initiative. thank you. chairperson avalos: thank you, miss scott, ms. brown. >> my name is rubin santana. i am the owner of a building carpenter. we are a subcontractor. we have done work >> arrive done it for many years. if you want real factual budget data, come see me at my office. i have done up to 68% local hiring in the million-dollar bracket projects. it is very easy. we are a union contractor. we pay good wages and benefits to the whole family, and we make it work. no one is going to be robbing the train here and stealing from the city and all its projects because we can make it work. the bottom line always works. anybody who says they can't do it doesn't want to do it. they don't care for san

francisco. so mandate is finally here. i have been hoping too see this as a kid. i started my company because i could not find a job when i was a kid. now i own a company. i also own an electrical company. i had to buy my own. i couldn't become an electrician in san francisco. all trades need to be opened to san francisco youth right away. it has been a long time coming but never happened. but the budget committee needs to know we can make it work. to my office. i will show you all my data. it always works. we have always made the reason why big contractors bring and out of city contractors is to elevate the bottom line dollar. i can show you how it is done. come and see me.

we have lowered the murder rate in san francisco neighborhoods because of local hiring. i have had pastors, and thank me for that. -- come up and thank me for that. [applause] >> can you name specific projects you have worked on or are working on in san francisco? a >> i have my own hospital and i specialize in laboratory and hospital workers. i would love to bring some of these people into the realm ha if i get more of that work. we have a lot of hospital and health construction coming up. i would love to put san francisco to work with all trades. we can make it work. we have some mechanical work, of

course. at san francisco general hospital. i barely got my permit, but sunday, i hope with the mandate that we can put some san francisco residents to work on that project. i would like to see that happen. we had 160 workers there. i had 100 people from the community on the project. we pulled gangbangers off the streets that were shooting at each other and put them in the carpenters' union. they went to bed early every night and they reported to work early every day. this is my reward, still to this day. that is a big deal.

we brought people back into the social society. they were living off of their parents, and that is really sad for projects that have been going on, that any of this statistic happens to the san franciscans. and all the people that have driven -- or been driven out of san francisco. anyone that has our human labour wages and benefits can afford to live here in san francisco. they'll cut. it is sad to hear all of these stories, and it is sad that i don't have the work that is coming out. you won't hear one gripe from me, but i will try to make 50 -- i will always try to exceed 50%. come see me at my office and i'll show you all of our data.

we don't have to rub the san francisco train or budgets for all of its money like the potential numbers. that is not true. >> how many at your company again? >> rubicon builders. [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. the posters are a little bit. they told me to bring a 0.5 x 11. 8.5 -- 8.5 by 11. many of you know me from my he many years. i will be coming back to you. i want to make the public, and i

want to give you greg reed to tell you what we have been doing with the institute. we have a campaign in coalition with the southeast coalition. you have a minute. >> of like to let everyone know -- i would like to let everyone know the you can work with organized labor, we are at the beginning stage of putting this help build san francisco project together. people that were interested in the building trades, we want to take advantage of this opportunity that is coming to the city. we have done some smaller test projects, we have done work with

the puc. and we have other programs. the community is really hungry for this opportunity. the community has been waiting a long time for such opportunity, and we have to take advantage of this end of the community who be able to afford to stay here in the city and raise families and be positive citizens in san francisco. we look for the supervisors to do the right thing. we are a community-based organization, and we're going to do on our part to help give people these opportunities.

>> we want to thank you all and we think it is really important. we are trying to put a community back together. we need to this final sector of san francisco to have the tools and have the capacity to finish up san francisco and a bank of the bayview as good or better. this is san francisco, we need your help. thank you. >> we will hear the next two speakers. we have a couple of department heads. they will speak after the next couple of speakers. >> i am with the filipino community center and wanted to introduce one of my youth your -- here.

it is part of the progressive workers alliance. we firmly support this legislation. >> i am with the filipino community center. i graduated from balboa high school in 2008. i was looking for a job. i found out about city the academy. -- cityville academy. i wanted to get into the field so that i could hurt earn a decent wage. i wanted to work more and work in the city. so i could provide for my kid and my girlfriend. i am an iron worker, and i

support local hiring. this will help our people get more jobs. thanks. supervisor avalos: thank you. mr. blackwell, mr. harrington. >> i am the executive director of the san francisco redevelopment agency. it is good to see you. i am here to speak in support of what you have proposed. for a variety of reasons, the executive director of the san francisco redevelopment agency, i hear about how development in the city of san francisco doesn't necessarily benefit the folks that have lived through

years of holland left. for that reason, as we think about the things that will be going on in the city hall, whether it is the development of the shipyard, things that will be going on, infrastructure investments in the city. we need to take affirmative steps to make sure that residents of those communities benefit from the new development. i wanted to talk about a couple of things that i think is important for the committee to consider. i want to commend supervisor avalos for getting us here. we have had many hours of meetings. i think that the openness of the

process and the transparency, and there are a couple of things i think are important to consider. even though we know this is an important piece of legislation to put in place, we ensure that the right people benefit from the public investments that are in the pipeline. how easy or difficult it will be to give the workers how to move on to the work -- project. we don't know how difficult it left it will be for the trade and contractor to me whatever requirement is put in place. i think it is very important for us to put in place, the data

collection so that as we embark upon us. it is important for us to have a checking point. the way we can come back and do an assessment. and we can strengthen what is being proposed today. another thing that i think is important to consider is what is next. assuming that this is adopted, while this is an important step, it is not a complete set in the direction of we need to go. as you know, supervisor avalos, i have talked about the need for new hire legislation around the

adoption of a project labor unions. that is important for couple of reasons. it will basically be a mandate imposed on the developers and contractors. in order for them to meet the threshold ha, who has to be some kind of agreement in place. the best way to get her -- to get there is through project labor agreements. in the l.a. and other places, there has been traditional things that they do in terms of satisfying or addressing disputes between different trades and in assuring -- ensuring projects.

we have to have a labor agreement or some kind of agreement that says that not only do we think that the network needs to be union work, but the unions need be inclusive and we need to figure out a way for them to find it today. construction curriers are regional in nature. if someone wants to build a career, it will not be billed based on the work that happens in bayview or south of market. it will be based on their ability to take on work throughout the region. my last issue here is that we need to figure out a way to work with local jurisdictions to make sure we've got the programs to make sure the san

francisco residents will be able to access construction jobs. that is its. supervisor avalos: think you have. -- thank you. >> i want to echo fred's comments without repeating all of them. the puc has a lot of projects going on. we have not had a tool with teeth in it, want to applaud you for giving us that tool so we can make this happen as opposed to hope for it to happen. a lot to thank you for the openness. a lot of different issues to get things to work. we have the regional nature that fred talked about. we have had a lot of work to try

to get people up to speed to work on our projects. this will give us some funding for it and it will give us the requirement to have the jobs available. we always struggled with some projects not working. you can't get a lot of people working on tunnels because it is a specialized thing. with the jobs folks, we are starting a series of clashes in january that will educate 45 local people. we are getting enough projects to create jobs that will be lasting for people. it takes some time and effort. we are supportive of this. will forward to working on at once if passes. [applause] supervisor avalos: you are

actually next. [reads names] a couple of people need to get in right away. just a second. [reads names] >> there has been a lot of discussion about percentages with regard to this legislation. there is no correct percentage how to maximize local hiring. the theoretically correct percentage would be relative to a number of factors and would change as frequently as daily. what you're left with are a couple of possible approaches. one is to start love -- low to

make every good-faith thing it can possibly do. the legislation did neither of those two things. the legislation as of last tuesday has moved in the latter. they are not yet workable. i think for the legislation to be practical, they will have to be dealt with. a lot has been said about me in the press and in the community over the course of this process. i was part of an organizing effort that took 1500 members and doubled the size of that membership and did it while bringing over more than 1000 minority members. we did that not through

legislation like this. we did that by seeing what the barriers were and seeing what the steps were to overcome those barriers and working damn hard. that is what is really required to accomplish local hiring for other trades into these communities. [chime] that will not be taken care of by this legislation. ask the committee to be accountable on that. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> i am a member of the bay view area, and i have been there over 50 years. i have been waiting for a long time. i am here to support the local hiring in the bayview district.

i see so many young people standing on the street trying to get jobs. some of them are losing hope. we don't want this to happen to our young people. we want them to look to the future because they are our future. we are going off to the -- we are leaving here. if we don't train these young people and help them to go forward, we're going to lose. i am asking you to please consider changing this right away. we have been waiting for years and years. it is time out to move forward, because you can look at us and

tell, we are leaving here. we need to leave someone to take our place. [applause] supervisor avalos: a few more cards. [reading names] >> the afternoon, supervisors. my name is dorothy peterson, and the president of the shoreview association. of like you to move this legislation forward. as mr. santana said, he has already implemented this. there are a few things i would like for you to add. the first right of refusal for local community general contractors. when a community general contractor is awarded a job, they are going to hire locally.

so you don't need to mandate. after fighting because they hired and out of state, and non-union contractor, properties were shut down and they finally heard, go to the bottom of the hill and hire a community in general contractor, rubicon. they put our people to work and it was such a difference. you would see half of the community sitting on the hill eating lunch, and after lunch, working. we are proud to say that the community repaired our houses. another thing, more women mandatory. there are a lot of jobs that should be filled in construction by when -- women.

you really need to get on the unions. thank you so much. [applause] supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> my name is -- supervisor avalos: pull that closer. >> i was born and raised in this city. i have had the opportunity to be critical activists. we deal with of the good faith effort. i have had a chance to learn my trade as a painter on the construction sites in san francisco. i became a contractor in 1984 because the opportunity that i received -- i think it is important that we pass this jobs bill. to put some teeth when it comes

to san francisco -- residence have an opportunity to work. i believe that an idle mind is the devil's workshop. when the children can see their parents working, it instills in them to grow up and become decent workers, too. i think it is a blessing that the leadership of san francisco is moving in the direction that they are moving in. because they represent all of us. i just hope by the grace of god that this comes to pass for the future of san francisco. san francisco is a city that takes the lead. it is very important for san francisco to succeed. everything is good here. i just wanted to thank you

representatives moving this forward and be sure that it passes. supervisor avalos: nest spe -- next speaker, please. >> i am a contractor that has lived and worked in san francisco since 1968. i like local higher ordinance, and i've been able to have 100% local hire contracts. i also would like to see a list of some place where people can sign up in the legislation. i am aware that there is city build. i am aware that there are unions. and that person can have easy access, so they know that they

can be hired. when i was working for the san francisco unified school district as a prevailing wage monitor and i went from school to school looking at contractors doing about $800,000, about $1 million worth of contracts. i found a couple of levin -- between two and five black people working on all of the projects on all of the schools. i of this legislation can deal with that, there are constraints. we have to keep that in the back of our minds. i urge you to write legislation carefully. i know a case where a contractor

found one local person inside the city to be their front person. they have five employees, and only one is in the city. [chime] thank you. supervisor avalos: [reading names] >> good evening, my name is ace washington. here i'm a resident. i am also here to raise awareness, you are doing a wonderful job. this is something that most of our community and people my age went to jail for years ago. we had affirmative-action

offices then, and then compliance officers. people went to jail like myself. they had that good faith effort. now we have the big elephant switching over to another department. i am so weary -- leery about them because they are taking over for the redevelopment agency. all the responsibilities, most of the money dealing with the african-american community has been shipped over to the work force. just be aware that these things have been on the books for years. the african-american migration report that this man put together has to be connected to this regardless of anything that shakes and moves the has to be related to the african-american community.