HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 049-17RESOLUTION NO. 0 4 9— 17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL 199 RELATED TO
PAYMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE FOR
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
WHEREAS, California Labor Code Section 1720 currently requires that all
construction paid for in whole or in part with public funds be subject to payment
of prevailing wage; and
WHEREAS, Labor Code Section 1720 currently states that private residential
projects built on private property are not subject to the requirements of
payment of prevailing wage, unless the projects are built pursuant to an
agreement with a state agency, redevelopment agency, or local public
housing authority; and
WHEREAS, AB 199 would expand the types of residential projects built on
private property that are subject to prevailing wage to include any project built
pursuant to a successor agency to redevelopment agency when acting in that
capacity; and
WHEREAS, AB 199's mandated prevailing wage could result in a potential
increase on the total costs of new redevelopment projects in California; and
WHEREAS, there are seventeen redevelopment properties in the City of
Bakersfield that will be built in the near future and will be directly affected by AB
199's mandated prevailing wage; and
WHEREAS, with the current crisis of undersupply, highest -in -the- nation
housing costs, and exploding unaffordability ranking at the top of the state's
most pressing political, social, and economic concerns, a proposal to add as
much as forty to fifty percent to the cost of new redevelopment projects is ill -
advised as it will hamper housing productions and make housing more
expensive and out of reach for an ever - growing number of Californians.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated
herein by reference.
2. The Council opposes Assembly Bill 199 for the reasons set forth
above.
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INTERIM CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED:
MAY 10 2017
By O,1
KAREN GOH, Mayor
City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By
VIRIDIANA GALLARDO -KING
Associate City Attorney