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City hears TechSF update; supervisors press for data and deeper industry engagement

Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · September 27, 2017
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The committee heard an overview of TechSF workforce efforts to place San Franciscans in tech jobs, with OEWD and partners reporting placements, apprenticeships and new initiatives; supervisors and community groups pressed for clearer placement and demographic metrics and a plan to deepen private‑sector hiring of local residents.

The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee held a hearing Sept. 27 on TechSF, the city’s sector‑based workforce initiative for tech jobs. Presenters from the Controller’s Office, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), San Francisco Unified School District and City College described program structure, outcomes to date and planned innovations.

Asim Khan of the Controller’s Office reviewed labor‑market trends, noting tech’s disproportionate payroll share in San Francisco and a modest slowdown in…

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