Supervisor Safaie seeks city apprenticeship ordinance to expand pre-apprenticeship pathways beyond construction

Supervisor Ahsha Safaie told the board on Nov. 12 that the city should adopt a local apprenticeship ordinance to expand state-approved apprenticeship opportunities beyond construction and into industries such as hospitality, healthcare, commercial driving and the arts.

Safae described recent local workforce initiatives his office has supported — including a new neighborhood job center in Visitacion Valley and the CityBuild program — and said the city should build on successful models by creating state-certified pre-apprenticeship pathways that lead to state-approved apprenticeships. He also referenced City Grow, a local program to develop apprenticeship pathways in the cannabis industry.

“Apprenticeship and pre apprenticeship are important goals to advance our employment opportunities and goals for disadvantaged communities,” Safae said, and asked the city attorney to draft an ordinance to promote apprenticeship programs and employer incentives, and to work with the Office of Workforce and Economic Development and the Department of Human Resources.

What’s next

Safae said he will ask the city attorney to draft a San Francisco apprenticeship ordinance; the policy would be developed with labor and community partners and routed through committee for further hearings.

Speaker

- Ahsha Safaie — Supervisor — government — Board of Supervisors

Authorities

- local ordinance request (type: other) — request to city attorney to draft apprenticeship ordinance — referenced_by:["apprenticeship-ordinance-intro"]

Clarifying details

- examples cited: neighborhood job center in Visitacion Valley; CityBuild (construction apprenticeships) and City Grow (cannabis apprenticeship program) — source_speaker: Ahsha Safaie. - industries targeted for expansion: hospitality, healthcare, commercial driving, theater, cannabis — source_speaker: Ahsha Safaie.

Proper names

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Community relevance

geographies:["Visitacion Valley","San Francisco County"], funding_sources:[], impact_groups:["disadvantaged jobseekers","apprenticeship candidates"]

Meeting context

engagement_level:{"speakers_count":1,"duration_minutes":8,"items_count":1}, implementation_risk:"low","history":[{"date":"2019-11-12","note":"Supervisor Safaie requested city-attorney drafting of apprenticeship ordinance."}]

Searchable tags

["apprenticeship","workforce-development","CityBuild","apprenticeship-ordinance"]

Provenance

transcript_segments:[{"block_id":"1774.605","local_start":0,"local_end":200,"evidence_excerpt":"Particularly, and including women and communities of color that are underrepresented...I was happy that 2 months ago we opened our first, job center or, neighborhood access point...we now are looking forward to working with employers and getting graduates of this apprenticeship program...So today, I'm asking the city attorney, also in partnership with supervisor Walton, to draft an ordinance that we'll call our San Francisco apprenticeship ordinance.","reason_code":"topicintro"},{"block_id":"1962.85","local_start":0,"local_end":80,"evidence_excerpt":"We're looking to create partnerships with city departments, in particular the office of workforce and economic development and the department of human resources to work with community and labor partners in other areas and training partnerships...","reason_code":"topicfinish"}]

salience:{"overall":0.58,"overall_justification":"Local workforce development policy initiative that leverages existing programs and unions; actionable via city ordinance drafting.","impact_scope":"local","impact_scope_justification":"Affects city workforce programs and apprenticeship pathways.