there was the layoff of a couple of key announcers. the union and listeners to come together -- it is critical because it provides a voice that needs to be strong and stable. supervisor campos is indicating that. it is my item for introduction. supervisor alioto-pier: think you very much, madame clerk.

the first is for richard goldman. he is survived by his three children. he was 90 years old. he was in grass-roots environmental activists. richard and his wife gave hundreds of millions of dollars in support of a variety of charitable causes in the bay area. richard was born on april 16, 1920 in san francisco. he attended uc berkeley.

uc-berkelein 1949, he found a gd insurance services and never hesitated to step in and solve the problem. he will be missed by many. in particular, his grandchildren. our thoughts and prayers go out to him. my family has been close to richard for quite some time. i have another in memoriam. joe was a prominent political consultant. he passed away last friday. he was 75 years old. he was a fixture in democratic politics for more than 50 years running campaigns and advising

presidents. the 1956 campaign, he became executive director of the democratic party in 1958. he became a political adviser to president kennedy and the national figures hubert humphrey, john glenn, and al gore. he ran dozens of campaigns for statewide and local measures. he was also a political consultant to my grandfather. joe was the co-founder of the institute of politics and government at the university of southern california. he is survived by his wife, his son, his daughter, his stepson,

and a number of grandchildren. he will be best. i also have an in memoriam. he was a beloved husband and father. he was an icon in the california construction industry and he helped build one of the largest licensed construction companies in this day. he was so passionate about the construction business, he went to work every day at the age of 87. he loved working in the construction business. you could find them after leaving the office. he was born to his italian immigrant parents and graduated in 1943. he enlisted in the navy for the duration of world war two. he had a lifelong love of the

indicted states, our military. he went on to play football for usf. in 1957, he met the love of his life and marry her in 1961. they were avid 49er fans. he rarely missed a grandchild support of the event. -- supporting event. i also want to adjourn today's meeting in the memory of michael. he passed away in his sleep at home tonight to go. it was a shock and he will be missed. please keep all of them in your prayers. >> i'm not thank you, superviso.

supervisor alioto-pier: i'm not finished yet. when members of the public to attend our commission hearings, they expect to be treated with respect. on november 18, one of our planning commissioners made comments that might have offended the italian-american community. i cannot remain silent in the face of discrimination and believe the board must be made aware of it. commissioner sugaya said the following. "i am supportive, but i was waiting for my brown paper envelope, but i never got anything. i might just vote against it." this sort of statement erodes confidence in our government. because the public might think that they need to pay off commissioners. as an italian-american, it sticks because it is one of the

stereotypes our community has worked so hard to reverse. back in the 70's when my grandfather was mayor of san francisco, a magazine had accused him of being a member of the mafia. the federal government indicted him. they had no proof. it is the first and only time in the united states where an elected official has sued on grounds of slander and won. we took it seriously enough that we as a country condemned at. i am putting this resolution forward so we can respond to the call for fairness, dignity, and respect during our commission hearing. i think this is too important to just ignore. i would certainly appreciate

your comments, particularly for this commissioner. even in jest, we cannot make comments of this type. >> supervisor dufty. supervisor dufty: i would like to outline three in memoriams. on behalf of myself and supervisor campos for the late randy. it is hard to imagine that he was only here 22 years when you look at the magnitude of what he has contributed to san francisco. he achieved his bachelor's degree at cornell and a master's degree at harvard. he met his partner when they were both volunteers. randy became very much involved with the legislative efforts for civil-rights as well as someone

who is on the founding organization and also having served on the human rights campaign board of governors. he distinguished himself with his involvement in the care council overseeing federal funding for hiv and aids services. he had just recently rejoined the council. he was also co-chair of the hepatitis c task force. he was immortalized on december 1 when laura thomas and others spoke about his recent passing and how much he contributed to san francisco. he was well known to have a much loved partner, and they were wedded at city hall by the assemblymen.

also in 1998, they adopted their beagle darwin. he became involved in legal rescue. his father richard and his sister linda survive him. he will be greatly missed by all in san francisco that worked so hard and fight so hard on behalf of individuals affected by hiv and aids. i have also submitted two in memoriams. one by the late police officer, gary. he passed away unexpectedly on november 28 prior to joining the san francisco police department. he was very involved with his family's business. he joined the police department in 1990 and proudly served for close to 20 years. he was a great sports enthusiast

and a member of the saint mary's football team. he was a state champion. when i had the opportunity to meet him, he is the husband of patty buckley and he has too great sons. his greatest accomplishment has been to be an outstanding father to both of his boys had provide them with life of memory is whether it is traveling to the latke. he was someone who is always generous and will be greatly missed. i have also submitted an in-mem oriam for dr. anna barta. she was a survivor of the holocaust and met and married her husband after the war. they had two sons and emigrated

to san francisco in 1951. she was one of the very few female physicians and was known for making house calls to families. ivan, leslie, they survived her. and on behalf of richard goldman, can we make that from the entire board? president chiu: the objection, that shall be the case. >> supervisor elsbernd. that concludes rollcall for introductions. president chiu: i think we should go back to item 17. we are prepared to discuss local hiring. it is my intention to go to the 3:00 special orders on the oral succession -- mayoral

succession. item 17 has already been read. supervisor avalos: i am proud to present before you, legislation that will create a new local hiring program for san francisco. the publicly funded -- my interest in this legislation is long standing. i come from the family of a union member. i have worked in programs serving young people that are looking for employment experience. the earliest experience was that a conservation corps in san francisco. i got a job back in january of 1993 working with many people from different parts of san francisco with high unemployment rates. young people from the western

addition, hot young people that have felt they did not have quite a ramp into the construction industry. after i left, the conservation corps that i worked with and the other pieces of advocacy i was working on was legislation working on our contracting. and how contractors can provide opportunities for young people to get employment. year after year, concern about employment, unemployment across san francisco. we know that today, the unemployment rate is hovering at close to 10%. it is much, much higher. people that don't have the opportunity on the streets and what the result of that is.

we need a new deal in san francisco. during the depression, we saw how they were able to put many people back to work the about $27 billion will be pumped into our public infrastructure and building new subway systems, new salons, new source system, all of this is work that will get done in san francisco and our tax dollars will go to those projects. we know that jobs will be inevitable. it want to make sure that as we are building these jobs, we can

have the highest level of participation of san francisco residents in this project. it is our tax dollars going to plan these projects. when we spend the money, though local economy, that has a benefit for the neighborhood. we have local businesses, our businesses. the contractors and our work force to be able to taken advantage of for the years to

come. we have a lot of input from the building trade, contractors, developers big and small. this is beyond any one particular office. in town i have heard that as saying citywide complaints.

we have traded the momentum for this historic legislation. i would like to think my colleagues for getting this conversation started. hopefully we will have the support of the mayor who is still unclear about where he stands on this legislation. i would like to think the mayor's office on workforce development.

i would like to think ed harrington. i would like to think the carpenters' union. -- i would like to thank the mayor's office, ed harrington,

the carpenters in hand. we would like to it think the chinese for affirmative action. the san francisco labor council as well as some of the community partners that have been instrumental.

the south these jobs coalition, the community development corporation. young community developers. inner-city youth, the progressive workers alliance, the filipino community is center, the naacp, the sierra

club, roberts and replies, the san francisco green party. thank you for your support. the main thing that this ordinance will do is to establish mandatory construction, create a pipeline for local residences and paves the way for delivering all on our longstanding goal. the escalation in trade does not exist. $27 million in local investments will remain ill local community.

-- will remain in local community. there are none substantive amendments. there are a few technical amendments suggested of the department and the status of women and contractors.

i would like to thank you for your effort, your support in making this happen and if i could supervise -- if the attorney could summarize some of the main changes, i would appreciate it. >> let me summarize briefly. the first is to change the mandatory participation levels and escalating to 50%. there's also a and minor amendment to provide at least

50% of the project work hours. the net change has to do with pipeline or retention compliance and this consolidates many of the procedures that are in the ordinances. minting might use one of the compliance mechanisms to have an additional waiver. those include specialized trade and hiring on nine separate projects.

there some minor changes. we are the telling an outreach strategy. we are replacing the term, "liquidated changes," and there are several conforming changes. aachen we have added some

clarification on what the contractors need to do. we have added a clarify existing -- we ratified a clarifying "pre-existing." >> thank you for your work on this. two people i forgot to mention. today, we have members of the healing circle. this is a very meaningful legislation. i would like to think the members of the board for this. i also want to thank the

comptroller. we will be retaining those apprentices and striking out "of through the duration of the project." the idea is then you are in that project for that particular aspect of the project, not just for the project itself. one other small technical amendment is disadvantaged

worker and the definition of that. a local resident to faces or has overcome one of the falling barriers of unemployment, median public assistance, lacking a ged or a diploma. >> doing need any discussion on the amendment? without objection, the amendments are added. >> more than anything, we are moving away from the launch of the land in that people are required to show