Associated General Contractors Of California, Inc. v. City And County Of San Francisco

813 F.2d 922 42 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,894 , 55 USLW 2547 ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant-Appellee, and San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce, et al., Intervenors-Defendants/Appellees. No. 85-2420. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 13, 1986. Decided March 23, 1987. John H. Findley, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Mara E. Rosales, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Robert L. Harris, San Francisco, Cal., William C. McNeill, III, Oakland, Cal., for intervenors-defendants/appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before HUG, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 We consider a challenge to an ordinance of the City and County of San Francisco (the city) giving various preferences to minority-owned, women-owned and locally-owned business enterprises (MBEs, WBEs and LBEs). The district court upheld the ordinance, rejecting claims that it violates the city's charter, federal civil rights laws and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth…