Archive for May, 2011
Appeal Coming for Caltrans DBE Program
From the Sacramento Bee:
A Sacramento judge’s validation of a program that reserves millions of dollars of California’s road-building contracts for women- and minority-owned firms is on its way to a federal appellate court.
U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez ruled in March that the California Department of Transportation is within constitutional bounds in awarding 6.75 percent of construction and engineering contracts involving federal funds to companies owned by African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Americans or women.
Caltrans also strives to funnel a similar amount of work to companies owned by the same minority groups, but without utilizing race and gender as a criteria.
The overall policy has a direct effect on about $2.75 billion worth of projects, according to a legal challenge by the Associated General Contractors of America.
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