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By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.

Duplication of effort is always frustrating, especially when your license is at risk as a result, as our first contractor demonstrates.  While a college degree is great preparation, if you want a ‘general’ engineering license in California you are going to have to spend some time in the trenches, so to speak. Sparks may fly when we plug in a couple answers every electrical contractor should know…

October 5, 2012

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

The Governor completed his legislative actions on September 30, 2012. Unless an urgency measure, all new laws become effective on January 1, 2013.  FINAL SCORE: 996 bills to desk; 876 signed and 120 vetoed. Below are the primary bills we worked on this year:
 

On-the-Job Training Program -- SECOND EXTENSION
October-December 2012
 
Employers, would you like to get some of your hard earned tax dollars back for training new employees?
 
The Oakland Career Center will pay you for hiring and teaching new employees your operations and procedures through its On-the-Job Training Program.
 
If you have less than 50 employees you will receive a 90% wage reimbursement for the training period (520 hours) of your new hire.
 
51 -250 employees is 75% reimbursement

By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.

There is a price to pay when a consumer asks the Board to help find a contractor with a particular trade. We take ‘stock’ of the situation confronting a Responsible Managing Officer and help a family chart a course for the future in selling their contracting business…

Q: Do I have to own any shares in a Corporation as RMO in order to qualify for a license?

By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.

The CA Contractor’s Board is making decisions that will have ramifications for all who ‘qualify’.  More than one Registrar is also ‘aiming’ high in defeating some low-down activity…

By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.


With more than 30 years assisting contractors you might think we have heard it all, but that’s not likely to happen. Our first question is a good example of why we never rest on our reputation but always look for changes in practice or interpretation of contractor’s regulation. Like France has a different word for everything, each state has it’s own rules for contracting…

September 13, 2012

From Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges (GSBE)

Although the Governor has until September 30 to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature before September 1, a number of key bills have been acted upon. Below is a summary of legislation signed into law to date: