California Court of Appeal

When a city contributes its funds to a private non-profit organization for the specific purpose of constructing a facility to be used by the general public the facility is a "public work" within the meaning of Labor Code section 1720 and therefore subject to the state's prevailing wage law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2003
• Published 07/14/2003

Judges

• JOHNSON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John M. Rea, Chief Counsel, Steven A. McGinty, Assistant Chief Counsel, Anthony Mischel, Staff Counsel, Department of Industrial Relations, for Defendant and Appellant., Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney, Daniel S. Murphy, Principal Deputy, City of Long Beach, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland, San Francisco, and Victor M. Ortiz-de-Montellano, for The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Rutan & Tucker, M. Katherine Jenson and Mark J. Austin, Costa Mesa, for 44 California Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.