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Rules committee sends SFPUC social impact partnership ordinance to full board after public testimony
Summary
The Rules Committee unanimously recommended the Board approve an ordinance to codify the SFPUC’s Social Impact Partnership (SIP) program after staff described reforms following an audit and dozens of supporters and a few critics testified.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Dec. 5 voted unanimously to send to the full board an ordinance that would codify and strengthen the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Social Impact Partnership (SIP) program.
The ordinance would amend the Administrative Code to allow the SFPUC to include social impact commitment criteria as a qualitatively scored element in solicitations for certain contracts at designated thresholds. Proponents told the committee the program encourages contractors to make voluntary commitments — financial and volunteer — to local nonprofits, public education providers and community programs…
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