California Prevailing Wage Law: Whatâs New and What Every Contractor Needs to Know Date: August 30, 2017 1:00 pm â 3:00 pm Join Cook Brown, LLP partner, Carrie Bushman at Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), for an overview of Californiaâs Prevailing Wage law. Carrie will discuss recent changes to the law as well as basic requirements with which all public works contractors should be familiar. The topics to be covered will include: Identifying and interpreting prevailing wage determinations.