Local Hire
Local hire policies specify that a certain percentage of the total work done on a PSA project will be performed by local residents. The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works discusses their “30/20/10 Countdown to Success”. On City of LA DPW projects covered by a PSA, 30% of work must be done by local residents, 20% by apprentices and 10% by disadvantaged or “at-risk” residents.
Local hire policies also create outreach structures to move community members into apprenticeship programs. Partnerships between community organizations, the workforce development program and other local job training resources provide job readiness and job retention support services. These groups can help connect a local resident with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
Los Angeles Unified School District
| Bond Measure Funds | School District Residents Hired on Project | LA County Residents Hired on Project | Estimated Wages and Benefits Reinvested into the City | |
| School Bond Measures 2003-2008 | $27,100,000,000 | 19,509 | 41,907 | $780,400,000 |
Data current as of March 2009. | Source: Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Community College District
| Bond Measure Funds | School District Residents Hired on Project | Residents from within Project Zip Code Hired on Project | At-risk Workers Hired on Project | |
| Proposition A/AA | $2,200,000,000 | 5,085 | 833 | 571 |
Data current as of October 28, 2008. | Source: Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
| Project Name | Construction Cost | Local Residents Hired on Project | Total Apprentices Hired on Project | Estimated Wages and Benefits Reinvested into the City |
| NEIS/ECIS Interceptor Sewers | $440,000,000 | 415 | 482 | $18,903,025 |
| New Police Administration Building | $230,000,000 | 797 | 596 | $10,563,911 |
| Metro Detention Center | $74,000,000 | 477 | 437 | $5,379,802 |
| Harbor Police Station | $35,000,000 | 270 | 309 | $1,416,888 |
| Hollenbeck Police Station | $31,000,000 | 351 | 230 | $337,178 |
| Fire Station 64 | $12,000,000 | 113 | 107 | $3,569,347 |
| Ave. 45/ Arroyo Drive Sewer Relief | $43,000,000 | 38 | 23 | $659,102 |
| New Police Administration Parking | $66,000,000 | 145 | 123 | $645,402 |
| Total | $931,000,000 | 2,606 | 2,307 | $41,474,654 |
Data current as of December 2008. Note that some projects are not completed. | Source: City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works.