Dec. 14, 2017 – Forget the misinformation you’ve heard about how California’s landmark environmental law holds up economic progress. It doesn’t, and now there’s anot

Oct. 27, 2017 – State and federal agencies have named two prime contractors to handle debris removal in the widespread Northern California wildfire zones where an estimated 6,700 homes and 1,70

Oct. 9, 2017 –  With Assembly Bill 1701 sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, State Building and Construction Trades Council President Robbie Hunter has helped make the case for signing the bi

Sept. 15, 2017 – The state Assembly completed work on three of several Building Trades-backed bills Thursday night in actions that represent a first and significant step towards California

Sept. 14, 2017 – Big business interests will no longer be able to coerce local governments into approving their development projects under threat of costly special elections under a bill th

Sept. 14, 2017 – Organized labor scored a crushing defeat of rogue developers and contractors when the state Assembly voted by an overwhelming margin to put a stop to wage theft in the cons