Common use of Findings and declarations Clause in Contracts

Findings and declarations. 1.1 The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency of the City and County of San Francisco (the “Agency”) enters into many contracts, including, but not limited to, service contracts, loan and grant agreements and property agreements, in furtherance of the objectives of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq., the “Law”) in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the City of San Francisco’s (“City”) residents. 1.2 These contracts and agreements have at times involved compensation to the contracting parties’ or their subcontractors’ employees that does not include health benefits or does not provide a high enough level of compensation that would allow an employee to acquire their own health insurance. Uninsured persons seeking medical assistance place an immediate burden on the City’s limited public health resources and place the uninsured at a far greater level of health risk. Requiring these contracting parties and their subcontractors to offer health benefits to their employees, or to make payments to the City’s Department of Public Health to provide for the care of such persons, or to participate in a health benefits program developed by the City’s Director of Health, will improve the health, safety and general welfare of San Francisco’s residents by ensuring health benefits for many more of the City’s residents who are now uninsured.