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Amanye amalungu ophiko lweNyuvesi yaseCalifornia ahlaba umkhosi ngesikhungo socwaningo esixhumene ne-UC Riverside abathi sisebenzisa uxhaso lwezinkampani ngemibiko “yokuhlasela iziphakamiso zokuthuthukisa izimpilo zabantu baseCalifornia abasebenza.”
I isikhungo socwaningo, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, ayisetshenziswa ubuhlakani benyuvesi futhi esikhundleni salokho iqhutshwa inkampani ebonisana ezimele i-Beacon Economics. Le nkampani ikhiqiza imibiko yocwaningo lwezomnotho yale nyuvesi kodwa iphinde ikhokhele izimali ze-UC Riverside royalty ukushicilela imibiko yayo isebenzisa igama lesikhungo.
Incwadi isayinwe ngabafundi abangaphezu kwe-100 bobuhlakani nabafundi abaneziqu abavela kulo lonke uhlelo lwe-UC bathi lolu hlelo luvumela izinkampani kanye namaqembu ezimboni ukuthi axhase ucwaningo futhi asebenzise okutholakele ukuthuthukisa izintshisekelo zabo ngaphandle kokuqondisa kwezemfundo noma ukubeka izinto obala. Incwadi, ethunyelwe ngoLwesibili kubaphathi be-UC, inxusa uhlelo lwenyuvesi ukuthi luphenye ubudlelwano baso nalesi sikhungo.
“Siyeseka ngokungananazi inkululeko yokufunda nenkululeko yokukhuluma,” ifundeka kanjalo incwadi. “Nokho, sikholelwa ukuthi imibiko ye-Beacon enegama le-UC, exhaswe ngezimali yizinkampani ngokuvamile iyehluleka ukuhlangabezana namazinga aphezulu esilwela ukuhlangabezana nawo ocwaningweni lwethu, ngaleyo ndlela ibeke engozini ukwethembeka komsebenzi wethu futhi ilimaze igama elihle leNyuvesi yaseCalifornia.”
Umsunguli we-Beacon Economics UChristopher Thornberg usohlwini njengomqondisi kanye noprofesa osizayo kuwebhusayithi yesikhungo socwaningo, kodwa, amanothi ezincwadi, igama lika-Thornberg aliveli ku-faculty yesikole noma ezinye izinkomba.
UThornberg uvikele irekhodi locwaningo lwalesi sikhungo wathi amalungu obuhlakani be-UC ahlanganiswe yi-Service Employees International Union, elimele abasebenzi bokudla okusheshayo nabanye, ngoba inyunyana ayivumelani nemiphumela yocwaningo lwakhe.
“Asizithengisi izimpendulo. Sidayisa ukuhlaziya,” kusho uThornberg. “Ngigcizelela ekulawuleni okungu-100% kokutholile, isikhathi.”
U-Thornberg wayenguprofesa we-tenure-track e-Clemson University futhi engusomnotho ophezulu e-UCLA Anderson Forecast, esinye isikhungo socwaningo se-UC esigxile ekuhlaziyeni umnotho, ngaphambi kokuba asungule i-Beacon Economics ngo-2006.
“Kunokuba baphikisane nami ngomphumela wombiko wami, kunalokho bangihlasela bengaboni, bengakhulumanga ngisho nami,” kusho uThornberg. “Lolu hlu lwezikhalazo lugcwele izinsolo ezingamanga ngesikhungo sami, mayelana nobudlelwano bethu nenyuvesi nangami.”
Ukuhlelwa kwaqala ngo-2015, lapho i-UC Riverside idala isikhungo socwaningo futhi yagunyaza i-Beacon Economics ukuthi ikhiqize imibiko yendawo yezomnotho ukuze iqinise ukuvelela kwesikole sebhizinisi esifundeni sase-Inland Empire.
Incwadi yobuhlakani ngokuyinhloko iphikisana nocwaningo lwakamuva lwesikhungo ezindabeni zenqubomgomo yomphakathi yezwe. Isikhungo eminyakeni yamuva eshicilelwe Imibiko exhaswe yi-Lyft ephromotha i-Proposition 22uhlelo lwabavoti lwango-2020 lokuphatha abashayeli be-rideshare nabadilivayo njengosonkontileka abazimele, kanye nephepha elixhaswe ngezimali yi-California Restaurant Assn. eliphothula imboni yezokudlela yezwe. kuthinteke kabi ngokwanda kumholo omncane waseCalifornia.
Incwadi wagqamisa umbiko isikhungo esikhishwe ngo-Agasti odlule, ikhokhelwe ngu iqembu lemboni yokudla okusheshayo, eligxeka umthetho ofuna ukwakha indikimba emele izwe lonke okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi kanye nabanikazi bezindawo zokudlela ukuze babeke amaholo kanye namazinga okusebenza embonini. Umbiko uphethe ngokuthi ukwethula iholo eliphansi eliphezulu eligunyazwe umthetho, elibizwa nge-AB 257, kuzonyusa amanani okudla okusheshayo ngo-20% noma ngaphezulu.
Ucwaningo lwashiwo kabanzi ngabaphikisi be-AB 257, umfelandawonye wezindawo zokudlela kanye namaqembu ahwebelana ngamabhizinisi, afaka umzamo oyimpumelelo vimba umthetho kusukela ekusebenzeni kuze kube yilapho abavoti belinganisa isilinganiso ngonyaka ozayo esizochitha lo mthetho. Lo mbiko uphawula ilungiselelo lezimali ngokulandelana: “Lolu cwaningo lusekelwe yi-International Franchise Association.”
Incwadi yaqhathanisa lowo mbiko nocwaningo lwamanani ezindawo zokudlela emadolobheni lapho amaholo amancane anyuswe kakhulu, okubonisa umphumela omncane.
UThornberg ngoSepthemba, ephendula imibuzo ye-Times, uthe umbiko wakhe we-AB 257 uveze ngephutha ukuthi ukwenyuka komholo omncane ka-$22 kukodwa kungabangela ukwenyuka kwamanani okudla okusheshayo ngo-20%. Uthe lesi sibalo sihlanganisa nezinye izindleko azenzayo ezihambisana nomthetho.
UThornberg akazange achibiyele umbiko ka-Agasti ukuze acacise indlela yokusebenza. Kodwa a umbiko wesibili uThornberg wabhala ukuhlola umthelela ongaba khona we-AB 257 ekuthengisweni kwezindawo zokudlela kanye nokuncintisana kufaka nencazelo emfushane yezinye izindleko zabasebenzi azihlanganisa nomthetho ngaphezu kokukhushulwa kwamaholo. Umbiko wesibili uphazamisa ukubikezela kuka-Thornberg mayelana nokunyuka kwentengo yendawo yokudlela ukuya ku-30% noma ngaphezulu.
UDavid Fairris, uprofesa osafufusa wezomnotho kanye nowayengusekela mphathi wemfundo yeziqu e-UC Riverside, wabhala inothi elide ebuholini besikole sebhizinisi sekhempasi Februwari 2 echaza okumkhathazayo ngocwaningo lukaThornberg lwe-AB 257; uchaze ukuhlaziya kukaThornberg ngokuthi “kwenziwe lula kakhulu.”
“UMnu. I-Thornberg yehluleka ngokuphelele ukugxila ezincwadini zamaholo amancane; ngempela, azikho izingcaphuno ezifundweni zakhe,” kubhala uFairis.
Uprofesa womlando wase-UC Santa Barbara u-Nelson Lichtenstein ubize lesi sikhungo ngokuthi “umgunyathi” futhi wathi nakuba ucwaningo olusekelwe ezinkampanini luyinto evamile, kubalulekile ukugomela ngokucacile nangokusobala “yilapho ngathola khona imali” nokuthi ucwaningo lubuyekezwe kontanga. – okungukuthi, ukuhlolwa ochwepheshe bangaphandle.
“Lesi ngesinye sezikhali ezisetshenziswa ezingxoxweni zenqubomgomo yomphakathi,” kusho uLichtenstein. “Ufuna ukuyigcina ithembekile, ngangokunokwenzeka.”
Ukuthi i-UC Riverside iqoqa imali yasebukhosini kulesi sikhungo “akusoleki ngokuphelele” futhi “kuyisimemo esisobala sezinhlobo ezahlukene zokwephulwa kwezimiso zokuziphatha,” kusho uDylan Rodriguez, uprofesa wezifundo zabezindaba e-UC Riverside nowayengusihlalo we-UC Riverside’s Faculty Senate osize ukusabalalisa. incwadi ye-faculty.
URodriguez wethula ukukhathazeka kothisha ngesikhathi sokuphawula komphakathi emhlanganweni wangoLwesine we-UC Regents, isigungu esilawula uhlelo lwenyuvesi.
“Lesi yisibonelo esihle sesikhungo sezimboni zasenyuvesi,” kusho uRodriguez. “Isikhungo socwaningo se-UC sisekelwe ohlelweni lokwenza inzuzo esikhundleni sokuzibophezela okuyisisekelo kumfundaze.”
Okhulumela i-UC Riverside uJohn Warren uthe abaphathi besikhungo bacele ukuthi iBeacon Economics iguqule umbiko wamaholo amancane ukuze “icacise ukuthi lo mbiko awuzange ugunyazwe noma ugunyazwe” yinyuvesi.
Isivumelwano senyuvesi neBeacon Economics socwaningo lwezomnotho lwesifunda iphelelwe yisikhathi ngoDisemba. UWarren uthe i-UC Riverside ixoxisana ngenkontileka entsha futhi “ihlose ukuqhubeka nobudlelwano bayo bokusebenzisana neBeacon.”
“Inyuvesi izobe iqaphe ngeso lokhozi ukuthi isiqalisa kanjani isivumelwano esisha, okuhlanganisa nokuthi kufanele kusetshenziswe nini uphawu lwenyuvesi,” kusho uWarren. “Izinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle zithathwa njengezibucayi, futhi kunezinqubo zokubika zasenyuvesi ukuze kwamukelwe futhi kuphenywe lezi zinsolo zothisha nabanye.”
Isikole samabhizinisi sase-UC Riverside sikhokhela i-Beacon Economics u-$140,800 minyaka yonke ukuze iqhube ingqungquthela ebizwa ngokuthi isikhungo socwaningo njengomcimbi, kanye nenani elimisiwe lamaphepha amhlophe nokunye ukuhlaziya.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-UC Riverside iqoqa imali engu-10% yemali yobukhosi yamaphrojekthi aqalwe yi-Beacon Economics enophawu lwenyuvesi, ukubuyekezwa kwe-Times kwezinkontileka ze-Beacon Economics nombukiso we-UC Riverside. Amadokhumenti atholwe yi-Service Employees International Union ngesicelo samarekhodi omphakathi futhi yabelwa neThe Times.
Izibalo zamasheke ezivela ku-Beacon Economics zikhombisa ukuthi le nkampani yayikweleta ikhampasi cishe u-$68,000 ngo-2022, okusho ukuthi i-Beacon yathatha cishe u-$680,000 ngomsebenzi eyawenza onophawu lwe-UC Riverside.
Isivumelwano esihlukile echaza imigomo ye-Beacon Economics yokusetshenziswa kophawu lwasenyuvesi kubonakala sengathi iphelelwe yisikhathi ngo-2018, futhi isicelo samarekhodi asizange sivezwe ukuvuselelwa. UWarren uthe isivumelwano seluliwe, ngokusho kwesikole samabhizinisi, futhi ufuna ukucaciswa mayelana nemibandela yokuvuselela.
Amarekhodi emali engenayo yekota ye-Beacon Economics evela esikhungweni socwaningo abonisa i-International Franchise Assn. ukhokhe u-$93,750 ngoSepthemba ukuze ahlaziye i-AB 257.
Indawo yokudlela yase-California Assn. ukhokhe u- $42,000 ngo-2019 ukuze acwaninge ngemboni yokudlela. I-Lyft kanye ne-Protect App-Based Drivers & Services, umfelandawonye wezinkampani ezihlanganisa i-Uber, i-Lyft, i-DoorDash ne-Instacart, ikhokhele u-$173,000 ngokuhlaziywa okuhlobene namaholo omsebenzi wegig ngo-2020 nango-2021.
Amarekhodi emali engenayo akhombisa ukuthi uLyft ukhokhe u- $10,000 we-“The Centers Response to Berkeleys Prop 22” okungenzeka ibhekisele ku- Umbiko ka-Agasti 2020 ukuhlaziya umthelela weSiphakamiso 22 emalini etholwa abashayeli ngokuphendula i Okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi ka-Okthoba 2019 yi-UC Berkeley Labor Center igxeka lesi sinyathelo.
UWarren ukuchithile ukukhathazeka okuthile kobuhlakani okuvezwe njengokugqugquzelwa ngokwemibono.
“Okutholwe nguBeacon kungase kubonakale kungathandwa kwezinye izethameli ngenxa yezizathu ezeqa ubuqotho bendlela yokusebenza,” kusho uWarren.
I-Beacon Economics iphendule ngendlela efanayo, iphikisa ngokuthi incwadi yobuhlakani kwakuwukunwetshwa kwemizamo yenye yezinyunyana ezinkulu zaseCalifornia ezixhase umthetho wokudla okusheshayo ukuze kuhlazeke ucwaningo oluphikisayo.
UVictoria Bond, ongumkhulumeli wazo zombili iBeacon Economics kanye nesikhungo sokucwaninga saseRiverside, uthe ukukhathazeka okuvezwe encwadini kusakazwa “ngamalungu akhethiwe e-UC ahambisana ne-SEIU.”
UBond uthe isikhungo sase-UC Riverside singaphansi kohlobo olufanayo lokubuyekezwa kwezemfundo futhi sithobela izindinganiso ezifanayo ezisebenza kuzo zonke izikhungo ze-UC.
Ukwengamela kuhlukaniswa futhi kuncike ebuholini “bomuntu wezemfundo oqeqeshiwe ukuhola nokwengamela ucwaningo lwesikhungo.” Umphathi wesikole samabhizinisi sase-UC Riverside ukhethe i-Thornberg ukuthi iqondise imfundo, futhi isikhundla sikaprofesa obambele savotelwa ngamalungu obuhlakani, esho.
“Ukukhethwa ekugcineni kwamukelwe noma kwenqatshwa ngokusekelwe emininingwaneni yekhandidethi, yingakho kungekho muntu oqaphayo,” kusho u-Bond ku-imeyili. “Sinomuzwa wokuthi sonke lesi siqephu besiwuhlobo lokuziphindiselela futhi asisekelwe ekuzuzeni ucwaningo ngokwalo.”
UBond uthe iBeacon Economics esikhathini esidlule inikezwe amandla kaningi yi-SEIU ukuthi yenze ukuhlaziya egameni layo, okumele “ikhulume nokungahlanganyeli kanye nezinga lezemfundo lomsebenzi wabacwaningi bethu.”
I-Beacon Economics yethule imibiko emithathu ehlaziya amaholo abasebenzi basemakhaya e-SEIU Local 2015 kusukela ngo-2018. Le nkampani ithe ngale kwaleyo mibiko, yethule amanye amaphrojekthi ayisikhombisa angatholakali esidlangalaleni, okuhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa komthelela, ukuhlaziya isikhathi esengeziwe kanye nezibikezelo zemali engenayo, kwamanye amaqembu amabili e-SEIU. , kusukela ngo-2010.
Ukukhishwa kwezindaba kuka-Okthoba okwenziwa yi-SEIU Local 2015 – emele abasebenzi abanakekela asebekhulile nabakhubazekile kanye ubelokhu efuna ukwenyuselwa amaholo – amaphuzu avelele umbiko we-2022 Beacon Economics okubonisa inzuzo yezomnotho e-Los Angeles County uma umholo omncane walezo zisebenzi ukhushulelwe ku-$20. Ukukhishwa kwezindaba kuchaza i-Beacon Economics njenge “inkampani ehlonishwa kakhulu egxile ekukhuleni okusimeme” futhi iphawula ukuthi Ibhodi Labaphathi Be-LA County lithembele enkampanini “ukuhlaziya okunembile.”
Ephendula isicelo sokuphawula, okhulumela i-SEIU u-Isabel Urbano uthe le ndawo ibunqamule ubudlelwano bayo neBeacon Economics iya phambili.
“Sifunde ukuthi eminye yemisebenzi ye-Beacon Economics iyangqubuzana nezimiso zamalungu ethu kanye nemigomo yawo yokuthuthukisa isithunzi nokufaneleka kwabo bonke abasebenzi,” kusho isitatimende se-SEIU Local 2015.
