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Board advances "Open for Business" contracting reforms but sends sweat‑free advisory change back to committee
Summary
An ordinance to streamline low‑dollar city contracting advanced July 15 but the board voted to send back to committee a proposed change that would eliminate the city's SweatFree contracting advisory committee, after labor and advocates raised objections.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors advanced a package of procurement changes aimed at simplifying contracting for low‑value purchases on July 15 but voted to return a controversial component affecting the SweatFree Contracts oversight to committee for further work.
What passed: Council President Mandelmann's "Open for Business" procurement bill, which incorporates several recommendations from the city administrator to streamline informal procurements, reconcile thresholds, and require impact analysis for future contracting legislation, was amended on the floor to require a 60‑day fiscal and operational analysis from the City Administrator for…
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