The $25,000 figure most commonly associated with California contractor licensing is:

Explanation

$25,000 is the contractor's bond every active licensee must keep on file under B&P §7071.6 — and the same figure is the minimum disciplinary bond under §7071.8 and the amount of the qualifying individual's bond under §7071.9. (b) is the real neighbor and the reason this item is worth asking: Civil Code §9550(a) requires a payment bond on a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000, the identical number doing an unrelated job. (a) invents a statutory cap on liens; a lien is in the amount of the claimant's demand. (d) invents a CSLB insurance requirement — the only insurance the license law compels is workers' compensation under §7125, plus the limited liability company's liability policy under §7071.19.