California Court of Appeal

Tax credits provided by the state to facilitate construction of low-income housing come within the definition of Labor Code section 1720, which requires employers engaged on public works projects to pay the prevailing wage to their workers if the project is "paid for in whole or in part out of public funds".

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2008
• Published 04/23/2008

Judges

• RICHMAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and John L. Williams, Walnut Creek;  Cook Brown, LLP, Dennis B. Cook, Lisa V. Ryan, Sacramento, for Real Party in Interest., Goldfarb & Lipman, Lee C. Rosenthal, Lynn Hutchins, Oakland, on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Director-Legal Unit, Vanessa L. Holton, Chief Counsel, Douglas P. Elliot, Staff Counsel, Anthony Mischel, Industrial Relations Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants., Altshuler Berzon LLP, Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland, Rebekah Evenson, San Francisco;  Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, John S. Miller, Jr., Dwayne P. McKenzie, Los Angeles, for the California Building Industry on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent., Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Attorney General, Stacy Boulware Eurie, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher E. Krueger, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Erin V. Peth, Deputy Attorney General for State Treasurer Bill Lockyear on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.