According to public records obtained by Construction Wage Watch, since 2024 Bobo Construction, Inc. (“Bobo Construction”) and their subcontractors have been sued for hundreds of thousands in unpaid wages / penalties and issued Civil Wage and Penalty Assessments (“CWPA”) for which Bobo was jointly and severally liable, as determined by the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”), Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

Brown Construction, Inc., (“Brown Construction”) as a general or prime contractor, is responsible for ensuring all workers - theirs and those of their subcontractors – are paid prevailing wages.  As then Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) Director John C. Duncan stated in 2010, “Prime contractors cannot plead ignorance when their subcontractors fail to follow California's labor law. . . .