As a Peninsula assemblyman takes a fight over San Francisco’s local-hiring ordinance to Sacramento, a San Mateo County leader said she wants to negotiate changes to the law.
Several dozen construction workers and local elected leaders flanked Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, Friday as he introduced a new bill that would scale back the local hiring legislation, requiring contractors to hire city residents to work on public projects.
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By:
Gina Papan
12/12/10 1:52 AM
More often than not, legislation is crafted with the best of intentions. As elected officials, we all have responsibilities to protect the people we serve and to enhance the economic and social health of our municipalities, counties and the region as a whole. Having the best of intentions, however, is not a substitute for meaningful, well-thought-out policy.
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