Brown

Plaintiff Jessie Brown (appellant or Brown) appeals from a summaiy judgment rendered in favor of respondents Solano County Business Development, Inc. (SCBD), Lestee Ceasar and Loreta Ceasar (the Ceasars).

SCBD is a nonprofit California corporation which, together with the Small Business Administration, worked on developing a shopping center in Solano County. The Ceasars are individual members of the corporation, and Lestee Ceasar is the executive director of SCBD.

On or about April 29, 1974, SCBD entered into a contract with Per Sac Enterprises (not a party to this action) for the construction of a shopping center. On August 23, 1974, the contract was assigned to appellant with the consent of all parties concerned. At the time of the assignment, Brown was a duly licensed contractor.

Sometime in June 1975, nearly 10 months after signing the assignment, Brown commenced performance under the construction contract. Two or three weeks later, on June 30, 1975, Brown’s contractor’s license expired. The record unequivocally shows that during the ensuing six and a half months (until Jan. 16, 1976), appellant continued to perform under the contract without a valid license and…