A PANEL OF THE 6TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL HAS DECIDED THAT A LOCAL DEVELOPER MUST PAY PREVAILING WAGES ON A FORD ORD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. CYPRESS MARINA HEIGHTS L.P., THE DEVELOPER OF THE 250-ACRE MARINA HEIGHTS HOUSING SUBDIVISION, HAD FILED AN APPEAL AFTER A 2006 RULING BY A MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE THAT PREVAILING WAGES MUST BE PAID ON THE PROJECT. PREVAILING WAGES ARE SET ANNUALLY BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND OFTEN MIRROR UNION CONSTRUCTION WAGE SCALES.
