(a) Whenever the state prepares a solicitation for a contract for goods in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), except a contract in which the worksite is fixed by the provisions of the contract, the state shall award the following preferences:

(1) A workplace preference of 5 percent to California-based companies who demonstrate and certify under penalty of perjury that of the total labor hours required to manufacture the goods and perform the contract, at least 50 percent of the hours shall be accomplished at an identified worksite or worksites located in a distressed area.

Terms Used In California Government Code 4533

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Distressed area: means a census tract determined by the Department of Finance, pursuant to Section 13073. See California Government Code 4532
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Worksite: means either of the following:

    California Government Code 4532

(2) A workforce preference of between 1 percent and 5 percent, as specified in Section 4533.1, to California-based companies that demonstrate and certify under penalty of perjury that the workforce completing those labor hours are persons with a high risk of unemployment, as defined in Section 4532.

(b) The combined cost of preferences granted under this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in total, pursuant to Section 4535.2.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 55. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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