presenting today we have stephanie tang, director of contract monitoring division. welcome director tang. >> great. >> thank you. stephanie tang, the director of the contract monitoring division. we are part of the city administrator's office. i'm here for this discussion item about the city local business enterprise program, which we call the lbe program, it is the first of many acronyms so i'll try to spell them out for you. this is a small business inclusion program for city contracts and today i'll explain why small business inclusion programs matter, help you ntds the lbe program and connect you to resources to learn more. the lbe program is one of many small business inclusion programs. these programs exist basically at every level of government. there is federal, programs, there are state programs, there are local programs. each of the programs has its own set of requirements and process how it is operated. the federal small business association has a program, the state california department of general services dgs has a program, san francisco, oakland are som

presenting today we have stephanie tang, director of contract monitoring division. or tang. >> great. >> thank you. stephanie tang, the director of the contract monitoring division. we are part of the city administrator's office. i'm here for this discussion item about the city local business enterprise program, which we call the lbe program, it is the first of many acronyms so i'll try to spell them out for you. this is a small business inclusion program for city contracts and today i'll explain why small business inclusion programs matter, help you ntds the lbe program and connect you to resources to learn more. the lbe program is one of many small business inclusion programs. these programs exist basically at every level of government. there is federal, programs, there are state programs, there are local programs. each of the programs has its own set of requirements and process how it is operated. the federal small business association has a program, the state california department of general services dgs has a program, san francisco, oakland are some examples. th