Workforce
Transitional Criteria
How certified transitional workers qualify under Article 7.7 of the DPW Project Labor Agreement, and how many workers were certified under each criterion.
470
Certified transitional workers
542,103
Transitional worker hours
3%
Share of all project hours
Mandate 10% · 7.0 percentage points below
Certified workers by criteria
Transitional worker qualification criteria
Workers may qualify under more than one criterion.
No GED / High School Diploma Tier 2
266
Apprentice (<15% to Journey Level) Tier 2
119
Receiving Public Assistance Tier 2
85
Justice System Involvement Tier 1
41
Long-Term Unemployed Tier 2
29
Custodial Single Parent Tier 2
23
Veteran Tier 1
9
Homeless Tier 1
4
Emancipated from Foster Care Tier 2
2
Low Household Income (<50% AMI) Tier 2
0
None certified to dateMC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Graduate Tier 2
0
None certified to date
Because a worker can be certified under several criteria, these counts add to more than the 470 certified transitional workers.
Article 7.7
How qualification works
Per Article 7.7 of the DPW Project Labor Agreement (2020-2030), a Transitional Worker is a City resident who satisfies ONE Tier 1 criterion (veteran, documented justice-system involvement, or homelessness), OR qualifies under Tier 2 as an approved MC3 pre-apprenticeship graduate or by facing at least TWO of seven barriers to employment. Workers may qualify under multiple criteria, so criteria counts exceed the transitional worker total; criteria with no certified workers to date show as zero.
10% of all project work hours performed by Transitional Workers.
Certification is confirmed through the City’s jobs coordinator intake before a worker’s hours count toward the transitional worker mandate.
Data source: Los Angeles Housing Department, Online Certified Payroll System, as of 7/20/2026. Coverage: 438 City-funded housing projects covered by a Project Labor Agreement, of 478 LAHD-tracked projects. Local determination uses standard tier ZIP lists applied portfolio-wide.