Stephen TedescoVan Goodwinand Richard Leasia
California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has ruled that the state's prevailing wage requirements don't apply to a development receiving federal low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing. DIR, which administers the state's prevailing wage laws, issued its decision ...
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell About To Be Repealed By President Obama President Obama is set to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy put into place by President Clinton. Angela Alioto, who has been a long time advocate for equality, sees this as another important step in the fight ...
Unfortunately, logic is no longer prevailing as the situation becomes politically charged. Local elected officials have glossed over the fact that closing the second largest landfill in the county would strain the region’s system of waste collection and increase disposal fees for their constituents. ...
we rejected a claim that a tax allocation provision of a City redevelopment plan was unconstitutional because adopted by ordinance rather than charter amendment; again, no conflict with state statute was presented. Finally, in A.B.C. Distributing Co. v. City and County of San Francisco (1975)...
wage war that the case was tried." This reasoning seems to have had effect on the findings of the trial court. The crisis existing when this land was acquired still exists. It may exist beyond the lives of any now living. New developments may require the taking of more land. For that,...
The law also provides that any county or city with 200,000 or more residents may form a local fast food Council to make recommendations to the state Council on state health, safety, and employment standards. The local Councils will be composed of at least one fast food re...
(2) (A) The Labor Commissioner, during the course of an investigation pursuant to this section, upon finding reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in or is engaging in a violation, may petition the superior court in any county in which the violation in question is alleged...
Conversion to Charter Status Exempts Cities from Prevailing Wage Laws: The California Supreme Court Charts New Ground on the Municipal Affairs Doctrine, Allowing Charter Cities to Exempt Themselves from Prevailing Wage Requirements for Locally Funded Projects...
FN 2. In 1933, former section 1032, subdivision (d) was added, which read in pertinent part: "if the prevailing party recovers a judgment that could have been rendered in a court inferior in jurisdiction in the county ..., such prevailing party shall not recover costs unless the judge, ...