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from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges

Today marks the house of origin deadline as legislation passes from one house to the other. With last weeks Appropriations Committee suspense item deadline and todays floor deadline, the number of remaining bills, while still weighty, has been significantly reduced. For those that participated in our telephone conference call several weeks ago regarding key legislation and political matters, this update will be repetitive.

by Ben Di Duca, Di Duca Law, PC

Are you rolling the dice on your business with your Public Works bids? You are if you don’t know what to watch for!

For those who attended our seminar, “Public Works Contracts & Red Flag Provisions”, they discovered that bidding Public Works requires a lot of care and knowledge – before, during and after you bid.

Here are just a few of the helpful tips:

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

The interaction with contractors and the feedback from readers is why this is written. Knowing you read every word is both gratifying and always of concern in getting it exactly right. We welcome your input positive or negative in serving to provide the assistance you need. We get started with a question that may have no answer, or a different one in another situation…

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By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

A contractor with a great deal of on-the-job history is ‘shocked’ to learn that his work experience won’t do ‘double duty’ as he seeks to add a new class to his existing license. Another license-seeker is advised to remember the sunscreen when he visits California for a ‘fingerprint’ vacation from his starting point between a rock and a hard place…