The San Diego City Council on Monday is set to hear a presentation on the city's long-term need for office space, after the last attempt to provide employees with better working conditions fell apart in a scandal.
In the meantime, the city's subpar office space problem has persisted. Michael Zucchet, general manager of the Municipal Employees Association, the largest union of city workers, said the worst example is the City Operations Building at 1222 First Avenue.
"The air quality is bad, the elevator systems are constantly out, the HVAC is a disaster, the bathrooms — the plumbing is often both inconvenient and costly to fix and maintain," Zucchet said."It's just a bad situation all the way around." Zucchet added the poor conditions negatively impact city operations, employee morale and recruitment in an already tight job market. The Development Services Department, most of which is housed in the City Operations Building, has more than 100 vacant positions, leading to longer wait times for people seeking building permits.
"When we're trying to recruit employees, especially from other jurisdictions, and that's where they do their interview, it's not a good first look," Zucchet said.
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