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Standards Commission Approves Industry-Sponsored Reg Reform

from the California Building Industry Association

After four years in the making, the Building Standards Commission has approved a package of industry-sponsored reforms that will prevent agencies from circumventing the public process with last-minute green building proposals.

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California's Minimum Wage Increases to $10 per Hour

Employers are reminded California’s employers and workers that, effective January 1, 2016, the state’s minimum wage will increase to $10 per hour.

In September, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown enacted legislation which incrementally raised California’s minimum wage, first with a jump to $9 per hour on July 1, 2014, and ending with the forthcoming jump to $10 per hour in the new year.

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Oakland's office market is now fuller than San Francisco's - SF Business Times

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Alameda County Announces Permit Portal

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Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of December 14, 2015

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

While the contractor rules and regulations may seem like they are written in a foreign language, you can actually ask for a ‘translator’ when applying. Do you have the ‘write’ stuff to qualify your experience in applying? We also show how you can qualify two licenses in a RME/ RMO shuffle…