Hensel Phelps Construction Co. v. San Diego Unified Port District

Opinion

IRION, J.

California’s prevailing wage law (Lab. Code, § 1720 et seq.) (the PWL)1 provides that, with certain exceptions, the prevailing wage “shall be paid to all workers employed on public works.” (§ 1771.) In this appeal we consider whether a hotel construction project on land that the San Diego Unified Port District (the Port District) leases to the hotel owner qualifies as a public work within the meaning of the PWL where the lease specifies that the *1024Port District will provide what the lease refers to as a “rent credit” in the total amount of $46.5 million during the first 11 years…