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. i am speaking for the african- american, black man, negro, what ever you want to call us. legislation to [unintelligible] ayou talk about jobs at 50%. that a good-faith effort has been out there for years. but you need regulations to make it happen. we don't need you all to tell us. i will be out there regulating to make sure it happens. nihon -- [chime] supervisor avalos: thank you, mr. washington. next speaker, please.

>> i don't know whether you are doing a good job or not, but i will say it like it is. i would like for you to go through with this proposal, but i would like you will to pay attention to it. these contractors, when you tell them 50% of the black folks working in the neighborhood have it before the job is way over with. it might be two or three years if it is an eight-year job. they will hire another hispanic or another white person or another filipino person. it is still anything but black. you need to look at this. it is not right.

i lost my family because i was mistreated. i have a hard worker and i lost my family because every time i got a job, he did not even matter. it only lasted two fourier's or one year. -- two years or one year. i meant that. i mean that. these contractors, every time i leave the union hall, nine times out of 10 i am reporting to an asian guy. is not right for any race to be prejudiced. but i just take -- and i dislike -- i just hate, i dislike being prejudice. i stand up for that.

bless you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> [speaking spanish] >> the afternoon -- good afternoon, we're here to support john avalos's hiring for construction ordinance. >> [speaking spanish] >> the southeast neighborhoods of san francisco have been severely hit by this economic recession. we have been dealing with high levels of poverty and

unemployment. >> [speaking spanish] >> the local hiring law will ensure that the money that our city is investing to stimulate the economy will be in part to benefit the economies that have ahead -- been hit the hardest. it will mean $70 million in the pockets of san francisco residents and a boost for the city goes the economy -- city's economy.

>> [speaking spanish] >> this local hiring law is necessary for all san franciscans. >> [speaking spanish] >> if this ordinance is approved, my husband can have the opportunity to work in the construction area and we would be able to have more resources for our family. >> [speaking spanish] >> right now we live in a room and we depend a lot of the food bank and other resources from the community. >> [speaking spanish]

>> if he gets one of these jobs, we will have a better economic stability and we will be able to provide a better future for our daughter that we have not been able to do because of a lack of jobs. >> [speaking spanish] >> that is why we are here to support this ordinance. >> gracias. >> thank you. supervisor avalos: gracias. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is kevin. i work with children and youth. i will be reading the testimony of a parent. i am a parent leader, who have lived in san francisco for 25 years and paid property taxes

and have a 14-year-old daughter in san francisco public schools. i am also a floor lehrer and i have been a member of local 12. i have not been able to get work in san francisco. i have had to commute to jobs and other places. i am tired of driving all the way to sacramento for work. sometimes five days a week, knowing that there is work in the city and there should be work for me as a san francisco resident. it takes a toll on me to pay out of pocket for gas up to $700 a month and getting paid less for jobs if i was working in the city of san francisco. i need these benefits for me and my daughter, but the cost for transportation and the cost of my time to travel is not really worth what i am getting paid. i got an emergency call from my daughter, but being an hour and

a half away, i could not be there for them here ahead -- for them. i should be working in the city every day because i am a resident in the city and there is no reason why i cannot get work here. i talked to guys every week that are dealing with the same issues. the live in san francisco, but the work here is given the people that do not live in the city limits. the city needs a local hiring mandate to make sure that the residents get work and hold employers accountable. please support this local hiring initiative. [applause] >> good afternoon, supervisors. hi work at the neighborhood center. we have programs that include hughes -- youth, and job

development. [unintelligible] it is true that this wide spectrum of programs and community members that gives our organization a deep understanding of local jobs will enable the san francisco families to stay in sampras's coach. one of our youth employment coordinators' recently just mentioned to me howl of the youth expressed the importance of finding employment and they are preparing for the work force. and the challenges they have seen for a long commutes to and from the work places. please support it because it helps severances can stay in san francisco. supervisor avalos: next speaker,

please. i will read a few more cards. [reads names] ok. >> thank you. first off, have sought to the supervisors that have been working in the community development out reach activists for several years. we have got your back. you represent us as supervisors and you do or what we are asking you to do as implored by us because it is taxpayers' money. i also want to let the unions know that you are basically committing political suicide. we want to work here. i also want to thank the -- the

community is educated on this. this report is incomplete. when you are looking at those numbers, and i am just going to give you the numbers that you left out. if you look at our budget, everything was cut. what we all agree on is a lack of social and economic opportunity. we did not work this into the report, but the public understood. people who keep repeating offenders. that is 51 million a year. if i am looking at 51 million vs alternative changes, a lot of the people that are committing

crimes are committing crimes because they want to meet their daily needs. food, shelter, and clothing. when we are looking at our money coming out of our pocket, we are not even talking about all the way across the board. we have the losses of lives because of lack of opportunities. if we did not have those issues in place, we are still going to have crime. how we will have a lower cost. heat of the good work. -- keep up the good work. >> this is also part of the se job coalition. i want to preface my statements with the fact that this legislation is not anti-union. i