Certified payroll requirements for City of Los Angeles projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is City of Los Angeles (Bureau of Contract Administration). With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-07-01
Recent City of Los Angeles project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming City of Los Angeles as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.
| Project | Registered | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| AsNeededFacilityLandsMai-FY25-26SaniCO19 | 2026-07-01 | As Needed Facility Landscape Maintenance - FY 25-26 - Sani Group - As-Needed Landscape Maintenance and/or Repa |
| WarnerCenterPark(Amphitheater)-HVAC Repl | 2026-07-01 | Warner Center Park (Amphitheater) - HVAC Replacement - As-Needed Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HV |
| Warner Center Park - Roof Replacement | 2026-07-01 | Warner Center Park - Roof Replacement - As-Needed Roofing Construction, Retrofit, Maintenance, and/ or Repair |
| Various Sites - Cradlepoint Up-Links Ins | 2026-07-01 | Various Sites - Cradlepoint Up-Links Installation - As-Needed Video and/or Audio System Installation/Retrofit, |
| Avenue 64(Arroyo Seco)Park-SiteImp CO6 | 2026-07-01 | Avenue 64 (Arroyo Seco) Park - Site Improvements - As-Needed Park Facility Asphalt Paving, Flatwork Concrete, |
| ResedaSkate-IceSkatingandRollerRinkCO51 | 2026-06-29 | Reseda Skate Facility - Ice Skating and Roller Rink - CO51 |
| ESR - Castle Heights Ave. (3300 Block) | 2026-06-29 | Spot repair the pipe approximately 20 linear feet and remove and replace the existing wye connections. |
| Various-BrushClearance-SectionG&H-Pan-W4 | 2026-06-26 | Various Sites - Brush Clearance - Section G & H - Pan American - W4 |
The portal situation
Certified payroll on City of Los Angeles work runs through OCPS, the City's own online certified payroll system.
The City of Los Angeles runs its own portal, OCPS, and the Bureau of Contract Administration bars substitutes like LCPtracker. The City holds one of the four legacy Labor Compliance Programs, so its projects are generally exempt from the direct DIR eCPR filing. The WH-347 duty is untouched on federally assisted work.
What you still owe on these projects
The exemption changes where certified payroll goes, not whether it exists. The current exemption list is on DIR's eCPR exemptions page, and three duties survive it:
- Certified payroll still gets prepared and submitted through the channel this body names in the contract. The exemption moves the destination, not the work.
- On federally assisted projects the federal WH-347 with its Statement of Compliance is due every week under Davis-Bacon rules. The form and instructions live at the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Labor Code 1776 record duties apply on every California public works job: keep certified records and produce them within 10 days of a written request or face the $100 per worker per day penalty, enforceable by withholding from progress payments (Labor Code 1776).
If you also work projects for any body outside the four legacy programs, the direct DIR eCPR duty applies there in full. Most subs mix both kinds of work, which is exactly the mess we manage.
Working for a city
City projects range from small park jobs to major capital work, and city compliance practices vary just as widely. Some cities run portals, most do not. The constant is the state side: on a non-exempt city project you owe eCPRs directly to DIR at least monthly, and the city can hold progress payments over certified payroll problems.
Trades recently listed on City of Los Angeles work
- Landscaping (C-27): 5 contractors
- General engineering (A): 5 contractors
- General building (B): 4 contractors
- D-49 (D-49): 3 contractors
- C-49 (C-49): 2 contractors
- HVAC (C-20): 1 contractors