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PUC hears WESIP hiring data as advocates press for stronger San Francisco local-hire outcomes
Summary
At the May 11 SFPUC meeting, staff presented workforce numbers showing San Francisco residents made up about 11% of regional WESIP job hours and roughly 15% locally. Advocates pushed to reopen parts of the project labor agreement to boost local and apprentice hiring; unions warned of legal and practical limits.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission commissioners on May 11 received an update on workforce participation in the Water System Improvement Program (WESIP), with staff saying the city’s residents account for roughly 11% of the regional job hours and about 15% of local project hours.
Harlan Kelly, assistant general manager for infrastructure, told commissioners the WESIP program’s regional construction budget is large — roughly $2.6 billion of the regional portion — and that labor represents about $800 million of that total. He said current data show the program is at about 17% for one early workforce measure and that apprentices make up about 10% of job hours in his database,…
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