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Committee defers Prop J golf contracting decision after public outcry over privatization
Summary
After extensive public comment and testimony from unions and neighborhood groups, the Budget & Finance Committee delayed a decision on Prop J contracting for city golf-course maintenance and continued the item for further hearings.
The Budget and Finance Committee on June 25 deferred a decision on a Prop J contracting determination that would allow Recreation & Park—s golf-course maintenance positions to be performed by private contractors. The committee continued the item to a later hearing (Thursday/June 28) after hours of public comment and concerns from unions, park advocates and neighborhood groups.
Members of the Neighborhood Parks Council and labor organizations urged the committee not to endorse broad contracting without a study of other uses and without clarity on long-term public access and job impacts.…
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