§ 2.205.030. Definitions.

For the purpose of this Chapter, the following words and phrases are defined and shall be construed as having the following meaning:

A.

"Concession contract" shall mean a contract wherein the County grants a special right or privilege to operate a business on County owned or operated property.

B.

"County" shall mean the County of Los Angeles or any public entities for which the Board of Supervisors is the governing body.

C.

"Department" shall mean the County department, entity, or organization responsible for the solicitation.

D.

"Contractor" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or any combination thereof, which submits a bid or proposal or enters into a contract with the County of Los Angeles.

E.

"Homeless" shall mean a person sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation, or "residing" in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or other supportive housing program or those who are homeless under the individual County department's definition.

F.

"Social Enterprise(s)" shall include nonprofit and for-profit businesses whose primary purpose is the "common good" and which "use the methods and disciplines of business and the power of the marketplace to advance their social, environmental, and human justice agendas, wherein the organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being," that may "include maximizing social impact rather than profits for external shareholders," and has been certified as a social enterprise as provided for in this Chapter.

G.

"Social Enterprise Preference Program" shall include:

1.

A business that qualifies as a Social Enterprise and has been in operation for at least one (1) year providing transitional or permanent employment to a Transitional Workforce or providing social, environmental and/or human justice services; and

2.

A business that is certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs ("DCBA") as a Social Enterprise.

H.

"Solicitation" shall mean the County's process to obtain bids or proposals for concession contracts and the purchase of goods and services.

I.

"Supportive services" shall mean services including, but not limited to, counseling services, individual case management, pre-employment job readiness training, daily on-the-job monitoring of participants, provision of unsubsidized competitive employment opportunities, and assistance in applying for, obtaining, and maintaining unsubsidized competitive employment.

J.

"Transitional workforce employer" shall mean a Social Enterprise that provides transitional jobs.

K.

"Transitional job" shall mean short-term or long-term, wage-paying, subsidized or non-subsidized employment that combines real work, skill development, and supportive services to help a Transitional Workforce overcome barriers to employment and transition to unsubsidized competitive employment.

L.

"Transitional Workforce" shall mean those under-employed or hard-to-employ persons that may be homeless, formerly incarcerated, or those who either have not worked for an extended period of time or face significant barriers to employment.

(Ord. 2018-0022 § 8, 2018: Ord. 2016-0036 § 3, 2016: Ord. 2007-0013 § 1 (part), 2007.)