rhonda simmons, director of work-force development. i am going to kick the presentation off and then defer to my colleague, guilliermo, to get into more detail about what first source is and is not. i will start with the high-level view of what we have been doing around first source. then we can get into questions and answers. just to talk a little bit about the history of first source, because it is actually an interesting history of how we got started with first source -- if you can remember back that far, in 98, we were in a very different economy, a very different climate. we were, at the federal level, in half -- in some historic changes around welfare reform. a lot of cities and counties across the country were looking at ways to integrate the segment of the population that had not really been engaged in our economic dynamics. 98 was very different in terms of economics and what was happening in the workforce. first source was enacted in that kind of a climate. it was enacted initially around in the use or permanent jobs -- end u

rhonda simmons as well. this whole hearing came together with the support of rhonda simmons and chris iglesias and others, all of whose work has been instrumental. thank you to the members of the public for coming here. we will continue this item to the call of the chair and will get updated as to proceed. without objection, thank you colleagues. we have one more item, item five. >> item 5, resolution encouraging avalon bay communities to sub-contract 0 carpenter crafts to irresponsible contractor that pays area standard wages and benefits and has a state of california certified apprenticeship program and trim an upgrade training. chairperson avalos: thank you ms. johnson. i wrote this resolution up with a concern about the avalon bay project at mission ave, concerned that despite the better neighborhoods plan that is part of the zoning that would help this project to go forward, despite the efforts of the city putting this project in place with avalon bay, we are still looking at of subcontractors that coul

it has been under the supervision of rhonda simmons, we will hear from. some departments have been very cooperative and letting those dollars go. others have not. this is an evolutionary process in us trying to make sure that we are getting the best return for our investment from all the city departments tasked and funded with work force. first source was something the city used to stand by in terms of making sure that those who contract with san francisco and public contracts are doing their best to hire locally. this is a predecessor to mandatory local hiring. it was not under oewd, but was an island in itself. an island in itself. the people who had run that had

it has been under the supervision of rhonda simmons, we will hear from.

it has been under the supervision of rhonda simmons, we will hear from. some departments have been very cooperative and letting those dollars go. others have not. this is an evolutionary process in us trying to make sure that we are getting the best return for our investment from all the city departments tasked and funded with work force. first source was something the city used to stand by in terms of making sure that those who contract with san francisco and public contracts are doing their best to hire locally. this is a predecessor to mandatory local hiring. it was not under oewd, but was an island in itself. the people who had run that had left the city. it was without the kind of leadership that would modernize its approach. we legislated that first source would be put under the rubric of oewd. now, most everything we have been leading toward in terms of synthesizing work force dollars, which is still in play and evolving -- first source, which was never under oewd before, and the question of how weak influence legislatively both the public and priv

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

this, and we want to focus on three areas and a fourth as well, but the three -- and we have rhonda simmons here to talk about what workers expect. if you are looking for a job, where do you go? you hear me talk about departments, what their questions are, and contractors as well, and the fourth, we can save a little bit of time at the end about enforcement and how that is going to move forward. things are still a question -- if things are still in question, i would love to hear that as well. >> why don't i just move on to the next item? i think they will have a lot of valuable information to share with you. i'm here to answer any questions that you may ask, and i'm here to answer whatever you may need. supervisor avalos: great, thank you. >> thank you, again. good afternoon. director of public works. i will just touch lightly on where we stand with the things. let me just say that as a department, when we redevelop our strategic plan back in 2009, we identified by providing opportunity -- which identified providing opportunities for local residents as something that was high priority. we f

this, and we want to focus on three areas and a fourth as well, but the three -- and we have rhonda simmonshere to talk about what workers expect. if you are looking for a job, where do you go? you hear me talk about departments, what their questions are, and contractors as well, and the fourth, we can save a little bit of time at the end about enforcement and how that is going to move forward. things are still a question -- if things are still in question, i would love to hear that as well. >> why don't i just move on to the next item? i think they will have a lot of valuable information to share with you. i'm here to answer any questions that you may ask, and i'm