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Lawmaker highlights paid internships in San Diego; says 19% of interns hired into city jobs
Summary
A lawmaker told colleagues that California's youth job corps program converted San Diego city internships into paid positions, giving more than 1,000 young people work experience and resulting in about 19% of those interns being hired into city jobs with retirement benefits.
A lawmaker said colleagues should know more about California’s youth job corps program and recent changes in San Diego, including converting city internships into paid positions.
The speaker told the meeting that the city converted its internships into paid internships, that more than 1,000 young people in San Diego have gained work experience through the program, and that roughly 19% of those interns are now employed by the city in jobs that include retirement benefits. “We’ve converted our internships at the city into paid internships,” the lawmaker said. “Over 1,000 San Diego young people getting work experience in the city of San Diego. 19% of them are now working for the city of San Diego in good jobs with retirement benefits.”
The comments framed the program as a workforce-development step that moves interns into long-term municipal employment with benefits. No formal vote or motion regarding the program was recorded in the provided transcript.
