b'As a result, Asm. O\' Donnell introduced legislation to retirethe use of Proposition 13 as an official ballot measure title. The truth is the State Building and Construction TradesCouncil insisted Prop 13 include language that prioritizedallocating bond funds to school districts that had adoptedPLAs! It also included a provision the California Registercalled a "hidden and pernicious provision that raises thedebt limit for local districts." With WECA\'s urging, State WECA and its merit shopSenator Brian Jones (one of only five Republicans to oppose partners, like Coalition forputting the bond on the ballot) and the Howard Jarvis Fair Employment inTaxpayers Association wrote opposition arguments and Construction (CFEC),helped secure the opposition of the Mercury News, San continue the good fight forDiego Union-Tribune and the Orange County Register.fair and open competition. There were six ballot measure committees registered to WECA MAKES SACRAMENTO BUSINESSsupport Proposition 13. Together, the committees raised$13.06 million and spent $12.26 million. JOURNAL\'S 2022 TOP BUSINESSADVOCACY GROUPS LISTThere were no ballot measure committees registered tooppose the measure. In other words, Prop 13 was defeatedby spending zero against $13 million. School groups shouldbe eternally grateful to Robbie Hunter and the StateBuilding and Construction Trades Council for insisting uponthis fateful language. During the second year of the pandemic in 2021, theCalifornia State Legislature "discovered" 2,776 statutorychanges that Californians desperately needed. Butunfortunately, Governor Newsom signed 1,038 statutorychanges and vetoed only 66 statutory changes.The merit shop community did enjoy a couple of successes,however, like the defeat of Prop 13 in 2020. We also sawdelays in local-agency PLA adoption and, in some cases,repeals after a change in governing bodies and localagencies who insisted upon joint bids (with and without aPLA) or escape clauses (which the SBCTC refuses toapprove). WECA and its merit shop partners like CFEC willcontinue fighting for fair and open competition. Only thesustaining membership of California electrical contractorsallows WECA to keep up the good fight! Prop 13 is defeated on March 11, 2020. WECA made its first appearance in 2022 on the53% of voters voted NO on this Sacramento Business Journal\'s Top Business Advocacyproposition, which was the first Groups List.statewide education-related bond issuedenied since 1994.WECA focuses exclusively on the needs of electrical andlow voltage contractors and their employees, and we\'reDelays in local-agency PLA proud to represent thousands of electricians and lowadoption and in some cases, voltage technicians and hundreds of contractors across therepeals, after changes in West.governing bodies and local Our members believe that fair and open competition is theagencies who insisted upon joint key to a robust and growing economy. WECA Advocacy isbids (with and without a PLA) or always hard at work to protect the rights of merit shopescape clauses (which SBCTC business owners and their employees.refuses to approve).'