The Second District Court of Appeal has held that California’s minimum wage law is a matter of statewide concern and hence applies to charter cities as well as general law cities. Marquez v. City of Long Beach, No. B282270 (2nd. Dist., Feb. 25, 2019) Plaintiffs, employees of the City of Long Beach, filed a class … Continue Reading
A contractual commitment by a public agency to provide financial subsidies to a project triggers prevailing wage even if the subsidies are ultimately never received. Cinema West, LLC. v. Baker, 3 Cal. App. 5th 194 (2017). Cinema West and the City of Hesperian entered into a development agreement under which Cinema West undertook to build … Continue Reading
Laws of charter cities trump state law when it comes to “municipal affairs;” but state law is supreme as to matters of “statewide concern.” So is payment of prevailing wage for public works a municipal affair or a matter of statewide concern? The former, according to the California Supreme Court in State Building and Construction … Continue Reading
