Lemmon is the business manager of the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO overseeing 23 trades affiliates and 14 joint labor-management apprenticeships.

Those of us who wear the hard hat to work every day on the front line of our most critical construction projects have appreciated the safeguards of having qualified contractors bidding on the job.

San Diegans face a handful of votes this November related to education, from statewide propositions like Proposition 30 on down. But one ballot measure that warrants careful consideration from the voting public sits at the bottom of the ballot, yet rises to the top as it pertains to the welfare of our local children: Proposition Z.

There’s been a good deal of confusion and misinformation in recent weeks about Proposition 32, one of the most important items on November’s ballot. Proposition 32 was intentionally written to deceive voters, and so it’s crucial that we tell the real story of what Proposition 32 is trying to do before it’s too late.