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Committee advances overhaul of Chapter 14B to set 40% citywide LBE goal, moves ordinance to full Board
Summary
Supervisor Chu introduced a comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 14B to strengthen Local Business Enterprise participation (a 40% citywide goal and 20% micro‑LBE subgoal, among other reforms); the committee passed amendments and advanced the ordinance to the full Board as a committee report.
Supervisor David Chiu introduced a comprehensive ordinance, co‑sponsored with Mayor Edwin M. Lee, to revise Chapter 14B of San Francisco’s Administrative Code and expand Local Business Enterprise (LBE) participation in city contracting. The committee passed amendments and advanced the ordinance to the full Board as a committee report.
Chiu told the committee the package would establish a citywide small‑business utilization goal of no less than 40%, create a 20% subgoal for micro‑LBEs, require departments to make good‑faith efforts to obtain three bids from local businesses for covered contracts, add a 2% bid discount for LBEs on certain larger procurements, expand coverage…
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