Project Labor Agreement Activity at California Governments Since January 1, 2015
(as of September 26, 2017)
COUNTY |
PUBLIC ENTITY AND NAME OF PROJECT |
DATE OF MOST RECENT ACTION |
GOVERNING BOARD ACTION |
Alameda | City of Hayward – New Library and Community Learning Center + All Work | 11/15/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement for library 4/14/15 and then Project Labor Agreement for all work. |
Alameda | City of Alameda – All Work Over $1 Million | 10/18/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement after several years of discussion. |
Alameda | Oakland Unified School District Project Labor Agreement – 2016-2021 | 9/28/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | Fremont Unified School District | 7/20/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement nine months after negotiations authorized. |
Alameda | Alameda Unified School District | 5/10/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement seven months after negotiations authorized. |
Alameda | City of Fremont – Downtown Civic Center Phase 1 | 3/5/16 | City Council approves negotiations for Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | City of Berkeley – Private Downtown Building Projects Over 75 Feet in Height (At Least Five Planned Projects) | 7/14/15 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | City of Berkeley – Amendment of Project Labor Agreement Reducing Project Cost Threshold to $500,000 | 6/25/15 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | Hayward Unified School District – Measure L Projects | 6/24/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | City of San Leandro – All Work Exceeding $1 Million in Estimated Cost or Bid Amount | 6/15/15 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Alameda | East Bay Municipal Utility District – Chabot Dam Retrofit | 1/12/16 | Board was scheduled to vote on negotiated Project Labor Agreement; it was never approved. |
Contra Costa | Contra Costa Community College District | 9/13/17 | Board assigned ad hoc committee 5/24/17 to consider extending an existing Project Labor Agreement to future projects with amendments. Committee met 6/26/17. Ad hoc committee issues report 9/13/17. |
Contra Costa | Martinez Unified School District | 6/12/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement negotiations after two years, four months of discussion. |
Contra Costa | San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority – Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility, Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal Expansion, Richmond Ferry Terminal Project | 2/16/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreements 2015-2017, most recently on 2/16/17. |
Contra Costa | City of San Pablo | 10/3/16 | City Council established an Ad Hoc Committee on Project Labor Agreement Ordinance & Local Hiring Provisions. |
Contra Costa | City of Brentwood – New Library | 9/13/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement seven months after negotiations authorized. |
Contra Costa | City of Concord – All Work Over $750,000 | 9/13/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement five months after negotiations authorized. |
Contra Costa | University of California Board of Regents – Berkeley Global Campus in Richmond | 8/26/16 | Board of Regents cancels project after two years of pressure for Project Labor Agreement. |
Contra Costa | Pinole-Hercules Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project | 9/1/15 | City Council in Pinole approves Project Labor Agreement; City Council in Hercules rejects Project Labor Agreement; Project Labor Agreement included in bid specifications. |
Fresno | State Center Community College District | 3/17/17 | Board holds study session on Project Labor Agreement. |
Fresno | City of Fresno – Transformative Climate Communities Program | 12/15/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement; approves amendment 3/23/17. |
Imperial | Calexico Unified School District | 8/4/16 | Board voted against Project Labor Agreement and tabled. |
Imperial | County of Imperial – Phase II Adult Detention Facility | 12/8/15 | Board of Supervisors approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | County of Los Angeles | 9/26/17 | Board approves negotiations for a Project Labor Agreement 3/21/17. |
Los Angeles | Port of Los Angeles – Ten Year Capital Improvement Program Project List | 9/5/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Palmdale Unified School District | 9/5/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement four-and-a-half months after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County – Joint Water Pollution Control Plant Effluent Outfall Tunnel | 6/14/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement six months after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | City of Los Angeles – Proposition HHH Homelessness Reduction and Prevention Housing, and Facilities Bond Issue | 6/13/17 | City Council requests City Attorney to prepare and present an ordinance to implement a citywide project labor agreement for such projects. |
Los Angeles | Palmdale Recycled Water Authority | 5/15/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Lynwood Unified School District – Extend Existing Project Labor Agreement for Another Five Years and Add Measure N Projects | 3/28/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement amendment. |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles Community College District | 3/8/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement (an amendment to an existing agreement). |
Los Angeles | Mt. San Antonio Community College District | 3/8/17 | Board tables Project Labor Agreement presentation. Board selected Project Labor Agreement as priority discussion item in January 2017. |
Los Angeles | Antelope Valley Community College District | 3/3/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Mountain View School Distrct | 3/2/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District | 2/16/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement 22 months after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | City of Glendale – Grayson Power Plant Repowering Project | 2/7/17 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District | 11/21/16 | Board approves negotiations for a Project Labor Agreement 19 months after first discussed at meeting. |
Los Angeles | Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority – Airport Replacement Passenger Terminal | 8/12/16 | Board approves amendment to original Project Labor Agreement approved 6/20/16. |
Los Angeles | Azusa Unified School District | 5/17/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement one year after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | Long Beach City College | 4/26/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement five months after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | Cerritos Community College District | 12/9/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Compton Unified School District – All Work Under New Bond | 10/30/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | City of Glendale | 10/6/15 | City Council schedules Project Labor Agreement discussion but then tables it. |
Los Angeles | Port of Long Beach – All Work | 7/13/15 | Commission approves Project Labor Agreement ten months after negotiations approved. |
Los Angeles | City of Long Beach – All Work Exceeding $500,000 | 4/7/15 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Los Angeles | Culver City Unified School District | 3/10/15 | Board informally discusses Project Labor Agreement as a future agenda item. |
Los Angeles | Valley County Water District | 2/26/15 | Board receives report on Project Labor Agreements from Board’s Capital Improvements & Rates Committee. |
Los Angeles | Bassett Unified School District | 1/20/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement four months after negotiations authorized. |
Los Angeles | Whittier City School District – Measure Z Projects: Edward Roofing Project, Andrews School K-8 Conversion Phase l, Andrews School K-8 Conversion Phase 2, Painting Projects, and Strategic Fencing | 1/13/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Marin | College of Marin | 4/18/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Monterey | County of Monterey – Interlake Tunnel Project | 4/12/16 | Board of Supervisors approves Project Labor Agreement after two years of discussion. |
Monterey | Salinas Union High School District – High School #5 | 9/29/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Monterey | City of Marina – Mandate for Private Developments Within Fort Ord Reuse District | 8/18/15 | City Council votes to consider a Project Labor Agreement on a private project. |
Napa | County of Napa – Future Jail Projects | 12/15/15 | Board of Supervisors discusses as formal agenda item; Project Labor Agreement was ultimately abandoned. |
Orange | Anaheim Elementary School District | 9/13/17 | Board holds study session on Project Labor Agreements on 1/25/17 and 9/13/17. |
Orange | Santa Ana Unified School District | 8/23/17 | Board approves negotiated Project Labor Agreement without ever voting to authorize negotiations. |
Orange | City of Santa Ana | 8/15/17 | City Council approves negotiated Project Labor Agreement without ever voting to authorize negotiations. |
Orange | South Coast Water District – Doheny Ocean Desalination Plant | 8/4/17 | Since 5/5/17, unions have been requesting public records related to CEQA from this agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
Orange | Anaheim Union High School District | 7/13/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement eight months after negotiations authorized. |
Orange | Anaheim Convention Center Expansion | 4/21/15 | Groundbreaking under Project Labor Agreement between unions and construction management firm. |
Riverside | Coachella Valley Unified School District | 6/14/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Sacramento | City of Sacramento – Sacramento Convention Center Renovation and Expansion Project | 7/25/17 | City Council approves pre-construction services contract without a reference to a Project Labor Agreement. |
Sacramento | California Department of General Services – O Street Building and New Natural Resources Headquarters Building | 4/17/17 | Agency Requests for Qualifications state projects will be subject to a Project Labor Agreement. |
Sacramento | Sacramento City Unified School District | 3/2/17 | Board Facilities Committee appoints Task Force 9/3/15 to discuss a lower project cost threshold; board holds study session on Project Labor Agreements and directs staff to negotiate a new agreement 3/2/17. |
Sacramento | Sacramento Municipal Utility District – New Headquarters | 6/25/15 | Board approves negotiations 6/25/15 for Project Labor Agreement. All bids submitted by 11/6/15 for construction management rejected. Re-bid, and two bids submitted by 1/18/17. Neither set of bid specifications mentions Project Labor Agreement. |
San Diego | Palomar Community College District | 6/27/17 | Board holds two workshops on Project Labor Agreements 5/23/17 and 6/27/17. |
San Diego | San Diego County Water Authority – San Vicente Pumped Storage Water Power Project | 3/15/17 | Authority General Counsel reports a public records request from California Unions for Reliable Energy (CURE), indicating potential interference via CEQA. |
San Diego | City of San Diego – Pure Water San Diego | 1/20/17 | City Councilmember asks in letter to Environmental Committee chairperson for Project Labor Agreement to be considered in 2017. |
San Diego | Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District | 11/15/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement one year after negotiations authorized. |
San Diego | Sweetwater Union High School District | 7/11/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement nine months after negotiations authorized. |
San Diego | National School District | 2/10/16 | Board holds workshop on Project Labor Agreements. |
San Diego | Chula Vista Elementary School District | 12/9/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement eight months after negotiations authorized. |
San Francisco | City of San Francisco – All Work Over $1 Million | 2/28/17 | Ordinance introduced by Supervisor for Project Labor Agreement policy. |
San Francisco | San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – Sewer System Improvement Program and Auxiliary Water Supply System Project Labor Agreement Extension | 5/10/16 | Commission approves Project Labor Agreement. |
San Francisco | San Francisco Housing Authority – Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Projects | 5/20/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority | 11/30/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement seven months after negotiations authorized. |
San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Project Labor Agreement Policy – Nine Major Projects in Next 5 Years | 3/10/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
San Francisco/San Mateo | San Francisco Airport Commission – Amendment 2 to Airport Terminal Refurbishment and Related Support Facilities/Infrastructure Improvement Program Project Labor Agreement | 2/16/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement amendment. |
San Joaquin | County of San Joaquin – Hospital Expansion | 10/11/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement 9/13/16 and then rescinds it 10/4/16, votes against it 10/11/16. |
San Joaquin | City of Stockton – All Work | 7/26/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement eight months after negotiations authorized. |
San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors – New Animal Shelter | 4/7/15 | Board of Supervisors discusses Project Labor Agreement as agenda item but does not vote on it in the end. |
San Luis Obispo | Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo Community College District) | 3/5/15 | Board Rejects Negotiations for Project Labor Agreement |
San Mateo | City of Half Moon Bay – Half Moon Bay Library Project | 9/20/16 | City Council approves Project Labor Agreement. |
San Mateo | San Mateo County Community College District | 3/16/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement (an amendment to an existing agreement). |
San Mateo/Santa Clara | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) – Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project | 7/2/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Santa | Santa Clara Valley Water District – Expedited Purified Water Program | 1/12/16 | Board directs staff to follow up with labor unions and the Building and Construction Trades Council, and come back to the Board for further discussion on Project Labor Agreement approaches. |
Santa Clara | City of San Jose – All Projects Over $2 Million | 8/28/17 | City Council creates Community Workforce Agreements/Project Labor Agreement (CWA/PLA) Task Force 12/13/16. Issued a final recommendation on 8/28/17. San Jose City Council scheduled to discuss 10/3/17. |
Santa Clara | East Side Union High School District – Reduce Existing Project Labor Agreement Threshold to $175,000 and Add Measure Z Projects | 8/17/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement amendment. |
Santa Clara | Santa Clara Unified School District | 3/9/17 | Board pulls agenda item after repeatedly discussing Project Labor Agreement as a formal agenda item over two years. No further action expected. |
Santa Clara | County of Santa Clara – William F. James Boys Ranch (James Ranch) Renovation, Berger Building 2 Seismic Retrofit, Main Jail North Cell Hardening projects + All Work Over $2 Million | 1/24/17 | Board approves series of Project Labor Agreements 2015-2017, ending with new policy on 1/24/17. |
Santa Clara | Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority – All Work | 9/1/16 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Santa Clara | Berryessa Union School District | 11/17/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |
Solano | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | 6/1/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement seven months after negotiations authorized. |
Solano | Vacaville Unified School District | 6/25/15 | Board approves negotiations for Project Labor Agreement. No further action expected. |
Sonoma | Santa Rosa Junior College | 9/12/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement three months after negotiations authorized. |
Sonoma | City of Santa Rosa | 7/12/17 | City Council request for study session item on Project Labor Agreements has been indicated for years; 7/12/17 staff report on “Upcoming Meetings” includes pending study session on Project Labor Agreements. |
Sonoma | County of Sonoma – Adult Detention Behavioral Health Unit | 7/11/17 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement, the first mandated under policy enacted 1/14/14. |
Ventura | Oxnard School District – Elm Elementary School Project and Other Measure R Projects | 6/24/15 | Board approves Project Labor Agreement. |