TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Lori Mitchell
SUBJECT: Electrification Workforce
Development Programs
DATE: September 5, 2025
Approved
Date:
9/5/25
SUPPLEMENTAL
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
This supplemental memorandum clarifies that contractors will not be displayed in the San José Clean Energy’s EcoHome Network contractor directory if they have an unpaid wage theft judgment with the State Department of Industrial Relations.
BACKGROUND
San José Clean Energy offers its residential customers rebates to install heat pumps through its EcoHome Rebate program. Currently, contractors who install three projects through EcoHome Rebate can have their contact information displayed online in San José Clean Energy's EcoHome Network directory if they do not have a labor code violation with the State Department of Industrial Relations filed against them in the past three years. The EcoHome Network directory is a tool for customers to find contractors with experience installing heat pumps, however, customers can choose contractors outside of the directory for their EcoHome Rebate project.
ANALYSIS
Staff intend to establish and enforce additional contractor requirements for the contractor directory related to wage theft and OSHA violations. This memorandum clarifies that contractors will not be displayed in the EcoHome Network directory if they have an unpaid wage theft judgment, consistent with the City’s Responsible Construction Ordinance
1 previously adopted by City Council.
1 City of San José Municipal Code Ordinance No. 31100.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 9/9/25
FILE: 25-953
ITEM: 6.1
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
September 5, 2025
Subject: Electrification Workforce Development Programs
/s/
LORI MITCHELL
Director, Energy Department
For questions, please contact Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Energy Department at [email protected].