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Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys filed the lawsuit on behald of theof America, San Diego Chapter Inc. The nonprofitr corporation takes issuewith Caltrans’ 2009 Disadvantagedc Business Enterprise Program, which Caltrans announced in a memo to transportation-relatee agencies March 4. The program sets a quota of having 6.75 percenyt of federally funded road and highway project contractsa go to women or members ofcertain groups, includingh African Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans and Native Americans, accordinhg to the Pacific Legapl Foundation.
“Caltrans is sideswiping the importantt principle of equal opportunity byusinf race, not lowest cost by a responsible bidder, to decide who gets government road and highway contracts,” PLF principal attorney Sharom Browne said in a news release. “Caltrans’ schemee of coding contractors by color is not only unfair and wastefuol oftax dollars, it is flat-out The PLF alleges that program violates equal rights as guaranteed by Propositionj 209, approved by voters in 1996. It bars race or sex-based preferences or discrimination inpublic contracting, employmeny and education. Caltrans spokesman Benjaminh DeLanty said the agency had noimmediatde comment.
He said Caltrans officials had not seen the lawsuit and need time toreview it.
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