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California Construction Companies Defy Legislators in Bid to Build Wall

Democrat lawmakers introduce bill prohibiting future state contracts from going to wall builders California construction companies bidding on the controversial border wall are undeterred by threats from state lawmakers to boycott their businesses. Despite Democrat legislators’ efforts to impose laws barring companies that work on the wall from receiving future contracts with the state, several construction business owners say they will take on the contract if offered to them. Many companies approached by CBS Los Angeles refused to appear on camera because of the stigma attached to the wall. “I can probably build this wall for $3 and a half million to $4 million per mile. I have quotes from contractors,” Hadrian says. “I know that we can do it. Everybody else is almost double.” “We could put the wall up, probably a mile of it, probably in three weeks,” claims Hadrian. Another construction company owner interviewed by CBS Los Angeles , Rick Taylor, said he’s also lookin