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Committee backs amended police-code worker protections; referral to full Board set
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 3-0 on March 4 to amend and refer an ordinance that would expand COVID-19-related health and scheduling protections for grocery, drugstore and related workers; amendments clarify pay definitions and record retention and the measure will appear on the Board agenda as a committee report.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on March 4 amended and voted to refer to the Board of Supervisors an ordinance that would add COVID-19-related health and scheduling protections for grocery, drugstore, restaurant and on-demand delivery workers.
Abigail Rivamante Mesa, chief of staff to Supervisor Haney, told the committee the legislation “strengthens our worker protections that are covered by the health officers orders during COVID-19” and adds a mechanism for workers to file complaints with the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement. Mesa presented two non-substantive amendments: clarifying that employees must be paid their normal rate for disinfecting services and aligning independent-contractor pay with an existing contractual minimum in Admin Code Chapter 12B; and requiring covered entities to retain ordinance-related records for three years.
Chair Supervisor Dean Preston and Vice Chair Supervisor Connie Chan asked procedural and substantive questions; no additional staff presentation was requested. There was no public comment on the item.
Vice Chair Chan moved to amend the ordinance; the roll call recorded Chan, Mandelmann and Preston voting in the affirmative, carrying the amendment. Member Rafael Mandelmann then moved that the amended ordinance be recommended to the full Board as a committee report for consideration at the March 9, 2021 meeting; that referral also passed by a 3-0 roll call.
The amendments Mesa described focus on definitions and compliance details rather than changing the ordinance’s substantive protections. The committee record shows the item will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on March 16, 2021 unless otherwise moved.
The committee took no further action on the ordinance beyond amendment and referral; next steps will be the Board’s Committee of the Whole or full-board consideration as scheduled.
