A project financed pursuant to this chapter shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) For projects financed pursuant to this chapter that are not University of California projects, all work traditionally performed by employees of the college or university applicant shall be performed only by those employees.

Terms Used In California Education Code 67329.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Project: means a student housing project or a faculty and staff housing project. See California Education Code 67329.2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • University applicant: means a campus of the University of California or the California State University, the Office of the President of the University of California on behalf of one or more campuses of the University of California, or the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University on behalf of one or more campuses of the California State University. See California Education Code 67329.2

(b) For projects financed pursuant to this chapter that are projects of the University of California or projects benefiting the University of California, the following requirements apply:

(1) As a condition of receiving money financed pursuant to this chapter, the University of California shall certify that all cleaning, maintenance, groundskeeping, food service, or other work traditionally performed by persons with University of California Service Unit (SX) job classifications shall be performed only by employees of the University of California at each beneficially affected facility, building, or other property.

(2) This subdivision does not apply to, and shall not restrict the performance of, work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds, when the work is either of the following:

(A) Construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work, including work performed during the design, preconstruction, and postconstruction phases of construction.

(B) Carpentry, electrical, plumbing, glazing, painting, and other craft work designed to preserve, protect, or keep any publicly owned facility in a safe and continuously usable condition, including repairs, cleaning, and other operations on machinery and other equipment permanently attached to the building or real property as fixtures.

(3) The Department of Finance shall approve new or additional money for University of California projects financed pursuant to this chapter only after the University of California has demonstrated ongoing and continuous compliance with this subdivision. A demonstration of compliance shall include a certification of compliance signed by the President of the University of California, or their duly authorized designee, indicating that at each project facility, building, or other property benefiting from money financed pursuant to this chapter the following will occur or has occurred:

(A) All work specified in paragraph (1) of this subdivision will be performed exclusively by University of California employees.

(B) Either of the following:

(i) All work described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision has been performed exclusively by University of California employees at all times since the University of California received money for the project pursuant to this chapter.

(ii) The University of California shall provide a written report detailing any noncompliance with paragraph (1) of this subdivision, specifying how many contract workers performed work at each project facility, building, or other property benefiting from money financed pursuant to this chapter, for what periods of time, and what the University of California has done to remedy the noncompliance, and, on or before February 1 of each calendar year, shall certify to the satisfaction of the Department of Finance that it has maintained subsequent compliance with paragraph (1) of this subdivision.

(4) The University of California shall include the certification required pursuant to this subdivision with the certification required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 92495.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 2. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022.)