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Budget panel releases $756,462 to expand SFO janitorial trainee program after outreach questions
Summary
The Board's budget committee approved releasing $756,462 from reserves to allow San Francisco International Airport to fill 16 entry-level positions and expand its SF Connect janitorial training from four to 12 slots, after supervisors pressed the airport for a follow-up plan showing neighborhood outreach and applicant ZIP-code breakdowns.
San Francisco’s budget committee on Dec. 8 approved releasing $756,462 from a reserve to allow the airport to fill 16 entry-level jobs and expand the SF Connect janitorial trainee program.
Miss Weiner, the airport presenter, told the committee the full proposal initially sought $1 million to create positions ranging from communications dispatchers to custodians and to increase the custodial training program from four to 12 slots. The budget analyst corrected the fiscal ask during the hearing and recommended releasing $756,462 for the current year and returning the remaining balance to the airport’s unappropriated fund balance.
Supervisors pressed airport staff about who would be hired this year and whether the candidate pool reflected geographic or demographic diversity. Flynn Bradley, the airport’s workforce development manager, said outreach was done through community-based organizations and that applicant ZIP-code data — not neighborhood names — shows the 14 applicants who responded were concentrated in the southeastern portion of the city. Bradley said the selected eight trainees will start Jan. 11.
Supervisor David Campos and others criticized the outreach approach as passive and urged active recruitment in underrepresented neighborhoods such as the Mission. Campos said his office would pursue legislative remedies if city departments cannot demonstrate a clear record of effective outreach.
The committee approved the release on the condition that the airport follow up with specifics on outreach and the CBOs it contacted. The committee’s action authorizes the airport to move forward on hiring under the release; the airport said it structured the positions so the ongoing costs could be carried into next year’s operating budget.
