SB 1277

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law generally requires that not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines "public works" to include, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds, but exempts from that definition, among other projects, an otherwise private development project if the state or political subdivision provides, directly or indirectly, a public subsidy to the private development project that is de minimis in the context of the project. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, further exempts graffiti abatement work performed pursuant to a contract between the City of Los Angeles and a nonprofit community-based organization from the requirement to pay a prevailing wage of per diem wages provided that the work is performed by certain persons. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.