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 and federal 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 Investment Act of 1998, 29 U.S.C. sections 2801 et seq.) The California Legislature has adopted a statute implementing the federal workforce development program. (California Unemployment Insurance Code sections 14299 et seq.) The local workforce investment board must develop and submit to the governor a five-year plan 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) In November 2004, the voters adopted Proposition 1 which created an Office of Economic Analysis under the Controller to report on pending City legislation that may impact the City economically. Proposition I also requires the Department of Economic and Workforce Development to prepare for the Board of Supervisors' approval the Strategic Plan for Economic Development, a three-year plan, with periodic updates, that reports on workforce development opportunities in the City.
(d) An oversight committee comprised of City officers and employees 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.
(e) A committee comprised of nonprofit organizations that provide services to low-income San Francisco residents and those with barriers to employment is needed to advise the WISF and the oversight committee on client needs and workforce system priorities.
(Added by Ord. 270-07, File No. 071056, App. 11/26/2007; amended by Ord. , File No. 140260, App. 6/13/2014, Eff. 7/13/2014)
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