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Task force outlines a climate-minded economic recovery, highlighting disproportionate job losses and priorities for low-income workers
Summary
City staff, economists and business leaders told the Commission on the Environment that San Francisco lost roughly 175,000 jobs early in the pandemic and has recovered about 62,000, and urged recovery plans that protect low-wage workers, revive transit and align private-sector commitments with climate goals.
San Francisco's Economic Recovery Task Force briefed the Commission on the Environment on the scale of the city's pandemic recession and a set of priorities to guide recovery planning.
Ted Egan, chief economist in the city controller's office, said San Francisco lost "about a 175,000 jobs between March and April of this year" and had regained roughly 62,000 jobs by August. He noted that the unemployment rate jumped from about 3% to above 12% and that losses have fallen hardest on low-wage sectors such as accommodation, food service, arts and neighborhood personal services. "So we're roughly a third of the way back," Egan said.
The scale and distribution of job losses drove the task force's focus, presenters said. Heather Green, director of capital planning and deputy resilience officer, described the task…
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