Judge Denies Complaint Regarding Caltrans� DBE Program
A federal judge recently affirmed that Caltrans’ Disadvantaged Business Enterprises program was “clearly constitutional,” denying a complaint filed in federal court in 2009 by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of San Diego.
Judge John A. Mendez, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, found that since 2007 the department made the necessary changes to its DBE program to satisfy legal concerns about the program’s constitutional requirements.