Legal Question in Construction Law in California

The Notice to Appear should set forth the charges, and apparently it does. You might want to contact a criminal defense attorney or, if you qualify based on lack of ability to pay, the public defender. Try to obtain a copy of the police report, if you don't have one. Then, the most important thing of all is to appear in court, on time, for all hearings. My guess, based on several years as a law clerk in the Public Defender's office, is that you'll be offered a plea bargain for a fine or fines and a suspended sentence, maybe restitution if someone sustained a loss, but no jail time. Just don't fail to appear.

Unless you actually had a license or there was some technical problem with your license not being valid, but you had one in the past and didn't know it expired, there is no point in fighting it. You are guilty. Cop a plea.