LA County Board

7.\nImplementing a Community Hiring Pilot in County Procurement\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Mitchell: Instruct the Director of\nInternal Services, in coordination with the Director of Economic Opportunity\nand the Acting Chief Executive Officer, to design and implement a 36-month\nCommunity Hiring Pilot Program, as recommended in the Internal Services\nDepartment’s July 3, 2024, report, back within 120 days. The pilot shall embed\ncommunity hiring goals into at least five eligible solicitations, as identified in the\nInternal Services Department’s April 8, 2024, report back, across three\ndepartments, including the Department of Public Social Services’ Security\nServices Contract. The five eligible solicitations should reflect a diverse range of\nindustries and geographies. The Director of Internal Services shall report back\nto the Board in writing in 90 days with the proposed solicitation list, draft\ncontract language, and an implementation timeline. Take the following actions:\nInstruct the Director of Internal Services, in coordination with County\nCounsel and the Director of Economic Opportunity, to develop standard\nsolicitation and contract language establishing hiring goals for qualifying\ncontracts. These may include requirements such as 30% of labor hours\nperformed by residents as defined by the County’s Local and Targeted\nWorker Hire Policy, or one hire from the local community for every\n$500,000 in contract value. The language shall also include best-effort\nrequirements for vendors, targeted subcontractor utilization goals, and\nreport back to the Board in writing in 60 days following the launch of the\nlast (fifth) pilot procurement with finalized template language for County\nDepartments to use.\nInstruct the Director of Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the\nDirector of Internal Services, to compile and maintain a list of approved\nreferral sources-including America’s Job Centers of California, High\nRoad Training Partnerships, and other relevant referral partners and\nprograms, and create a vendor referral process for the pilot. The\nDirector of Economic Opportunity shall report back to the Board in\nwriting in 120 days with the completed referral network, memoranda of\nunderstanding with partners, and an outreach plan.\nInstruct the Director of Internal Services, in coordination with the\nDirector of Public Works, to develop procedures for Departments to\nreport vendor community hire metrics to the Departments of Internal\nServices and Economic Opportunity. These metrics shall include hires,\nlabor hours, retention, demographics, and geographic data. The Director\nof Internal Services shall report back to the Board in writing in 120 days\non report and procedure readiness and in 60 days following the\nexecution of the first pilot solicitation contract with baseline pilot data.\nInstruct the Director of Internal Services, in coordination with the\nDirector of Economic Opportunity, to provide annual written updates to\nthe Board on pilot solicitations, vendor participation, hires and outcomes\nfor those hires, and challenges encountered during implementation.\nImpact metrics or key performance indicators should be included in\nthese reports. (25-6518)\nMotion by Supervisor Mitchell\nMotion by Supervisor Mitchell (Updates Following Cluster)