by Ryan Lenney

Supporters of a November ballot measure that would increase sales tax by a quarter of 1% say it could provide more than $1 billion a year for efforts to reduce homelessness in Los Angeles County — including hundreds of millions for affordable housing.

by LA/OC Building Trades

With the Nov. 5 election just four months away, the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council has made several important new endorsements of candidates.

by Sam Ribakoff

Lying just across Pacific Coast Highway from Surf City's famous beach, while also abutting a Superfund site, the Magnolia Tank Farm housing and hotel project has generated both hope for affordable housing and fear of toxic contamination.

by LA/OC Building Trades

And is there a labor shortage? The answer is “NO!” What we have is a shortage of employers who participate in Joint Labor Management Apprenticeship Training programs. 

by LA/OC Building Trades

The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council shared a co-written letter of support with the Los Angeles City Council to encourage action on the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion Project.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The “Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions and Prevention Now Measure,” it will generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year for union-built affordable housing, renter aid and services for homeless people.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The LA Aerial Rapid Transit gondola is now inching closer to reality. Metro approved its final Environmental Impact Report in February.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The California Supreme Court released an opinion on Thursday morning, ordering the Secretary of State to “refrain from taking any steps” that would place the Taxpayer Deception Act on the November ballot. Simply put: the state Supreme Court said a clear-as-crystal NO on the Taxpayer Deception Act.

by LA/OC Building Trades

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff shored up support among union workers while Republican candidate Steve Garvey was in Washington.

by LA/OC Building Trades

The largest gathering of unionized Tradeswomen in the world. Its roots are in California, where Tradeswomen started gathering more than 15 years ago.

by LA/OC Building Trades

Building Trades President Sean McGarvey said, “North America’s Building Trades Unions can honestly say no elected official has shown our members and their families more respect than President Joe Biden.

by LA/OC Building Trades

Biden’s pro-union, pro-infrastructure legacy drove the decision, and on July 25, NABTU announced its formal endorsement of Kamala Harris.