Green Economy
AGC lawsuit found baseless, judge rules that PSA does not discriminate against non-union contractors
A Superior Court ruling upholding the legality of the San Diego school district’s Project Stabilization Agreement is a victory for efforts to revive the economy through creation of local jobs.
In a ruling issued December 12, the court held that the PSA, an agreement between San Diego Unified School District and local building trades unions, is legal and is not discriminatory against nonunion contractors. The court flatly rejected a lawsuit filed by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The PSA ensures that the investment of public dollars to build and renovate schools will also create local jobs that that lead to middle-class careers. It includes provisions to place local residents in apprenticeship jobs.
Learning green skills on the path to middle-class careers
New CPI study finds construction training programs key to economic recovery
CPI released a report today linking quality apprenticeship programs in the building trades to the future of California’s green economy and economic recovery.
The report, Construction Apprenticeship Programs: Career Training for California’s Recovery, demonstrates that apprenticeship training is most effective when run collaboratively by labor and management.
Our school bonds at work: Local jobs with career paths and healthcare
The San Diego Unified School Board is closing in on a crucial decision, a chance to ensure that the spending of $2.1 billion in bond funds benefits the local economy and local families as much as possible.
On the board’s agenda next Tuesday is a Project Stabilization Agreement (PSA) for school construction and renovation projects funded with Prop S bonds. Approving the negotiated agreement will mean that more of the 10,000 new jobs will:
San Diego’s Outsized Carbon Footprint
The carbon footprint of the average San Diegan — including residential energy use and transportation — is larger than that of the average resident of Los Angeles, CPI documents in an Earth Day policy brief. The paper also shows that the City of San Diego lags behind LA in policies to reduce energy use.
San Diegans travel 23% more road miles per year than our notoriously car-reliant neighbors in LA – 9,463 miles per capita. Less than 6% of San Diego’s energy comes from renewable sources, far below the state-mandated 20% utility companies are required to reach by 2010.
Those are among the findings in Climate Change Performance and Policy: San Diego versus Los Angeles, issued today by CPI.
Fight the barrage of lies with facts: School board vote is good for San Diego
Building industry interest groups are financing a desperate attack on the San Diego school board, trying to block an important opportunity to create middle-class careers for students and the low-income San Diego communities that need them most.
The democratically elected board members of the San Diego Unified School District had the good business sense to vote to negotiate a Project Stabilization Agreement for all construction projects funded with the $2.1 billion from Proposition S.
