Certified payroll requirements for LACCD projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is Los Angeles Community College District. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-07-01
Recent LACCD project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming LACCD 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Landscape & Baseball Infield | 2026-07-01 | Remove and replace existing synthetic (artificial turf) at the baseball field; and provide landscape improveme |
The portal situation
LACCD collects certified payroll through LCPtracker on projects awarded after October 2014 (source). LACCD's build program runs certified payroll through LCPtracker. The district upload is additive: the direct DIR eCPR filing is still owed to the state.
The two-filing reality is the part that catches subs: the portal upload answers the awarding body, and the eCPR answers the state. Doing one does not do the other. Our guide LCPtracker vs DIR walks through why, in DIR's own words.
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). 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).
- Federal WH-347 weekly when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed (U.S. Department of Labor).
- 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).
Working for a community college district
Community college districts run large bond programs and several use third-party compliance portals on program work, so check the contract documents for a named system. Whatever the district requires, the state's rule is unchanged: submitting certified payroll to the district or its portal does not satisfy DIR. The direct eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate obligation.
Trades recently listed on LACCD work
- General engineering (A): 1 contractors
- General building (B): 1 contractors