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Carpenters push living‑wage proposal as AB 2011 sponsors and developers debate feasibility
Summary
At an Assembly outcomes review, Danny Curtin of the California Conference of Carpenters urged a livable residential wage plus health benefits for private‑market projects, arguing enforcement and underground cash pay remain problems; developers and housing advocates favored preserving prevailing wage for subsidized projects while exploring targeted fixes to improve feasibility for mixed‑income development.
Labor representatives, bill sponsors and developers used the AB 2011 outcomes review to press competing priorities over wages and feasibility in California housing construction.
Danny Curtin of the California Conference of Carpenters told the committee industry conditions in private‑market housing are "the wild west," with cash pay and weak enforcement. Curtin urged consideration of a geographically variable livable minimum residential wage with health‑care provisions for private‑market projects, saying such a standard would raise pay,…
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