Agenda - City of Santa Monica

EXHIBIT "F-2"
LOCAL HIRING PROGRAM FOR PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
Local Hiring Policy For Permanent Employment. The Developer (if an Operator) or
Commercial Operator shall implement a local hiring policy (the “Local Hiring Policy”),
consistent with the following guidelines:
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Local Hiring Policy is to facilitate the employment
by the commercial tenants of the Project of residents of the City of Santa Monica
(the “Targeted Job Applicants”), and in particular, those residents who are
“Low-Income Individuals” (defined below) by ensuring Targeted Job Applicants
are aware of Project employment opportunities and have a fair opportunity to
apply and compete for such jobs. The goal of this policy is local hiring.
2. Findings.
a. Approximately 73,000-74,000 individuals work in the City. The City has
a resident labor force of approximately 56,800. However, only about onethird
(32.2 percent) of the City's resident labor force works at jobs located
in the City, with the balance working outside of the City. Consequently, a
significant portion of the City's resident and non-resident work force is
required to commute long distances to find work, causing increased traffic
on state highways, increased pollution, increased use of gas and other
fuels and other serious environmental impacts.
b. Due to their employment outside of the City, many residents of the City
are forced to leave for work very early in the morning and return late in
the evening, often leaving children and teenagers alone and unsupervised
during the hours between school and the parent return from work outside
the area.
c. Absentee parents and unsupervised youth can result in increased problems
for families, communities and the City as a whole, including, but not
limited to, increased crime, more frequent and serious injuries, poor
homework accomplishments, failing grades and increased high school
dropout rates.
d. Of the approximately 45,000 households in the City, thirty percent are
defined as low-income households or lower, with eleven percent of these
households defined as extremely low income and eight percent very low
income. Approximately 10.5% of the City's residents are unemployed.
e. By ensuring that Targeted Job Applicants are aware of and have a fair
opportunity to compete for Project jobs, this local hiring policy will
facilitate job opportunities to City residents which would expand the City's
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