www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/edip/tacpa.htm.
The purpose of the Target Area Contract Preference Act (TACPA) program is to promote economic development opportunities in designated "distressed areas," by offering bidding preferences in specified state contracts.
"Distressed areas" are generally defined by characteristics concerning levels of per capita income, unemployment, education, female heads-of household with children, elderly residents in poverty, residential crowding, youth in poverty, non-white population, and persons with higher risk of being unemployed. The Governor's Office of Planning and Research is responsible for identifying these areas.
TACPA allows state contracting preferences to be awarded when 50% of the labor required to perform commodity contract work, or 100% of the labor contract services work, is performed at the distressed area worksite.
An additional preference of between 1% and 4% may be awarded for companies which commit to hiring a specified percentage of workers who are considered to be high-risk-unemployable people.
