By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
With our federal government gridlocked and default pending, you may begin to understand how the Romans felt while Rome burned and Nero fiddled. None of that is changing how you obtain your contractor’s license or any of the rules already written in black and white…
Q: Is the government shut down going to effect how quickly I get my license?
From Jay Drake, Reuben, Junius & Rose LLP
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
We help an attorney better understand how interpretation of contractor’s rules may yield a ‘general’ exception in one regulation. In the ‘good old days’ one branch of government might not always share the same information. In this century technology has brought instant access and a uniformity that keeps all the agencies that contractor’s work with on ‘the same page’…
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
New processes, additional paperwork, certifications and more changes in regulation and licensing were top of the agenda as I recently attended a CSLB Board meeting. As a spike in rejected license applications shows it pays to have help when making the decision to apply, especially if time is a critical issue…
from J. Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges
September 13, 2013
This report is being completed on the last day of the first year of the two-year legislative session. The Governor now has 30 days (October 13) to act on legislation that has reached his desk. A future update will highlight new laws that go into effect on January 1, 2014.
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
While the law in contractor’s regulation is black and white, how those words are interpreted has always been a ‘gray’ area where expert advice is often advised. Can a Sole Proprietor keep some parts of his license active while also qualifying someone else? Maybe, maybe not as we all learn from his question…