contracts such as the tunnel contract that was advertised. we have opportunities. that. and what is going to depend on the gardens -- federally and the working models are staff are working on to put into our contracts. chairperson avalos: los angeles is doing a lot of work that is funded by the fta and they do have local hiring project labor agreements that will help to generate local hiring. is there a difference that we have here in san francisco that makes it a little more in doubt? >> i would not say there is any difference right now. the doctrine to cede -- we are trying to see the clue what is happening on other fronts.

l.a. has two options for project to be bid, with or without the requirements. they are still trying to fill their way to see what the fta and others would allow. the project liberal agreements -- we understand that if that allows supplemental agreements like project labor agreement -- where we are looking right now it is at the specific question of whether mandated geographical preference would cause us any problems with the funding. chairperson avalos: great. thank you. >> finally, i want to show you a couple of charts. one is the locally funded construction contract we have coming up for this fiscal year. luckily, our funded construction projects include parking

facility construction and $3.90 million in traffic signal construction. these will employ the full extent of contracting requirements for local hiring. we believe we are timely and can put these in our contracts and fully implement those. on the other front, the reminder of the contracts we have in our agency that are federally funded make up a huge amount of dollar value of construction for the agency. federal contracts include $393 million in subway contracts this year. we also have about $7.26 million in other contract that are federally funded. we are working to develop a contract the model that has requirements that maximize the intent of the local hire

ordinance without violating federal law. as we get more guidance on the federal side, we are going to be able to develop that model to as much of the intent and extent that the local hiring law requires. i heard the other departments to think about challenges. we are not as far along in working out the detail focus on the different labor entities. our biggest challenge as an agency, because of the majority of funding coming from the federal side, would be to quickly get to a contract and requirement model than the federally-funded projects. staff are working pretty hard with oewd, city build, and the community to see what the model might be. the sf mta is fully committed to

support this local hiring ordinance to the full extent feasible. i would be happy to answer any questions you might have. chairperson avalos: i appreciate your time being here. next up, director john martin. >> good afternoon, supervisors. john martin, airport director. we have updated in our strategic plan and changed our mission statement. my are recognizing the importance of providing jobs to san franciscans, providing business opportunities to san francisco businesses, and recognizing that we are an economic engine for the bay area and located in san mateo county and need to be a good neighbor there as well. the airport has $124 million in

projects directly subject to the local hiring ordinance in the last five years. $78 million of those projects are in the next 18 months. we have $147 million in additional projects that have grant funding over the next five years. will be seeking to maximize local hiring under those projects, following closely what mta does in being able to segregate the funds. we think there may be ways in our power and safety areas to do the same thing. we are both part of the department of transportation. that will likely set a standard we can follow. i will be careful not to repeat things my fellow department heads of said. at the basic level, the partnership is really key, the partnership we have with oewd

and the working group, and working with partners on the contract inside, labor unions from san francisco and san mateo county, which is a unique as but for the airport. we are drilling down the specific hours required by trade on the upcoming construction projects so we can work together with the working group, reach out to union leaders to develop a strategy in making sure the goals are met. we are making sure labor availability is there to continue to work. we have 66 employees under city build. that has been a great success for us, and we want to continue to build on that success. chairperson avalos: in terms of where your numbers might vary by

trade currently for their concession projects, could you summarize the? >> i do not have the same level of detail that ed harrington and others have. tcommunications, roofing small buildings -- probably the largest categories are for electricians, electronic technicians, and some very specialized work related to the sewage treatment plant improvements and new camera system changes throughout the airport. i apologize that i do not have more detail. this is where we have to get specific data. chairperson avalos: we can follow that in the months ahead. thank you for being here. next up, i call up lon simmons

-- rhonda simmons. you will be talking about what the person looking for work can expect to find and how to apply and find work. >> yes. thank you for inviting my office to be a part of this presentation. we have been working on local hire for least the last two years, trying to maximize local employment in this economy. i would like to thank my colleagues. also hrc, and the porch and parks and wreck -- the port and parks and rec.

we could not do this without our partner department -- partner department's assistant as. the legislation is really about work force. while it has been controversial on a lot of fronts, we have core places to make it work. city building is probably our anchor academy. we are probably on our 12th cycle. we have placed well over a thousand folks into 26 apprenticeships. we have hit every apprenticed in this city. recovered them all. we represent about 44% of the folks going into the apprentice trades through city build. we have perfected the training. both of our heads of done a tremendous job. we have operated on a

partnership model. it operates with four anchor cbo's. we started with 15 and realized that was too many to get the quality we wanted. we went to a comprehensive rfp process to get our core group. our core group has settled on m -- settled on mission hiring hall and others. all is done to city college to ensure folks who are wanting to go back to school can do that. city bill is a credit-bearing program. the places or points of recruitment or entry to get into construction have also expanded. not only do we have those four cbo's, we also have expanded our one stop system to include a

total of 51-stops across the city. we have one in chinatown with self-help for the elderly. we have one in visitation valley. we have a partnership with hsa, soon to be a partnership with good will. we have one in western addition and center -- and civic center supported by good will, and one in the mission district. in addition, we also offer ongoing orientations are folks that are already passed the apprenticeships point and are journeymen looking for work. we offer help the couple of times a month. based on demand, i would anticipate over time if we need to expand that we will. particularly if there are

special projects are things we need to adjust for. just a couple of quick commercials on other academies we are running that i think may have some overlap. we also are aware that local hire will drop a lot of folks. as we go to orientations, they may not all want to be in construction. we have also expanded our sector academy offerings to offer a train at green academy, a health-care academy, and we are looking at expanding into hospitality and culinary arts. chairperson avalos: what we see from the public. thank you for your presentation and word on this. we are going to go ahead and open up for public comment. i have a few cards, but it looks like there are more people out there than the cards i have.

jim salinas, thomas coleman. that is what i have. everyone else can come ahead and line up. >> good afternoon. thank you, chairman avalos. thank you both, supervisors. i just want to say congratulations, congratulations, congratulations. i am a native san franciscan. i am 58 years old. i have never seen such a thing. i have seen something close when i was a younger woman. this is great. my primary concern has been for the future. future young people in the city, future homeowners, young families, and generations to come. i had a major concern. you had a press conference and

you were gracious enough to give me a moment, and i was able to speak with you. you had a lot going on, but you lend me your ear. we need all professions included in local hiring. you said this is a start. it is a fantastic start and it is more than what i dreamed of. as a native san franciscan, i am very proud. what i just ask and request very strongly -- you have given me every indication that this will grow. local hiring will grow and encompass other professions. as in the descendants system with a business on third street, i offer a real estate, construction projects, community outreach, marketing, certified notary, property management, and i have many degrees. i hope there is some room for me. people like myself in local

hiring -- fortunately, i can come in and community outreach. the community does not know what is going on. when it comes to dumping garbage, if we are going to be successful, and we are, we need to educate the public. that is where i come in as being a native san franciscan and one that cares, one that generally cares and has demonstrated that. i have to say we must have local hiring, as we have agreed. chairperson avalos: thank you. i have a few other cards. >> thanks. i am darren brown. i am speaking today from the progressive workers alliance, which is 10 different low-wage worker organizations. we agree this is a really exciting organization and we are happy to see the level of responsiveness from the

different organizations. there is one thing we think we are still missing to make this legislation successful, and that is clarity for workers. i think our perspective from power, from the chinese progressive association, from the filipino community center, is clarifying how people actually go about applying for these jobs. because there are 23 different trades that are encompassed in the ordinance, it may all operate a little bit differently. i think we need a centralized document in some way the clarifies how people go about either the -- either the apprenticeships or the german trade. what are the steps they need to apply for these jobs as the become available? if we are absent that data, we fall back into those familiar with the process of accessing it. the target part of the legislation was the disadvantaged worker side.

we are looking at the neighborhoods with the lowest levels of employment, neighborhoods that have faced racism or exclusion based on limited language proficiency and other issues. targeting those neighborhoods was not is mandatory. we were not able to get the language in this ordinance that made that mandatory. we need to get some of this information gap clarified. that is a piece i would love to see moewd take up. i no bright line has been trying to organize that, but if the city could put together and how you open up friendships or apply from it so that we can tell the workers to be ready for a date and get their name on a list, and if you are a journeyman, this is what you need to do, make sure you have your dos up -- those things need to be clarified. chairperson avalos: thank you very much. really great suggestions. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

my name is tom pullman. i am a contractors association member and financial officer. i will probably be able to answer some of the questions that have come up recently with in this hearing about some of the reasons why it is difficult for the electrician trade to meet the threshold requirements. a little introduction about the association. we have been around since 1909. we are an association of electrical contractors, sometimes referred to as an electrical sub contractors. 35 of local members -- i also represent contractors from the greater bay area when they worked in san francisco. these contractors in good years, such as 2006 and 2007, provide

upward of $550 million of electrical installations. in a bad two years, roughly $260 million. we have a large stake in local construction and will be directly impacted by this ordinance. i have previously submitted letters to city officials, have met with many employees from the mayor's office of economic and work-force development. they have been generous with their time. we have problems with for see in our industry, specifically from electrical workers. there is a letter i recently submitted. as local businesses, we support the local economy. we also support the concept of hiring local residents. however, there exists a combination of restrictions which make compliance highly impractical, if not impossible. these include california state laws regarding electrical

installations and our apprenticeship standards. chairperson avalos: please continue. i would love to hear more of what you have to say. >> state law mandates the electric work in california to be formed by a state-certified electricians. there are approximately 450 electrician's living in san francisco. of this pool of certified electricians, 285 are union electricians, which we are contractually bound to hire. these union electricians are distributed among one-hundred- plus contract is bound by the local hiring ordinance, which prohibits hiring outside of the hiring hall and does not allow dispatch by geographical

location. all of those items, we are trying to work with to remedy and help us meet the requirements. new hires come from our apprentice applicant list. placement on this list occurs after the complete the process, take the and exam, complete oil -- and complete oral interviews. this process can take several weeks. our focus is on providing lifelong careers. the factors listed above converged to make it very difficult, if not impossible, as an industry to meet the mandates in the local hire ordinance. we cannot change our procedures overnight. we're going to need help from the department of labor and local 6. in the meantime, we are going to ask for your support. we have served and supported san

francisco for 102 years. we are asking for a little bit of support over the next couple of years as we pledge to work with the city and the office of employment and work-force development. the support we would ask is that there is a provision our capability to the ordinance to suspend any fines for our specialized trade as we work with our partners in the industry and in the city towards compliance. chairperson avalos: i am glad to hear there is an openness for complying with the ordinance. i am glad the flexibility works on many levels. the penalties do not just include fines. there will be other ways we can get around that and we have built in ways to be flexible. we can have an ongoing discussion about that and a

relationship built around how to make it work and a commitment. it is going to take changing with the times. the times that are changing. everything is moving forward. let's get on the same page and make it happen. >> one element i would like to stress is that as you are i am sure well aware dealing with strong unions -- they have the reluctance to change. in order for us to continue to succeed, we are going to need to make some pretty substantial changes with our partners in labor. if we can get help from the city, which would greatly appreciate that. we are concerned and nervous about being able to meet the mandates. we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. by lifting state law has

penalties or a loss of license. if we violate the cba, there are fines, and if we violate this ordinance, there are fines. everywhere we turn in order to ensure we can comply, there is a portion that is difficult for us. we are really going to need some support in the short run. chairperson avalos: whatever publican give to help people to change practices, we will do. i think this is one time where it is necessary to discard some old ways and come forward with some new ways. there are a lot of unions that have asked for some flexibility to help them be better oriented toward this ordinance. i think changing those ways around a main call and building a pipeline and apprenticeship program is going to be the way to go. to the extent you can work with my office and the office of

economic and work-force development and other city departments to make it happen, we are here to make it a bit easier for you. >> i appreciate that. we will use your help. thank you. >> good afternoon. ♪ to be hired to the limit standing tall for a chance to work with you i'd gladly risk it all through the sict -- city fire through the limits and do it all for a chance to be working with you i'd really risk it all right down to the electric wire even through the city fire promise won't get fired

through the city fire through the limits working do it all for a chance to work with you i'd really risk it all right down to the electric wire and i promise won't get fired ♪ chairperson avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. ace washington and espinoal jackson. >> my name is greg docks with a service to the board of supervisors in the community, also to the mayor's administration. i just want to say i was watching the legislation on the cutting edge.

this by far is the one that has seen implementation with the sincerity of making it work. looking at the culture across the country -- osiris is pro union. we support the unions. we just do not support what happens behind the doors. it is time for the unions to come forth and start implementing. i am not saying all unions are the same across the board, but the ones we have identified. we have everything in place. i am calling out to the cbo's to understand we have to collectively work together. the city officials, the mayor's office -- they have been doing work to make sure this works. we need to work collectively to make this work. it is like a chain in a bicycle. you get one snag and it can stop the process.

now the ball is in the community's court, let us get this thing going. >> my name is washington -- is ace washington. i am here to congratulate those of you who put this legislation together. i have been monitoring since this started last year. i am here to tell all the new people here that all these new programs -- i am sure espinola is the only one who has been here longer than i have. i have been here 20 years, when we used to go to jail for these good faith efforts. it started in my community, the western addition. i am appalled by everyone in these groups that had not even invited no one from the field no more. everybody in the city thinks it is the field. but that is where the blood,

sweat, and tears started. that is where we had to stop everybody. i am from the department of regulations, a new department that is going to come to city hall would you like it or not, that will be watching all these caretakers, city build and all that. where is the mechanism to increase this agency? it is not all peaches and cream. there must be a mechanism. i have been monitoring and regulating. i do not have to have a big bankroll, a big computers, or office space. what i do is in my heart. each one of these city