Alameda County Receives $335K To Fight Wage Theft

ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA — The Alameda District Attorney's Office gas received $335,935 to fight wage theft, part of $3.7 million in state grants to develop and implement wage theft enforcement programs, the state Department of Industrial Relations said Friday.

In addition, the city of Oakland received $425,655 and Contra Costa County got $720,000.

The grants will enable prosecutors to address exploitative labor industry trends and obstacles workers confront in reporting violations, the department said in a press release.

• 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 press 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.

Bay City News contributed to this article