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Contractors and residents press SFPUC on local contracting, Millbrae campus and potential turf runoff contaminants
Summary
During general public comment and the budget hearing, contractors and community representatives pressed the SFPUC to turn the disparity study into enforceable contracting changes, called for more local hire and LBE outreach on major projects, and urged testing and disclosure of toxic runoff from artificial turf fields.
Several members of the public used the commission’s public comment periods to press SFPUC for concrete actions on contracting equity, to ask staff to reconsider the proposed Millbrae operations campus, and to raise health concerns about artificial turf runoff.
Demetrius Williams, president of the San Francisco Hyperlocal Building Trades Contractors Collective, said Bayview Hunters Point contractors have been repeatedly sidelined from major SFPUC projects and urged the commission to ensure community benefit packages and contract scopes let local firms participate…
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