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Supervisors continue ordinance to apply city contracting rules to JPA-financed housing; tenants urge rejection
Summary
Supervisors debated an ordinance to add chapter 43.9 to the Administrative Code requiring JPA bond-financed housing projects to meet city contracting standards (prevailing wage, DBE, monitoring). Tenant speakers said the draft would not benefit tenants; the committee agreed to continue the item to allow amendments and made the applicability provision retroactive to June 1 for additional review.
The Budget & Finance Committee took up an ordinance that would add chapter 43.9 to the San Francisco Administrative Code, requiring housing project sponsors using revenue bonds issued by joint exercise of powers authorities (JPAs) to comply with city contracting programs such as prevailing wage and disadvantaged-business-enterprise (DBE) requirements.
Joel Lipsky of the Mayor—s Office of Housing described the measure—s purpose as applying standard city contracting and…
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