( County Board of Supervisors approve an Ordinance)....It is the Lithium Valley Construction Workforce Ordinance.

The ordinance was approved at the Supervisors meeting this week. The ordinance establishes workforce, hiring, and labor standards for specified land uses with the proposed Lithium Valley Specific Plan Area. The first reading of the ordinance was on May 5th. The second reading and adoption of the ordinance was on May 12. The ordinance promotes high quality construction jobs, strengthen local workforce participation, supports apprenticeship utilization and workforce training, and encourage local hiring and subcontracting opportunities associated with specific land uses in the Lithium Valley Specific Plan Area.