to Section 3075 of the Labor Code
or located outside California and approved for federal purposes
pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the United
States Secretary of Labor.
(F) For an apprenticeable occupation in which no apprenticeship
program had been approved by the Chief of the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards prior to January 1, 1995, up to one-half of
the graduation percentage requirements of subparagraphs (A) to (E),
inclusive, may be satisfied by skilled journeypersons who commenced
working in the apprenticeable occupation prior to the chief's
approval of an apprenticeship program for that occupation in the
county in which the project is located.
(c) "Skilled journeyperson" means a worker who either:
(1) Graduated from an apprenticeship program for the applicable
occupation that was approved by the Chief of the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards or located outside California and approved
for federal purposes pursuantto the apprenticeship regulations
adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor.
(2) Has at least as many hours of on-the-job experience in the
applicable occupation as would be required to graduate from an
apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that is approved
by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

A county shall proceed in accordance with the following
when awarding best value contracts under this article:
(a) The county shall not select a bidder on the basis of the best
value to a county unless, after evaluating at a public meeting the
alternative of awarding the contract on the basis of the lowest bid
price, the county makes a written finding that awarding the contract
on the basis of best value, for the specific project under
consideration, will accomplish one or more of the following
objectives: reducing project costs,