard work that led to the creation and passage of San Francisco's landmark Local Hiring Policy for Construction. "Putting Local Hire To Work" documents three years of policy advocacy and co...

 

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