Comments on: Court backs cities on prevailing wage

By: Kevin Dayton, Labor Issues Solutions

Kevin Dayton, Labor Issues Solutions — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:25:27 +0000

Living Wage – I would think that charter cities would have the right to establish “living wage” policies to impose their contractors for municipal services.

But not every city in California with a living wage policy has a charter – SEVEN out of the 27 cities with living wage policies are general law cities. Here is the list of cities that have living wage policies, as compiled by the union propaganda think tank called the UC Berkeley Labor Center (affiliated with the University of California Miguel Contreras Labor Program):

1.Albany

2.Berkeley

3.Davis [not a charter city]

4.Emeryville [not a charter city]

5.Hayward

6.Fairfax [not a charter city]

7.Irvine

8.Los Angeles

9.Oakland

10. Pasadena

11. Petaluma

12. Port Hueneme

13. Richmond

14. Sacramento

15. Santa Barbara

16. Santa Cruz

17. Santa Monica

18. San Diego

19. San Fernando [not a charter city]

20. San Francisco

21. San Jose

22. San Leandro

23. Sebastopol [not a charter city]

24. Sonoma [not a charter city]

25. Ventura

26. Watsonville

27. West Hollywood [not a charter city]

By: LGMike

LGMike — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:13:45 +0000

With the California Supreme Courts action declaring “Charter Cites” don’t have to comply with “minimum wage” mandates, does this now make the vote by our legislature mandating pay this or else illegal because they can’t tell a Charter City what they can do?
Interesting concept, wonder if anyone will take that up during this year.

Brings out another possible fight. What about “living wage ordinances” forcing Companies that do business with a City to pay higher than other jobs that are not part of City contracts.

By: nowsane

nowsane — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:49:57 +0000

Vista’s voters passing their charter city amendment by two thirds majority, is the same majority of voters that voted for pension reform here in San Diego.

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:08:35 +0000

11-0 BABY! 😉

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:31:37 +0000

Teddy calls em right!

By: Ted Steele, The Decider

Ted Steele, The Decider — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:42:57 +0000

Poodle– I love how you try to back peddle off all your lost predictions! LMAO !!

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:43:01 +0000

This article and all the others help to spread the word, but it is nothing compared to the political clout of unions and their allies.

Kevin, if words, merit, good intentions and honor were all that we needed for a responsible government we would never be in this mess.

$$$$ makes the political world go round, and those who have it win and those who don’t have it lose.

That is how it works and Citizens United cemented that corruption into place for many years to come……..

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:39:38 +0000

11-0 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Ted Steele, The Decider

Ted Steele, The Decider — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:48:33 +0000

The Poodle— 0 for 9……soon to be 10 !

By: Kevin Dayton, Labor Issues Solutions

Kevin Dayton, Labor Issues Solutions — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:51:07 +0000

Today I posted on my blog a “Memorandum to All California City Councilmembers Who Believe in Local Control, Fiscal Responsibility, and Providing Local Services in an Efficient, Cost-Effective Way.” It provides background to city councilmembers and city managers and city attorneys on how and why charter cities should establish their own policies for government-mandated wage rates for municipal construction contractors.

There needs to be a movement – 24 California cities seeking approval from voters in November for robust, meaningful charters. Problem is, how to trigger it? This article and all the others help to spread the word, but it is nothing compared to the political clout of unions and their allies.

Since California seems to lack an organized, capable operation on the Center-Right to encourage like-minded local government officials to free themselves from the costly, burdensome mandates of the California State Legislature, please take grassroots initiative and pass this information onto any city councilmembers your know who want to take action. This is a rare opportunity to bring relief to taxpayers and local governments. Here’s the post:

http://laborissuessolutions.com/memo-to-all-fiscally-responsible-city-council-members-in-california-background-on-charter-cities-establishing-their-own-policies-for-government-mandated-wage-rates-for-municipal-construction-contract/