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Board reaffirms Chapter 14B local business enterprise program after broad public support at meeting
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution reaffirming Administrative Code Chapter 14B (the Local Business Enterprise program). Dozens of local contractors and LBE advocates addressed the board during public comment, urging ongoing support and citing local economic and workforce benefits.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 4 adopted a resolution reaffirming Administrative Code Chapter 14B, the city’s Local Business Enterprise (LBE) program.
Supervisor Walton introduced the resolution and thanked cosponsors and the LBE and labor communities. The item was taken and adopted after public comment and without objection.
A series of speakers during the general public comment period and during the item’s consideration urged the board to support the program. Darylyn Davis, a small business owner and member of the Local Business Advisory Committee, told the board the LBE program is essential “for small businesses in San Francisco to succeed” and urged supervisors to “stand up and support and continue to support small businesses in San Francisco.”
Nick Colina, CFO of Anco Iron and Construction and a founding member of SFLBBA and Build Out California, thanked supervisors and provided data he said showed local impact: “From the data provided from CMD, we found that our collective of LBEs spend over $77,000,000 in wages in San Francisco.”
Samuel Adams of Baines Group Inc., a local general contractor, cited project-level examples and subcontracting outcomes he said were achieved by LBEs: on two affordable-housing construction blocks totaling about $100 million in guaranteed maximum price (GMP) dollars, he said roughly 30% of subcontract dollars went to LBEs, 33% to local San Francisco workforce and about 8% to priority ZIP codes. On a combined 2-block project of about $90 million GMP, he reported more than 20% to LBEs and significant local workforce participation. Those figures were presented by speakers during public comment and attributed to their organizations.
Supporters said the LBE program channels city contracting dollars into local businesses and union jobs, creating economic opportunity in neighborhoods with high unemployment and generating local wages that recirculate in the city.
The board adopted the resolution reaffirming Chapter 14B. The transcript records a motion to sever item 37 at one point; the item was taken and approved later in the meeting without objection.
