Committee approves consent items and directs City Attorney to draft wage-theft ordinance amendments
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At its April 15, 2026 meeting the San Diego Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee approved the March 11 minutes, recommended Council approval of contract amendments for the 'No Shots Fired' program and AutoReturn towing services, and asked the City Attorney to work with Council District 5 to amend the Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance to strengthen wage-theft enforcement and remedies. Multiple public speakers raised concerns about police conduct, untested sexual assault kits, public health and cannabis-related issues.
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- Approved March 11, 2026 committee minutes (Yea: Marni von Wilpert, Raul Campillo, Jennifer Campbell; Not Present: Stephen Whitburn).
- Recommended Council approval of a second amendment to the contract with SBCS Corporation for administration of the 'No Shots Fired' gang-related gun violence reduction program (motion passed by members present).
- Recommended Council approval of a second amendment to the agreement with Tegsco, LLC dba AutoReturn to provide management and dispatching for towing services (motion passed by members present).
- Directed the City Attorney to work with Council District 5 to develop amendments to the City's Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance to: (i) give the City standing to seek damages on behalf of aggrieved employees, (ii) authorize the City to bring misdemeanor charges against employers who commit wage theft under the ordinance, and (iii) permit aggrieved employees and the City to recover unpaid overtime wages (motion passed by members present).
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