I too noticed the lack of rebar, support blocks to keep the steel off the ground (to prevent rusting) and inside the pour, and the lack of compacted base rock as a base
I can not say i have ever seen a driveway yet with rebar or mesh. I grewup and lived there for 45 years. I have poured and finished many a yard of concreete there. The soil is not expansive as it is here in CO, and no freeze thaw cycles like in other places.
Heck my driveway here in CO doesn't have reinforcement, it might be on crushed rock but i dont know that for sure.
Not to mention, the job is done, what help is it to say these things now.
I had / have a bad habit of seeing what is not good about things, friend gets a new car... I point out all that is wrong with it, friend stopped showing me his new cars!
No, it is California, the population percentages lean the skilled work force in one direction. Just like in other parts of the country it leans it in other directions
