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Board delays implementation of equal-pay reporting ordinance after extended debate, sends rules to advisory board
Summary
After hours of debate, the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance to require certain city contractors to submit equal-pay reports but amended it to create an advisory board and delayed implementation while the board studies reporting details; members raised concerns about burden on nonprofits and data privacy.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28 approved an ordinance requiring many city contractors to submit annual equal-pay reports, but the board amended the measure to create an Equal Pay Advisory Board to design data collection and delayed any reporting requirement until the advisory board issues recommendations.
Supporters framed the ordinance as a transparency tool to identify gender and race pay gaps among vendors paid with city funds. The ordinance sets an initial threshold that will apply to contractors with 20 or more employees or with city grants of $50,000 or more, but its reporting mechanics were left to the advisory board.
Supervisor David Campos, the ordinance’s author, said the measure emulates federal…
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