prevailing wage rates

A number of times since it’s passage, the Davis Bacon and Related Acts have been suspended by executive order.

A few weeks ago, we offered a perspective on the Republican party’s silence regarding prevailing wage laws, in general, and the federal Davis-Bacon Act, in particular.   In this post we want to take a different view – that of the Democratic party and the challenges it faces in dealing with prevailing wage rates.

There are 116 charter cities in California identified by the League of California Cities. The state constitution allows these cities to establish their own policies regarding purely municipal affairs, thus freeing themselves from the rules and mandates of the state government.