The City of Fresno: The fifth most populous city in California - has surrendered to the power of union lobbyists in Sacramento. On December 15, the Fresno City Council voted 5-2 to require its construction contractors to sign a "Transformative Climate Communities Project Labor Agreement" with the Fresno-Madera-Tulare-Kings Building and Construction Trades Council on any project funded with the $70 million the city receives from the State's Cap and Trade scheme. Even the outgoing Republican mayor and incoming Republican mayor sacrificed fair and open bid competition and fiscal responsibility in order to get state grant money. You can read more about this likely illegal vote and the underhanded way it came about
here as well as CFEC calling out the City Council
here .
Because of this PLA, the first of its kind in the city in the 17 years we have been fighting PLAs, we at CFEC believe it is time to re-energize local stakeholders who at one time helped to pass a ban on PLAs in the city. We are scheduling a meeting in February and ask that you contact us to get more information.
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority:
On November 30th the Governing Board of the SFBRA voted 5-2 to approve a PLA on all work to take place with monies derived from the Measure AA taxes approved by voters in the 9 Bay Area counties. This is $500 million that will, assuming a PLA is agreed to, that will be off limits for many Bay Area contractors. Labor Issues Solutions Kevin Dayton did an excellent job exposing this backroom deal in local media like the
San Jose Mercury News and the East Bay Business Times.
