The California whistleblower law, also called the California False Claims Act, is a law that provides civil financial penalties to individuals or entities if a whistleblower files “qui tam” lawsuits. This is a statute based on the federal False Claims Act that allows whistleblowers to file “qui tam” lawsuits if they know of instances where the state, county, local government, a public school, or a government agency is being defrauded through theft, fraud, or embezzlement.