Here’s how small California businesses can compete for big government contracts

Adam and Bethany White decided three years ago to pivot their Hawthorne-based cabinetry business from residential clients to more ambitious projects, such as large, government-funded affordable housing developments.

They soon discovered, however, that public works contracting wasn’t like private contracting. In particular, there were financial hurdles that seemed insurmountable to a small business like theirs, which has only three to eight full-time employees.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.