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LAFCO adopts executive officer work plan; authorizes mobility labor study with SFCTA
Summary
LAFCO approved Brian Goebel’s FY2018–19 work plan prioritizing Clean Power SF oversight, a labor study on emerging mobility services, exploration of municipal fiber and a public bank, and staff development. The commission authorized a mobility study in partnership with the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to examine labor impacts including taxi medallion holders.
Brian Goebel, LAFCO’s executive officer, presented a proposed FY 2018–19 work plan that commissioners adopted June 29. The plan’s top priorities include LAFCO oversight of Clean Power SF, a special study examining labor in emerging mobility services, exploration of public bank and municipal fiber opportunities, support to the Board of Supervisors on LAFCO issues, and completion of the legal-services RFP process.
"The number 1 priority for the executive officer work plan is, of course, to advance Clean Power SF," Goebel said, and described the mobility study as an examination of labor models, demographics of the gig economy workforce, contractor counts and commute patterns. He told commissioners he would develop scopes, outreach plans and timelines with agency partners.
Commissioners pressed Goebel to include a focused analysis of taxi medallion holders and short-term mitigation or remedy options for drivers who saw medallion values collapse. "How we can do right by these workers and how we can mitigate the impact that this industry has had on them personally" was a point raised by Commissioner Ronan; Goebel said the study will look at best practices elsewhere, including hardship payments used in New York City.
Warren Logan, senior transportation planner at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, told LAFCO the SFCTA’s emerging mobility evaluation will soon be reported to its board and that SFCTA is "very excited to partner" with LAFCO on labor analysis and data-sharing.
Public commenters urged LAFCO to include municipal fiber and to use an equity lens in any fiber study; advocates also urged LAFCO to use its position to press for city and state action on energy policy. Following discussion, Commissioner Pollock moved to adopt the work plan; the commission approved it without objection and later voted to authorize the executive officer to proceed with the mobility labor study in partnership with SFCTA.
