Unanimous Vote moves “Building a Safer Los Angeles” Forward
Los Angeles City Council Votes 5-0 Within city limits, the Los Angeles Fire Department has seen a spike in fires of all types. With a 45% increase from [...]
Sustainable Construction is Good for Environment, Budgets
Benefits of Building ‘Green’ While it may not be immediately recognized, construction fits into the intense debate about global warming. Because most scientists agree that 100% of global [...]
Unveiling Ambitious Infrastructure and Jobs Plan
Can Biden Succeed Where Predecessors Fell Short? As President Biden unveils a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, there are hopes he will succeed where Obama and [...]
U.S. Infrastructure Grade Improves but Funding Gap Widens
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its 2021 Report Card for America's Infrastructure. The report, published once every four years, gave the United States a [...]
$7B School Bond to Create Construction Jobs, Boost Los Angeles Economy
With the recent passage of a $7-billion school bond measure to modernize campuses in California’s largest school system, voters in Los Angeles sent a clear signal that citizens [...]
Vote ‘No’ on Proposition 15
RebuildSoCal Partnership Opposes Property Tax Initiative RebuildSoCal Partnership encourages Californians to vote “no” on Proposition 15, the Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government [...]
School Construction Could Help LA Rebound from Pandemic
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators on June 21 reached a budget deal which promises to keep in place current spending for K-12 schools and community colleges. This is [...]
School Construction Investments Important for CA’s Economic Recovery
As California looks towards a post-pandemic economic recovery, the state urgently needs a “stimulus to the California economy that invigorates job creation while rectifying the significant racial and [...]
New Prop. 13 is a $15B Education Construction Bond
Thanks to California’s cyclical system for assigning ballot numbers, a measure named Proposition 13 is once again appearing on the state’s primary ballot — and this is creating [...]
Column: There’s a new Proposition 13. It would send billions to California schools that need it
SACRAMENTO — Proposition 13 is the only measure on the March 3 state ballot — and its number is causing many voters to do double takes. Maybe we should retire [...]