Mayor asks Rules Committee to continue charter amendment on job‑loss review; supervisors agree to more stakeholder talks

The Rules Committee on Feb. 2 agreed to continue a mayoral charter amendment that would require the Board of Supervisors to wait at least 60 days before adopting ordinances that could cause a significant net loss of local jobs and to refer such ordinances to the Small Business and Planning Commissions for analysis.

Jason Elliott of the mayor’s office told the committee the mayor favors continuing the item so city staff, labor and businesses can reach consensus about how to protect jobs while crafting a feasible charter or policy approach. "The mayor would like to request that this item that's before you today as amended be continued to the call of the chair," Elliott said.

Supervisors expressed support for further dialogue. Supervisor David Campos and others said the mayor’s willingness to pause the measure demonstrates a collaborative approach; representatives of labor, including Tim Paulson of the San Francisco Labor Council, spoke in favor of working together rather than advancing the change on a tight timeline.

The committee voted to continue the item to the call of the chair, leaving open whether the measure would appear on the June or November ballot while stakeholders negotiate language and implementation details.

The continuation gives the mayor's office and board members time to reconcile differences over scope, referral procedures and definitions of what constitutes a "significant net loss of jobs." The mayor's office said it would continue meeting with business and labor partners before returning the item to committee.