San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. I In General

Sec. 30.1. Findings. Sec. 30.2. Definitions. Sec. 30.3. Responsibilities of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development. Sec. 30.6. City Department Responsibilities. Sec. 30.7. Severability.

The Board of Supervisors finds and declares the following: (a) In order to create jobs in the City, assist employers to find and keep skilled workers, and assist the unemployed and underemployed to become economically self-sufficient, the City provides workforce development programs that are administered by many City departments. (b) Local, state, federal, and private funds support the City’s workforce development programs. In order to obtain federal funds, state governors must create local areas and the chief elected official of the local area must form a local workforce investment board. (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, 29 U.S.C. sections 3101 et seq.) The California Legislature has adopted a statute implementing the federal workforce development program. (California Unemployment Insurance Code sections 14000 et seq.). The local workforce investment board must develop and submit to the governor a four-year plan to administer WIOA funds for local workforce investment programs (the “Local Plan”). The local workforce investment board in San Francisco is Workforce Investment San Francisco, commonly referred to as WISF. (c) The Human Rights Commission and the Office of Racial Equity, created by Ordinance No. 188-19, developed a Citywide Racial Equity Framework, which identified workforce development priorities, including collection of race, ethnicity, and other demographic data from participants in City-funded programs in order to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to advance the City’s racial equity objectives. (d) The San Francisco Economic Recovery Task Force developed 41 policy recommendations through extensive stakeholder engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic response, including recommendations to centralize the City’s workforce development programs, establish program-level monitoring, and coordinate service to the City’s most economically vulnerable populations, including Black, Indigenous, and communities of color.

(e) Audits from the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office conducted in FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21 identified the need for citywide coordination of workforce development programs, improved mechanisms for workforce program monitoring and reporting, and mechanisms for citywide workforce planning and management. (f) An oversight committee comprised of City officers, employees, and workforce community representatives is needed to undertake long- and short-term planning for the City’s workforce development programs, to set goals and priorities for these programs, to coordinate workforce development activities among City departments, and to monitor their effectiveness. (Added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. 84-14 , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022)

For the purposes of this Chapter 30, the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein: “Alignment Council” shall mean the Council on City Workforce Alignment established in Section 5.37-1. The Council shall be an Advisory Body as defined in Section 5.1-1 of this Code. “Director of Workforce Development” shall mean the employee designated by the Director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to assist Workforce Investment San Francisco (WISF) and the Alignment Committee with planning and coordination of Workforce Development Services in the City. “Nonprofit Corporation” shall mean a non-profit corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and (if a foreign corporation) in good standing under the laws of the State of California, which corporation has established and maintains valid nonprofit status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated under such Section. “Workforce Development Services” shall mean job readiness, preparation and other pre-employment services provided to unemployed and underemployed individuals, as well as job training, placement, retention, and career advancement services. “Workforce Development Service Providers” shall mean all entities and organizations that provide Workforce Development Services funded through or by the City with federal, state, and/or local funds. “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” shall mean the federal law governing federally-funded workforce development programs codified at 29 U.S.C. sections 3101 et seq., or any successor federal programs. “Workforce Investment San Francisco” or “WISF” shall mean the local workforce investment board required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and defined at 29 U.S.C. sec. 3122 and established in Section 5.36-1 of this Code. WISF shall be an Advisory Body as defined in Section 5.1-1 of this Code. (Added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. 84-14 , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019; Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022; Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development shall: (a) Support the work of the WISF and assist the WISF with planning and coordination of all Workforce Development Services in the City. It shall perform additional duties as directed by the Mayor in order to promote more effective and efficient provision of Workforce Development Services; and (b) Manage the First Source Hiring Program under Chapter 83 and, to the extent consistent with the Charter, administer all funds appropriated by the City to fund the First Source Hiring Program. (Added as Sec. 30.4 by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. 84-14 , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; redesignated and amended by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019; Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022) (Former Sec. 30.3 added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; repealed by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019)

(Added as Sec. 30.7 by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; redesignated as Sec. 30.6 and amended by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; redesignated and amended by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019; Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022) (Former Sec. 30.4 added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; redesignated as Sec. 30.3 by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019)

(a) The Office of Economic and Workforce Development shall provide administrative support for the Alignment Council. (b) All City departments engaged in Workforce Development Services shall provide information regarding the Workforce Development Services and an accounting of all federal, state, local, and private Workforce Development funds received by the departments to the Alignment Council in the format and within the timeline that the Alignment Council requests. (Added by Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022; amended by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026) (Former Sec. 30.6 added as Sec. 30.7 by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; redesignated and amended by Ord. 84-14 , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; Ord. 4-19, File No. 180217, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019; redesignated as Sec. 30.4 by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019) (Former Sec. 30.6 added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; repealed by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014)

If any section, subsection, clause, phrase, or portion of this Chapter 30 is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or Federal or State agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. (Added as Sec. 30.8 by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; redesignated as Sec. 30.7 by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; redesignated as Sec. 30.5 and amended by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019; redesignated and amended by Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022) (Former Sec. 30.7 added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; redesignated as Sec. 30.6 by Ord. 84-14, File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; redesignated as Sec. 30.4 by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019) SEC. 30.8. (Added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; redesignated as Sec. 30.7 by Ord. 84-14 , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014; redesignated as Sec. 30.5 by Ord. 269-19, File No. 190499, App. 11/21/2019, Eff. 12/22/2019; redesignated as Sec. 30.7 by Ord. 209-22, File No. 220879, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022)