Fresno Bee Calls for CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Reform That...
The Fresno Bee published an editorial on Sunday, August 5, 2012 calling for Governor Jerry Brown to take a leadership role in reforming the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA (California...
View ArticleU.S. Chamber of Commerce Publishes Guide on “Sabotage, Stalking & Stealth...
I was pleased to see that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report on August 10, 2012 through its “Workforce Freedom Initiative” on a fairly obscure topic that is usually left to the National...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Reform Bill Sent to Governor Jerry Brown Has One Change...
On August 31, 2012 (the last day of the 2012 California legislative session), the California State Assembly voted 72-5 and the California State Senate voted 34-4 for Senate Bill 863, a bill making...
View ArticleFor First Time Ever, a Bill Sponsored by Associated Builders and Contractors...
The Northern California Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) just announced that Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1370, introduced by Senator Tom Berryhill...
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The Case Against the Davis-Bacon Act: 54 Reasons for Repeal – Book Forum for...
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 17, 2012) at noon Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Pacific time), the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. will hold a forum on the new book The Case Against the Davis-Bacon Act: 54...
View ArticleThe Reason for Murky Bidding on California High-Speed Rail: A Law Enacted in...
On January 15, 2013, the Bay Area News Group (San Jose Mercury-News) reported in California High-Speed Rail Cost Figures Coming In, but No One Will See Them Yet that the chairman of the California...
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The Union Quest for a Project Labor Agreement on a New Sacramento Kings...
Looks like the Sacramento Kings professional basketball team is on its way to Seattle, ending the union dream in Sacramento of a monopoly on building a $500 million taxpayer-funded sports and...
View ArticleUnion Representatives Vainly Defend Project Labor Agreement for California...
UPDATE: I obtained a copy of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California February 5, 2013 letter to California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richard defending the Project...
View ArticleConstruction Unions Remain Big Boosters of California High-Speed Rail – My...
I attended the May 28, 2013 field hearing in Madera, California of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the U.S....
View ArticleContractor Has to Shell Out $8 Million After Unions Win Argument That Hilton...
Are you one of the 2000+ construction trade workers who built the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel? The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (Labor Commissioner’s office) gave me the...
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