This ordinance aims to update the city's Project Labor Agreement to include multi-family affordable housing projects and require certain subcontractors to adhere to the agreement if they receive contracts over $5 million. It also proposes to extend the duration of the agreement from 20 to 30 years, lasting until July 14, 2050.
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to direct the City Administrator to negotiate amendments to the citywide Project Labor Agreement (PLA) that would incorporate into the PLA multi-family affordable housing projects constructed under an agreement with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, make subject to the PLA subcontractors for PLA-covered projects that qualify as Local Business Enterprises once they have been awarded over $5,000,000 for work on covered projects, and extend the term of the PLA from 20 to 30 years, until July 14, 2050.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to amend the citywide Project Labor Agreement to include multi-family affordable housing projects and extend its term.
The Board passed the Citywide Project Labor Agreement Ordinance, which established the framework for project labor agreements on city-funded construction projects.
The City and the San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council entered into the current Project Labor Agreement, which is set to expire in 2040.
The Board introduced an ordinance to amend the Administrative Code to direct the City Administrator to negotiate amendments to the Project Labor Agreement, incorporating multi-family affordable housing projects.
The Board's Rules Committee referred the ordinance to the Department of Human Resources for assessment of the 'Meet and Confer' requirements.
The Board sent a memorandum to the City Administrator and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development for comments on the proposed ordinance.
The ordinance is currently pending committee action following its introduction and referral.
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