Cinema W., LLC v. Baker

*197This appeal concerns whether the construction of a movie theater built by Cinema West, LLC in Hesperia, California qualifies as a "public work" within the meaning of California's prevailing wage law ( Lab. Code, §§ 1720 - 18611 ) (the PWL), which provides that, with certain exceptions, the prevailing wage "shall be paid to all workers employed on public works." (§ 1771.) In administrative proceedings initiated by a labor union, respondent Christine Baker, Director of the State Department of Industrial Relations (Director),2 concluded that it did. Cinema *418West filed a petition for writ of…