The long-awaited college campus project for southwest Fresno will take a big step forward on Tuesday when State Center Community College District trustees consider awarding a $66 million construction contract to Harris Construction Company, Inc. of Fresno. Harris' bid was the lowest of four submitted under the project-labor agreement format...
Walters: Hot Politics in the Cul-De-Sac of California
Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo claimed California 477 years ago this month when his three-ship armada sailed into a bay he named “San Miguel,” which we know today as San Diego. Nearly a half-millennium later, San Diego is California’s second-largest city, but in a sense remains an isolated, almost self-contained, outpost....
Fresno Airport Labor Deal Signals Major Shift in Policy
Fresno, which once banned Project Labor Agreements on public works projects, will now engage in them. “Elections have consequences,” Fresno City Councilman Miguel Arias succinctly noted. And, thus a historic shift may have occurred when it comes to labor power at City Hall. Historic Shift The council’s 7-0 vote to...