Local Community Workers
and Small Businesses
February 25, 2025
1 Ben Poole
Director of Workforce and Economic Program Services
Infrastructure Division
Wendy Macy
Chief People Officer
Human Resource Services
Workforce and Economic Program Services
2 Major Lines of Work
• Workforce - People / Workers / Jobs
• Economic - Businesses / Contractors /
Contacts
Affirmative Programming
• PLA
• Project Pull
• Contractors Assistance Center
Impacts of our Capital Investments
Liaison to City Departments
2 SSIP Overall
Local Hire – Individual Workers
• City’s Local Hire Ordinance requirement – 20% to 30%
• SSIP Local Hire participation – 33.9%
• $110.3 million in wages and benefits earned by San Francisco residents • D10 Residents worked 32.5% of all SF resident hours
• $33.3 million in wages and benefits earned
• City’s Local Hire Ordinance requirement for apprentices – 50% • SSIP apprentice participation – 57.2%
• D10 Residents worked 37.6% of all SF resident apprentice hours 3 SSIP Overall
LBEs – Contractors
• 312 SF LBEs awarded 956 contracts both as prime and subcontractors on professional services and construction contracts on SSIP • D10 LBEs – 160 LBEs awarded 545 contracts
• $862.5 million awarded to LBEs
• D10 LBEs – $506 million awarded
4 5
Major Projects
PROJECT
CONTRACT
VALUE
CURRENT
LH PART
(30% REQ)
CURRENT
APP PART
(50% REQ)
TOTAL
HOURS
LBE
REQ
CURRENT
LBE PART
TOTAL
DOLLARS
TO LBEs
BIOSOLIDS $2.25 B 33% 61% 1,752,809 12% 17.4% $398 M
HEADWORKS $556 M 34% 48% 1,158,849 15% 18% $105 M
TREASURE
ISLAND $165 M 38% 65% 115,401 15% 25% $25.8 M
MOUNTAIN
TUNNEL $139 M 76% 84% 359,490 3% 3.3% $7.7 M
Another Layer: Local Participation
Southeast Community Center – A Success Story
• Final Local Hire participation – 39%
• Final Local Apprentice participation – 62%
• D10 residents worked 35% of all hours worked by San Francisco residents • D10 apprentices worked 39% of all hours worked by SF resident apprentices • Final LBE participation – 31%
• 38 LBEs awarded 50 contracts
• D10 LBEs – 26 LBEs awarded 33 contracts
Going Forward: More Collaborative Delivery Contracts
6 Career Trajectory
• SF Native
• Family in the Trades
• Started on a PLA
Project
• SFPUC Employee
7 Deja Wilson
Community
Career Enrichment
Outreach Efforts
Career Fairs
• Participated in 15+ career fairs,
including SFSU Career Fair, CSU
Eastbay Job Fair, and Skyline
Sustainable Careers Fair.
• Focused events targeted toward
underrepresented groups.
• Facilitated a Government Trek
session for USF students, featuring a
Q&A with our own to foster
meaningful connections and insights.
• Planned sessions for UC Berkeley
STEM/Data Science graduate
students to connect with niche talent
.
COMMUNITY STRONG
Career Enrichment Fair
• Same Day Hiring
• Resume Building
• Professional Headshots
• Take-Away Resources
Partnerships within our Communities
Strengthened pipelines with USF, UC Berkeley, HBCUs, and local colleges.
Renewed focus on Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to enhance local engagement.
Kickstart and maintain candidate pipeline with local technical programs, apprenticeships , and trade programs.
Partner with other City Agencies like DPW, MTA, & DPH for outreach focused on skill building, networking, and increasing access to resources and opportunities.
HRS Summer Internship with
local HBCU Students
Collaboration with the Department of Police
Accountability
• Supports former Mayor London Breed’s Black
2 San Francisco Initiatives
Hosted two interns on our Recruiting and
People Science teams
• Developed an internship syllabus and
professional development plan
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Workforce and Economic Program Services
Infrastructure Division
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