Oceanside | The Truth About PLAs - Part 2

WSJ Recognizes ABC Efforts To Fight Crony Contracting

June 23, 2010 – 11:26 am

The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore wrote in yesterday’s Political Diary, via FlashReport (“Unions on the Run in the Golden State,” 6/22): It’s rare these days for unions to suffer a political setback, but the California election results in early June were a big defeat. Now a business group that played a key role in the [...]

By Ben Brubeck | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC California, Ballot Initiative, Brett McMahon, California, Chula Vista, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K, Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal | Comments (0)

Chula Vista and Oceanside Reject Big Labor Handouts: Proposition G and Measure K Overwhelmingly Approved

June 9, 2010 – 4:44 pm

Voters in Chula Vista, Calif., and Oceanside, Calif., approved ballot initiatives that prohibit local entities from requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on city-funded construction projects. Chula Vista and Oceanside join the City of Fresno, Orange County and San Diego County in prohibiting PLAs on locally funded work. These two initiatives mark the first time voters [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Executive Order 13502, Gaylord Hotel, Obama, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K, TV Ad | Comments (2)

Chula Vista and Oceanside Fair and Open Competition Ballot Initiative Update

June 9, 2010 – 8:13 am

Voters in both the City of Oceanside and Chula Vista, California each had the opportunity to put an end to the use of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects funded by their cities yesterday. While there are no official results yet, early returns indicate that voters in both cities said NO [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, local legislation, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, Prop K | Comments (1)

Election Day in California

June 8, 2010 – 9:30 am

Today, the citizens of Chula Vista and Oceanside, California will have an opportunity to vote on two measures – Proposition G in Chula Vista and Measure K in Oceanside – that will end the kind of backroom deals that leave taxpayers paying for four bridges, schools and roads for the price of five. As we [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Oceanside, PLAs, Prop G, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, union, Union Propaganda Machine, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (0)

Fair and Open Competition Proposals on the Ballot TOMORROW in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California

June 7, 2010 – 4:29 pm

Voters in Chula Vista and Oceanside, California will go to the polls TOMORROW, June 8 and will have the option to say NO to wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs). We strongly encourage everyone living in these communities to make sure their voice is heard. PublicCEO.com covered the fight for open competition in California [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Executive Order 13502, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Oceanside, PLAs, President Obama, Prop G, Prop K, publicCEO, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (0)

Op-Ed: ABC Fights to Preserve Apprenticeship Training Opportunities for Future Construction Work Force

June 1, 2010 – 4:05 pm

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of California Government Affairs Director and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com contributor Kevin Dayton outlines the history of wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) in regard to apprenticeship in California in a June 1 op-ed titled, “ABC Fights to Preserve Apprenticeship Training Opportunities for Future Construction Work Force,” published by the San Diego [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2010 Election, ABC California, apprentices, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Kevin Dayton, Legal Challenge, Oceanside, Op-Ed, PLAs Discriminate, Project Labor Agreements, San Diego | Comments (0)

Local Ballot Initiatives in California Will Protect Fair and Open Competition for Taxpayers: Voters Decide on June 8

May 24, 2010 – 12:19 pm

The San Diego Union-Tribune, the highest circulated daily newspaper in the San Diego metropolitan area, has endorsed Measure K, which asks Oceanside voters to adopt a charter that includes a ban on project labor agreement (PLA) requirements in city contracts. It also allows the city to establish its own prevailing wage policy for purely municipal [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, 2010 Election, ABC California, Ballot Initiative, California, Chula Vista, Groups Opposed to PLAs, Kevin Dayton, local legislation, Oceanside, Ordinance, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, Prop G, Prop K, San Diego, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (0)

San Diego Continues Paying Price for Job-Killing PLAs

March 4, 2010 – 10:16 am

A March 1 San Diego Daily Transcript Op-Ed by Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction’s (CFEC) Eric Christen slams wasteful and discriminatory project labor agreements (PLAs) for their negative impact on job growth. Here are the highlights (Links added): Unemployment stands at 12.4 percent. The state is facing un-ending multi-billion dollar deficits. The city of [...]

By Andy Conlin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 in 2010, California, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Op-Ed, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Kill Jobs, San Diego, SDUSD, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (0)

Proposed Oceanside, Calif. Charter Has Unprecedented Taxpayer Protections for Fair and Open Bid Competition

December 21, 2009 – 6:07 am

On Wednesday, December 16, the Oceanside City Council voted to place a proposed city charter (Proposed Charter Text) on the June 2010 ballot for Oceanside voters to consider. This charter includes a guarantee of fair and open bid competition for city construction contracts that is based on ten year-old language in Section 4-113 of the [...]

By Kevin Dayton | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2010 Election, ABC California, California, City Charter, Fresno, Oceanside, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Increase Costs, San Diego, Union-only PLAs harm local workers | Comments (1)