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Cal. Labor Code § 3070 (2026)

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There is in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards the California Apprenticeship Council, which shall be appointed by the Governor, composed of six representatives each from employers or employer organizations and employee organizations, that sponsor apprenticeship programs under Section 3071, respectively, geographically selected, and of two representatives of the general public. The Director of Industrial Relations, or his or her permanent and best qualified designee, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or his or her permanent and best qualified designee, and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or his or her permanent and best qualified designee, and the Chairperson of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (Cal-JAC), or his or her permanent and best qualified designee, shall also be members of the California Apprenticeship Council. The chairperson shall be elected by vote of the California Apprenticeship Council. Beginning with appointments in 1985, three representatives each of employers and employees, and one public representative shall serve until January 15, 1989. In 1987, three representatives each of the employers and employees, and one public representative shall serve until January 15, 1991. Any member whose term expires on January 15, 1986, shall continue to serve until January 15, 1987. Thereafter each member shall serve for a term of four years. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of his or her predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of that term. Each member of the council shall receive the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the council, for each day of actual attendance at hearings by the council or a committee thereof pursuant to Section 3082, and for each day of actual attendance at meetings of other committees established by the council and approved by the Director of Industrial Relations, together with his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in connection therewith.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2024 · leading case: California Div. of Labor Standards Enf't v. Dillingham Constr., N. A., 519 U.S. 316 (1997).
California Div. of Labor Standards Enf't v. Dillingham Constr., N. A., 519 U.S. 316 (1997). · cites it 2× “220 , codified at Cal. Lab. Code § 3070 et seq. Congress, in the Fitzgerald Act, recognized pre-existing state efforts in regulating apprenticeship programs and apparently expected that those efforts would continue.”
Indep. Training & Apprenticeship Prog. v. California Dep't of Indus. Relations, 730 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2013). · cites it 3× “; see also Cal. Labor Code § 3070 . California provides public works contractors with an economic incentive to hire apprentices enrolled in state- approved programs.”
S. California Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractor Inc. v. California Apprenticeship Council, 841 P.2d 1011 (Cal. 1992). “California Law In California, apprenticeship training is governed by the Shelley-Maloney Apprenticeship Labor Standards Act of 1939 (hereafter Shelley-Maloney Act), which is codified as California Labor Code section 3070 et seq.”
Eldredge v. Carpenters 46 N. California Counties Jt. Apprenticeship & Training Comm., 440 F. Supp. 506 (N.D. Cal. 1977). “Part 30 (1976); Cal.Labor Code §§ 3070 et seq. and 3076 (West Supp.”
Associated Gen. Contractors of Am., San Diego Chapter, Inc. v. San Diego Unified Sch. Dist., 267 Educ. L. Rep. 771 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “Shelley-Maloney Act “In California, apprenticeship training is governed by the Shelley-Maloney Apprenticeship Labor Standards Act of 1939 (hereafter Shelley-Maloney Act), which is codified as California Labor Code section 3070 et seq.”
C. L. Pharris Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 47 Cal. Comp. Cases 1420 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). “The State of California ‘Shelley Maloney Apprenticeship Labor Standards Act’ [Lab. Code, § 3070 et seq.] requires this.”
Hydrostorage, Inc. v. N. California Boilermakers Local Jt. Apprenticeship Comm., 891 F.2d 719 (9th Cir. 1989). “Cal. Labor Code §§ 3070 , 3071 (West Supp.”
Associated Builders & Contractors of S. California, Inc. v. Nunn, 356 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2004). “220, codified as amended at Cal. Lab.Code § 3070 et seq. (2003). The goals of California’s regulatory scheme are to “foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the apprentice and industry, improve the working conditions of apprentices, and advance their opportunities for…”
Constr. Employers Assn. v. Cal. Dept. of Indus. Relations etc. CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2024). “190; Lab. Code, §§ 3070, 3071, subd. (a).) The Council is expressly empowered by statute to promulgate regulations interpreting the substantive requirements of Labor Code section 1777.”
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 1990). · cites it 2× “We assume the programs referred to are those contemplated and regulated by the Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939 (Lab. Code, § 3070 et seq.). Since both questions concern the authority of a California city to regulate employment in private construction projects in the city…”
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