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By Del Wolfe, Lehmer's Buick GMC, Concord

One of the single largest costs to run your business can by your fleet of vehicles. It can also be your biggest asset after your people. The question most business owners have is "how long should I keep my vehicle in service? One school of thought is "until it dies" and the other is "when will I get my maximum return?" We call the second one scheduled replacement. Let's look at the factors that can help determine when is the right time.

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

Despite the obvious ‘suspense’ we step up to provide a ‘remedy’ for a contractor worried about ‘hiccups’ in applying for the LLC license. Just in time, we remind all our readers why it is critically important to keep the CSLB up to date on your business address. Failing to do so carries a potentially high price …

Does it matter? Are business owners off the hook? What's next for the ACA?
 

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

Like the chefs at your favorite diner we are cooking up a few ‘short’ orders while providing contractors with a steady diet of ‘Q and A’ at the Capitol Connection. We finish this feast as the CSLB is ‘turning up the heat’ to serve new rules for contractors in disposing of mercury in California… 

SACRAMENTO - The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) established a zero-tolerance enforcement policy in 2010 and now issues legal action against any C-10 Electrical contractor who willfully employs an uncertified electrician to perform work as an electrician.

CSLB is legally required to open an investigation and initiate disciplinary action against the contractor (which may include license suspension or revocation) within 60 days of receipt of a referral or complaint from the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS).

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…