Nine Bay Area prosecutors will share $3.7 million in state grants to develop and implement wage theft enforcement programs, the state Department of Industrial Relations said.
The grants will enable prosecutors to address exploitative labor industry trends and obstacles workers confront in reporting violations, the department said in a news release.
The nine Bay Area public prosecutors who applied for the grants and the amounts they will receive are:
• Alameda District Attorney, $335,935
• Contra Costa District Attorney, $720,000
• Napa District Attorney, $102,531
• Oakland City Attorney, $425,655
• San Francisco City Attorney, $410,000
• San Francisco District Attorney, $160,451
• San Mateo District Attorney, $739,396
• Santa Clara County Counsel, $679,220
• Sonoma District Attorney, $147,275
“Wage theft is a persistent problem, and this funding helps address it in local communities across our state,” Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in the release.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement combats wage theft and unfair competition by investigating allegations of illegal and unfair business practices.