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Committee defers HSA 'JobsNow' stimulus plan after debate over rehiring and civil‑service protections
Summary
The committee continued HSA's JobsNow TANF emergency contingency proposal, which seeks to create up to 1,000 subsidized jobs funded largely by federal stimulus dollars, after supervisors and union speakers pressed the agency on whether temporary trainee hires would supplant recently laid‑off city workers and on legal/cost‑benefit analyses.
The Human Services Agency presented 'JobsNow,' a subsidized employment program proposed under the ARRA TANF emergency contingency fund. HSA sought authority to accept and expend roughly $28.14 million in federal stimulus funds and to add 100.7 temporary FTEs to administer and place participants into public‑sector trainee positions, nonprofit placements and private‑sector wage‑subsidy jobs.
HSA Deputy Noelle Simmons described program objectives: create up to 1,000 subsidized jobs, prioritize CalWORKs clients and other…
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