Calif. Supreme Court Says Charter Cities Can Wave Prevailing Wages Mandate

Unions dealt blow; Is charter city status dead issue for Elk Grove? The California Supreme Court (CSC) ruled yesterday that California c...

Unions dealt blow; Is charter city status dead issue for Elk Grove?

The California Supreme Court (CSC) ruled yesterday that California charter city's are not obliged to follow the state's prevailing wages on municipal projects.

In the case State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO v. City of Vista, the CSC decided by a 5-2 vote that the mandate dictating municipalities pay prevailing wages is not a matter of statewide economic concern.

Readers will note that when Elk Grove considered becoming a charter city, the matter of prevailing wages was one of the issues of contention that grew between the city council appointed charter commission and the city council. The charter commission was dissolved following the increasing acrimony between the council and commission over this and other matters.

At the time of the commission's dissolution, the city council promised to revisit the matter at some unspecified point in time. Given this is an election year coupled with the prevailing wage ruling and the current composition of the council, the majority of whom who have received large contributions from various building trade unions, it is unlikely the charter city matter will resurface anytime soon.


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