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2012 Southern California Construction Compliance Summit

Construction contractors joined government agency representatives, leaders of community-based organizations and other prominent community members at the 2012 Southern California Construction Compliance Summit held Thursday, September 27th at the Carson Community Center.

Topics included the challenges of utilizing DBE/DVBE/MBE/SEB/UDBE and WBE businesses; the new norm of hiring local and disadvantaged workers; and the difference between union and nonunion contracting. This free event was sponsored by the United Job Creation Council; the National Association of Minority Contractors, Southern California; and PVJOBS.

"This event was for contractors and subs interested in compliances issues and potential solutions and is just the beginning of a strategy to fill the construction industry's long-held need for a forum where they can connect to vital community services and appropriate business partners." PVJOBS Executive Director, Ernest Roberts said.

"Attendees left the event well-versed in local government compliance issues," Roberts said. 'We all feel that job creation in our industry will lead the way out of our nation's economic downturn and this summit was a step in the right direction."

IBEW Local 11 Vice President and PVJOBS Board member Jane Templin speaks with attendee at the Construction Compliance Summit.	Summit attendees gathered useful information from the display tables.
Alicia Villarreal, Regional Representative for U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.	Jerome E. Horton, Chair of the California Board of Equalization, welcomes Summit attendees.
More than 160 Summit attendees listen to attentively to discussions about compliance challenges.	Michael Richardson, who works with the "We Build" program at LAUSD, makes a point on the "Diversity and Local Workforce Utilization" panel.
PVJOBS Executive Director Ernest Roberts poses with NAMC President Leonard Lumas and former Inglewood City Councilman Danny Tabor.	A number of minority business owners had questions for the panel about construction compliance.
Questions from the audience followed each of the three Summit panel presentations.	The "Union vs. Nonunion Contracting" panel included Paul Santangelo of Hensel Phelps and Leonard Lumas from the National Association of Minority Contractors.
John Reamer, Director at LA Public Works, moderated the panel on Union vs. Nonunion contracting.	Event sponsors included Ted Booker and Jean Franklin (UJCC); Ernest Roberts (PVJOBS); and Leonard Lumas (NAMC).