Articles

By Roger M. Mason, Esq. and Scott A. Mangum, Esq., SWEENEY, MASON, WILSON & BOSOMWORTH

This morning, the California Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Supreme Court Case No. S166350).  The case is one of a number of class action lawsuits pending in California in which plaintiffs claim that their employers failed to adequately provide them with rest and meal breaks as required by law.

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

Legislation

This week the Assembly Business and Professions Committee passed AB 1671 (Huffman) which extends the sunset for zero retention withholding on CalTrans projects.

The Builders Exchange has three important LEED Exam Preparation Class being offered this month:

By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.
 
We ‘whet’ your appetite for answers with an unusual inquiry that starts with a cruise up the California coast. We turn a contractor 180-degrees after getting some bad direction but our final contractor’s problem won’t be solved despite a positive answer…
 

Suspects include four with active arrest warrants, two registered sex offenders, two revoked licensees

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

Doing something is different than watching it being done. This is especially true for contractors hoping to use ‘experience’ in obtaining or upgrading a license. We go for ‘broke’ in helping answer another contractor, before ‘signing’ off our last inquiry in this Capitol Connection…