Government

Walsh wins $220.5 million construction contract for Orange County’s streetcar

The board of directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority recently awarded a contract for the construction of the county’s…

6 years ago

San Diego approves $614 million loan for water project construction

The San Diego City Council has approved borrowing $614 million to start construction of the city’s recycled drinking water project.…

6 years ago

CityBuild: Training San Franciscans for construction careers

Public radio KAWL in San Francisco has published/broadcast an extensive report about CityBuild, a program to train San Franciscans in…

6 years ago

San Francisco approves $6 billion rail tunnel route

The San Francisco Transportation Authority has voted to approve the construction route of if $6.1-billion tunnel project. The tunnel is…

6 years ago

Los Angeles approves grant for $135 million LGBT housing project

Los Angeles City Council has approved a grant of $850,000 for the construction of the LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein…

6 years ago

Prevailing wage determination could result in “untold amounts” of additional wages for Palm Spring project workers

The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has determined that the Kimpton Hotel and other real estate developments in downtown…

6 years ago

Legislature passes bill to help Oakland A’s speed construction of Howard Terminal station

California's state legislature has approved a bill to help streamline construction of an Oakland Athletics ballpark at the Port of Oakland's…

6 years ago

The California bullet train project: Spending $27 million a day may not be enough to complete the job

The California bullet train project has cost taxpayers an average $3.1 million a day over the last year — a…

6 years ago

Court allows construction on long-stalled Target store in Hollywood

On August 23, a California appeals court reversed a lower court’s ruling that halted construction of a Target shopping center…

6 years ago

California approves $2B-plus in funding for local transportation projects

The California Transportation Commission has approved hundreds of transportation projects under a state Senate bill that was signed into law…

6 years ago