Bookkeeping and payroll in Cambria

Wastewater rehabilitation and ambulance facilities

Underground utility work and healthcare facility improvements can require very different crews and suppliers. A contractor can compare each job's committed purchases with actual invoices while retaining separate time records. Tidwell can help organize the resulting project costs and discuss the certified payroll instructions attached to public work.

• Cambria CSD Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade (extensive underground work, tank rehabilitation, other improvements), funded through Proposition 218 rate adjustments. Amount recorded: $12 million. Source status (2025): Underway as of July 2025. Agency: Cambria Community Services District.
• Cambria Community Healthcare District healthcare facility and ambulance station improvements (Measure C-24 bond). Amount recorded: $5,900,000 in bonds (fully issued). Source status (2024): Bond approved November 2024. Agency: Cambria Community Healthcare District.

Sources: cambriacsd.specialdistrict.org: wastewater rehabilitation and ambulance facilities; slocounty.ca.gov: wastewater rehabilitation and ambulance facilities

• Construction bookkeeping

Water tank funding remains a request

A grant request should stay in a planning file until the relevant award and contract documents establish what happens next. Special-district revenue constraints also make payment terms worth understanding before taking on work. Build a cash forecast from your business's signed agreements, outstanding receivables and scheduled supplier payments.

• In April 2021 Rep. Carbajal requested $375,000 in FY2022 Community Project Funding for the Cambria CSD Water Tanks project at 1975 Stuart St (fire flow, water quality and pressure); whether it was funded was not confirmed.
• Cambria CSD noted in 2025 that special districts rely on limited, service-specific revenue and cannot access general sales tax, and convened committees to evaluate current and future capital projects.

Sources: carbajal.house.gov: water tank funding remains a request; cambriacsd.specialdistrict.org: water tank funding remains a request

• Certified payroll for public work

Planning a visit or a virtual review

Cambria's population is 5,978 (ACS 2024).

Cambria is about 23.6 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office.

Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance

Sources for the local business picture

• cambriacsd.specialdistrict.org: wastewater rehabilitation and ambulance facilities
• slocounty.ca.gov: wastewater rehabilitation and ambulance facilities
• carbajal.house.gov: water tank funding remains a request
• cambriacsd.specialdistrict.org: water tank funding remains a request
• Census ACS 2024: population
• Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance