San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council Releases Endorsements for June Primary

At the council’s headquarters at 825 Van Ness Ave., #301, the San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council released a 2026 endorsement memorandum dated Feb. 17, 2026 that it said was prepared ahead of the June 2 primary. The one-sentence excerpt in the materials reads: “The San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council (the city’s umbrella union organization for construction trades) released its 2026 endorsement memorandum on Feb. 17, 2026 ahead of the June 2 primary. The memo lists the council’s candidate and ballot measure endorsements for u” - the supplied text is truncated and does not include the endorsement list.

Because the memo text provided in this packet does not include specific candidate or ballot measure names, the council’s definitive endorsements for the June 2, 2026 primary could not be confirmed from the materials on hand. The council’s public-facing site lists sections titled History, Leadership, Endorsements and shows social links for X and Facebook, and staff indicated an events calendar that includes a September 11, 2026 dinner at the InterContinental San Francisco, 888 Howard St., 5th Floor Ballroom, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with sponsorship inquiries directed to 510-839-3100 or laurie@earpevents.com.

The council has recently framed its political and policy activity around housing and labor partnerships. In an organizational post announcing a new partnership with Align Real Estate, the council wrote: “I am pleased to share that this council has entered into a new partnership with Align Real Estate, a local developer advancing major housing proposals across San Francisco. These projects have the potential to deliver thousands of new housing units citywide and, just as importantly, to create real work for building trades members.” The post also stated: “Our goal is simple: We want these projects to move forward the right way. That means strong labor standards, quality union jobs, and real community benefit. Working together, we look forward to building housing with Align and continuing to show that organized labor is not an obstacle to housing, but a key part of the solution.”

The Align partnership statement tied into city policy tools the council supports, including references to Enhanced Infrastructure Finance Districts and presentations delivered to the Budget and Finance Committee and the SF Board of Supervisors. The post quoted remarks about Mayor Daniel Lurie’s address and the affordability pressures on trades members: “What stood out most about Lurie’s address was the focus on families and working people. The mayor shared a story about a Local 38 plumber who grew up in San Francisco but now faces a long commute because the City has become so unaffordable. That’s the reality too many of our members are facing.”

Regional construction labor activity underscores the stakes behind endorsements. A January 21, 2026 report noted that California Forever signed a 40-year construction labor agreement with Napa-Solano Building Trades Council and the Northern California Carpenters Union covering nearly all major building activity across roughly 70,000 acres, with approvals pending. Locally, procurement and project activity such as SFUSD Project 11989 El Dorado Elementary School Green Infrastructure Project and contractor resource firm Sbeinc, located at 1160 Battery Street East, Suite #100, reflect the contracts and hiring patterns that shape union priorities; Sbeinc lists CA DOT UCP DBE #5988 and projects for Daly City and San Francisco school sites.

The council’s headquarters phone is (415) 345-9333 for reporters or stakeholders seeking the full Feb. 17, 2026 memorandum and the definitive list of candidate and measure endorsements. With the June 2 primary approaching, the council’s endorsement memo and its Align Real Estate partnership signal the labor organization’s twin focus on housing deals and labor standards that will likely influence ballots, contracts, and construction jobs across San Francisco.