Budget & Finance committee amends outreach-periodical pick after OCA rescoring; item continued to July 27

Chair Supervisor Hillary Ronan opened discussion of a resolution that originally proposed World Journal as the city-designated outreach periodical for the Chinese community.

Sala Jarela, director of the Office of Contract Administration, told the committee OCA had received an inquiry and discovered omitted circulation material in the original submission. "We have reevaluated our scoring, and Wind Newspaper receives an additional 3.18 points for circulation, which results in the newspaper becoming the highest-scoring bidder" she said, noting Wind edged out World Journal by 0.25 points. Jarela also said OCA had inadvertently omitted Potrero View from the neighborhood outreach list and moved to correct that oversight.

City Attorney Anne Pearson advised the committee that adding Potrero View would not be a substantive change but replacing World Journal with Wind Newspaper would be substantive. After brief procedural questions from Supervisor Marr about whether the amendment replaces World Journal with Wind Newspaper, the committee opened and then closed public comment (no speakers were queued).

Supervisor Marr moved to adopt the OCA amendment as presented. The committee recorded unanimous aye votes and then, at Chair Ronan's request, voted to continue the amended item to the July 27 Budget & Finance meeting for final consideration.

The committee's action was procedural: OCA revised its recommendation after discovering documentation gaps in the bid record and notified the committee that it will update its procurement processes next year to avoid similar oversights.

Next steps: the amended resolution will return to the committee on July 27 and then, if recommended again, proceed to the full Board for final action.