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Planning staff says San Francisco jobs rose 5% in 2012; commissioners ask for deeper demographic detail
Summary
Planning Department staff presented highlights from the 2012 Commerce and Industry Inventory: employment up 5% to over 586,000 jobs in 2012 and lower unemployment in 2013 estimates; commissioners asked for more detailed breakdowns by age, job type and origin of workers and for clarity on the transit impact development fee process.
Planning Department analyst Paolo E. Quizoe summarized the department’s 2012 Commerce and Industry Inventory to the Planning Commission, calling it the 19th edition of the annual report. Quizoe said employment in San Francisco rose about 5% in 2012 to over 586,000 jobs (an increase of roughly 27,000) and that the city’s unemployment rate for 2012 was 7.8%; the state’s latest estimate showed 5.6% unemployment as of August 2013.
Quizoe also reported increases in average wages, taxable retail sales and building activity, and noted transit impact development fee (TIDF) revenues rose — fiscal‑year TIDF receipts reported in the presentation were approximately $4.6 million, up from about $1.7 million the prior year.
Commissioners asked for more granular information. Commissioner Moore requested demographic breakdowns (age groups, who is being employed and whether new job growth is absorbing previously unemployed residents), and Commissioner Wu asked how TIDF revenues are allocated and what criteria guide expenditures. Staff said they would provide follow‑up information and incorporate questions into the department’s response to hearing comments.
Staff also introduced several new and recently hired analysts who will contribute to upcoming reports and the department’s online data portal.
