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Litigation

Jul. 17, 2012

Literalism versus equal protection in the California Wage Wars

In Housing Partners I, the court held that because of the way it was funded, a low-income housing project did not fit within either of two exemptions from the Prevailing Wage Law. By Michael F. Wright of Steptoe & Johnson LLP


In Housing Partners I, Inc. v. Duncan, 206 Cal.App.4th 1335 (June 15, 2012) (HPI), the court held that because of the way it was funded, a low-income housing project did not fit within either of two exemptions from the California Prevailing Wage Law, Labor Code Sections 1720 et seq. The opinion carefully parses the language of the exemption provisions and adheres to their fine distinctions between exempt and non-exempt funding arrangements. But it does...

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