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Mayor—s Job-Impact Charter Amendment Draws Strong Labor Opposition; Committee Accepts Amendments and Continues Hearing
Summary
A mayoral charter amendment to require stakeholder hearings for legislation that would cause net job loss drew sustained opposition from labor and worker-advocacy groups, who called it unnecessary and one-sided; the committee accepted edits, asked for a trailing ordinance, and continued the item to Feb. 2.
The Rules Committee considered a mayoral-sponsored charter amendment on Jan. 26 that would require a formal stakeholder hearing process for proposed city legislation expected to cause a net loss of jobs in San Francisco. Jason Elliott of the mayor—s office presented an amended draft that broadened potential referral bodies beyond the Small Business Commission and removed detailed procedural triggers so that a trailing ordinance would define implementation.
"This Charter Amendment would ensure that legislation that ... would result in a net job loss would result in people losing their jobs,"…
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