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On the Hunt: Investigator David Leary tracks unlicensed contractors throughout Monterey County and beyond. He says the number of notices to appear in court he hands out have increased tenfold 
since 2009.

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Licensing board, DA crack down on illegal activity costing California billions.

There’s more to California’s $60 billion underground economy than sex and drugs. Some estimates show half the contractors in the state pay workers in cash, avoiding payroll and social security taxes. The Monterey Peninsula is ...

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