What is First Source Local Hiring?

With the goal of increasing employment opportunities for Pasadena residents, the City Council established the First Source Hiring Ordinance in October, 2004. The ordinance is the result of considerable concern, voiced by the community, that local residents were not being employed for major construction projects in Pasadena.

Among the elements of the ordinance is the establishment of a program to encourage, and in some cases require, developers of construction projects to hire locally (City of Pasadena) for skilled and unskilled labor.

Developers who receive financial assistance from the City of Pasadena are required to sign local hiring agreements. Developers who do not receive financial assistance from the City of Pasadena are encouraged to hire Pasadena residents in exchange for partial construction tax rebates.