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Rules Committee advances overhaul of local business enterprise rules to aid small LBEs
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to send a rewritten Chapter 14B to the full Board after a lengthy public hearing, approving clerical edits and moving a duplicate file containing reporting amendments; supporters urged higher revenue thresholds, CPI indexing and stronger prime‑contractor accountability.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee meeting on Oct. 18 advanced a package of changes to Chapter 14B intended to expand contracting opportunities for local small businesses.
The committee approved a clerical correction and forwarded the ordinance—which raises LBE certification thresholds, changes the averaging period for revenue from three to five years, introduces automatic consumer‑price‑index adjustments and increases penalties for prime contractors who fail to use listed LBEs—to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
City Administrator Carmen Chu summarized the package, saying it would "increase LBE…
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