Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of July 8, 2013
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Contractors want a ‘level’ field when making bids with competition. That’s why your license number is required in advertising, signage and other places a consumer can see it. Hopefully, when they check it at CSLB it ‘flattens’ the ambition of unlicensed competitors. We also take a ‘short circuit’ in describing the route to adding a low voltage class…
Governor Brown Signs 2013-14 Budget Bill
from J. Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges
2013-14 budget Act, Budget Bill, AB 110
General Overview
This morning Governor Brown signed the main budget bill, a $96.3 billion state General fund spending plan that will shift more education money to poor and English-learning students and expand Medi-Cal coverage to more than 1 million low-income Californians under the federal healthcare program.
Sacramento Update - June 21, 2013
from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchange
June marks the halfway point of the legislative year as the house of origin deadline forced each house to pass or hold their bills for the year. The two houses have now exchanged bills for final consideration. While the legislative process is not static and many pieces of legislation continue to be “works in progress,” the house of origin deadline more clearly defines remaining legislation for the year.
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of June 24, 2013
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
We give a ‘hand’ to a contractor interested in getting a license in another state where fingerprints aren’t first on the list for ‘background’ checks. However I must ‘point out’ that it involves a definite window of opportunity. Another inquiry helps put the ‘contract’ into contracting…