Plumber's unions reportedly gave $1.7 million to Gov. Davis' campaign; California housing prices continue to rise; Hearing set for Dec. 13, 2002
The California Coalition for Affordable Housing, a coalition of consumer and business organizations dedicated to supporting affordable housing in the state, recently announced its support of the lawsuit filed against the California Building Standards Commission regarding the removal of plastic water piping as an approved building material in the state's plumbing code.
"The suit itself is about process and fairness," said Richard Church, executive director of the Plastic Pipe & Fittings Association, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of PEX pipe manufacturers and PPFA members Vanguard Industries, Uponor Wirsbo and Qest Hydronics. "And the quantity and timing of political contributions to Governor Gray Davis' campaign by plumbers' unions raises questions of propriety."