After failing in court to stop the California Dept. of Transportation from using a public-private partnership contract on the Park Presidio replacement project in San Francisco, the Professional Engineers in California Government union plans to appeal that decision as it prepares for months of political sparring over the state’s budget deficit and the role of public unions.
On Feb. 18, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Wynne Carvill shot down PECG’s lawsuit, which sought to halt Caltrans’ P3 plan and replace it with a conventional competitive design-bid-build process involving state engineers.