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City's Landmark Solar Program on Life Support
Posted Mon, Feb 25, 2013 in Renewable Energy
Clean Energy And Local Job Advocates Urged To Call The SFPUC At (415) 554-3155 And Say "I Support GoSolarSF"
Since 2008, San Francisco’s successful GoSolarSF program has enabled over 2,000 homeowners, tenants, businesses, and nonprofits to put solar panels on their roof, dramatically increasing the supply...
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Warriors, SF Agree to Local Hire on New Arena
Posted Mon, Nov 19, 2012 in Local Hiring
Community Groups And Labor Unions Join Mayor Lee In Signing Historic Letter Of Commitment
(photos by Solomon So, APRI)
San Francisco's successful Local Hiring Policy for Construction applies to billions of d...
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Brightline Joins LiUNA for Yes on 30, No on 32, and Yes on 39!
Posted Mon, Nov 05, 2012 in Local Hiring
Workers Rally And Mobilize To Support Schools, Protect Working Families, And Promote Clean Energy JobsOAKLAND, CA, November 5, 2012--This past weekend, over five hundred men and women from Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) locals across the Bay Area came together in support ...
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Community Groups Rally to Support Warriors Arena
Posted Wed, Oct 17, 2012 in Local Hiring
Workers and Advocates Highlight Opportunity to Bring Basketball and Thousands of Good-Paying Jobs to San Francisco by 2017
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 17, 2012--After several months of discussions about plans to build a
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Glimmer Of Sunlight Enters Gloomy SF Solar Debate
Posted Mon, Jul 16, 2012 in Renewable Energy
Mayor Lee Instructs SFPUC To Find Additional GoSolarSF Funding, Environmental And Cleantech Leaders Hopeful For Positive News
Mayor Ed Lee has joined efforts to restore devastating budget cuts to San Francisco's successful GoSolarSF program.
After hearing from hundreds of members of the Bay Area S...
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Popular SF Solar Program Faces Uncertain Future
Posted Fri, Jul 06, 2012 in Renewable Energy
City Leaders Have Short Window To Restore Devastating Budget Cuts
By any measurement, San Francisco’s GoSolarSF program has been an incredible success.
Since 2008, the City’s solar rebate has leveraged state and federal incentives to as...
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'Local Hire' Doing Its Job
Posted Wed, Mar 28, 2012 in Local Hiring
Local Participation On Taxpayer-Funded Construction Up 70% Since City Abandoned "Good Faith Efforts" In Favor Of Community Hiring Requirements
Yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor John Avalos released
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Brightline Publishes "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Posted Mon, Mar 05, 2012 in Local Hiring
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Brightline has published a report on the hard work that led to the creation and passage of San Francisco's landmark Local Hiring Policy for Construction. "Putting Local Hire To Work" documents three years of policy advocacy and co...
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America's Cup "Good Faith" Jobs Plan Debate at SF City Hall
Posted Thu, Feb 02, 2012 in Local Hiring
Community Groups and Building Trade Unions Secure Prevailing Wage Requirements, Press For Local Hiring Commitment
Those in search of further evidence of the death of “good faith efforts” local hiring in San Francisco need look no further than
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2011 YEAR IN REVIEW
Posted Tue, Jan 03, 2012 in Local Hiring
As the year 2011 comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on Brightline's efforts this year to protect and empower vulnerable communities.
Just one year ago, we successfully concluded two campaigns that have been core Brightline efforts since our founding in 2006:
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Local Hiring Pushes Prop. B Road Repair Bond To Success
Posted Sun, Nov 13, 2011 in Local Hiring
Community Advocates Brightline and the A. Philip Randolph Institute Team Up To Help Win 1,000 Union Jobs Repairing San Francisco Streets and Bike Lanes
SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, 2011 – Two years ago, a proposed bond to repair San Francisco's deteriorating roads and bike lanes did not have support amon...
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Brightline Succeeds In "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Posted Sat, Oct 01, 2011 in Local Hiring
Supervisors Avalos and Kim Join Community Advocates, Labor Leaders, City Officials, Social Justice Activists, and Workers in Celebrating Historic Achievement; Mayor Lee Declares "Brightline Defense Project Day"
A heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to "put local hire to work" and support Brightline's comm...
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Brightline Fundraiser - "Putting Local Hire To Work"
Posted Tue, Sep 06, 2011 in Local Hiring
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sloane Lounge • 1525 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Honoring Local Hiring Heroes: Supervisor John Avalos, Laborers Union Local 261, CityBuild, Ch...
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Will Local Jobs Sail In With The America's Cup?
Posted Fri, Aug 26, 2011 in Local Hiring
By Ngoc Nguyen
New America Media
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Franciscans may not be first in line for thousands of jobs created in the build-up to the 34th America’s Cup regatta over next two years, contrary to the city’s new local hiring law.
The l...
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Controversial Anti-Local Hiring Bill Abandoned
Posted Mon, Jun 06, 2011 in Local Hiring
Assembly Bill 356 Sent to “Inactive File” Following Statewide Opposition, Partnership Between San Francisco And San Mateo Counties
June 6, 2011—While Assemblymember Jerry Hill and his controversial anti-local hiring bill AB 356 were busy drawing statewide opposition from three of California’s four larges...
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