How to Get Paid on California Public Projects

Abstract

California has its own Little Miller Act, which applies to any public works contract with a value over $25,000. Contractors that provide labor and/or materials to a project’s general contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor are able to make a claim against the payment bond, while general contractors and suppliers to suppliers are generally the only parties that are excluded. For both a bond claim and proceeding the project” need to be sent to a public entity. The preliminary notices need to being sent to the public entity Commissioning. Once the project's prime contractor has received payment need to go to a private entity. They have to pay their subcontractors and suppliers within 7 days. If payment is wrongfully withheld, interest builds up — with the rate of interest depending on whether the payment is coming from the public entities to the prime contractor, or from the prime Contractor