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OCII reports high SBE participation and COVID-driven drop in construction hours; outlines workforce and training partnerships
Summary
OCII staff presented the annual small-business enterprise and local-hiring report, saying OCII awarded roughly $41 million in the past fiscal year with about $31–32 million to small businesses and reporting a drop in construction hours to ~920,000 due to COVID-19. Staff highlighted CityBuild/OEWD partnerships, Dreamkeeper funding, and upcoming workforce cohorts and events.
OCII contract-compliance staff presented the agency's annual small-business enterprise (SBE) and local-hire report, outlining contracting results, workforce hours, and training partnerships with the city's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and CityBuild.
"We take good faith seriously in the sense of getting into the weeds of the developers and general contractors' contracting practices," said Ray Li, who presented the SBE and workforce metrics and described program administration and outreach. Li reported that OCII awarded approximately $41 million in the past fiscal…
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