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title: Certified Payroll Requirements for City of San Mateo Projects
url: https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-of-san-mateo/
description: City of San Mateo public works projects: the portal situation, the DIR eCPR duty, deadlines and penalties, with live project registration data updated.
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publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
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# Certified payroll requirements for City of San Mateo projects

What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is City of San Mateo. With live registration data from DIR project filings.

Data updated 2026-10-18

7projects registered 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

4subcontractor listings on those projects

Requireddirect DIR eCPR filing on this body's projects

## Recent City of San Mateo project registrations

New PWC-100 project registrations naming City of San Mateo 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporation Yard Site Improvements | 2026-10-18 |  |
| Poplar Vehicle Damage Repair | 2026-10-15 |  |
| Basin D Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation | 2026-10-14 |  |
| Beresford Rec Center Roof Improvements | 2026-10-06 |  |
| 2nd & ECR Garage Traffic Coating | 2026-10-06 |  |
| Main Street Garage Remediation | 2026-10-06 | Asbestos and Lead RRP and Paint |
| 2nd & ECR Garage Immediate Repairs | 2026-09-23 |  |

## The portal situation

We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for City of San Mateo. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).

## Your filing duties on these projects

- **Direct DIR eCPR filing.** On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration ([Labor Code 1771.4](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1771.4)). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).
- **Federal WH-347 weekly** when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed ([U.S. Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms/wh347)).
- **Records on demand.** A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments ([Labor Code 1776](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1776)). From January 1, 2027, [SB 909](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB909) (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; [what SB 909 changes](https://wellstanding.com/guides/sb-909-prevailing-wage-penalty-increases-2027/).

## 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 San Mateo work

- General building (B): 4 contractors
- Roofing (C-39): 1 contractors
- General engineering (A): 1 contractors

### Keep reading

- [California certified payroll: the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/)
- [LCPtracker vs DIR: why the GC's portal does not make you compliant](https://wellstanding.com/guides/lcptracker-vs-dir/)
- [Certified payroll penalties in California](https://wellstanding.com/guides/certified-payroll-penalties-california/)

### Other city requirements

- [City of Los Angeles](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-of-los-angeles/)
- [City and County of San Francisco](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-and-county-of-san-francisco/)
- [City of San Diego](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-of-san-diego/)
- [City of Santa Cruz - Public Works Department - Wastewater Treatment Facility](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-of-santa-cruz-public-works-department-wastewater-treatment-facility/)
- [City of Burbank](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/city-of-burbank/)
- [All city pages](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/type/city/)

### Works with the payroll you already run

- [QuickBooks Online](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-online/)
- [QuickBooks Desktop](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-desktop/)
- [ADP](https://wellstanding.com/for/adp/)
- [Paychex](https://wellstanding.com/for/paychex/)
- [Gusto](https://wellstanding.com/for/gusto/)
- [Sage](https://wellstanding.com/for/sage/)