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SFPUC details Community Benefits Program; community leaders urge continued grants and internships
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard an update on its Community Benefits Program and public testimony from partners and residents calling for sustained funding for youth employment, workforce development, urban agriculture and contracting assistance. Commissioners approved a grant amendment to continue summer youth and community grants.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday reviewed its Community Benefits Program and heard wide support from community groups, city offices and private contractors for continued funding of internships, youth employment and local contracting initiatives.
Juliette Ellis, assistant general manager for external affairs, introduced the presentation and clarified the PUC's ‘good neighbor’ approach is an agency‑led set of planning and programming commitments distinct from a legally negotiated community benefit agreement. Kaye Fernandez Smith, director of the Community Benefits and Social Responsibility Program, told the commission staff have organized work across five program areas — education, workforce development, small business contracting, secondary land uses and public art — and are building a metrics system in partnership with the…
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