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Council debates residential-hiring preference, asks staff and attorney to return with options
Summary
Councilmembers discussed whether to give local residents preference in city hiring but did not adopt a policy; staff and the city attorney were directed to return with legally defensible options for limited or point-based preferences.
Councilmembers debated a possible residential-hiring preference on Nov. 3 but did not adopt a formal policy, instead directing staff and the city attorney to return with options that would be legally defensible and administratively workable.
Staff said they surveyed nearby cities and found that larger jurisdictions such as Long Beach and Pasadena have local-hire programs, but…
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