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…

By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.
 
We will ‘color outside the lines’ in this Capitol Connection, crossing the borderlines for the state and nation. A contractor will learn he has crossed another ‘line’ in pursuing work with his present license class, but first we share an unfortunate reality with a contractor who wants to ‘line up’ a new license despite problems with his present one…
 

By Sam K. Abdulaziz & Kenneth S. Grossbart, Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman

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

Winning or losing in a court case often depends on getting the best information before going to trial. While most of our questions come from contractors, we also often work with attorneys; researching license law, CSLB practices or providing expert testimony. We start with a lawyer’s question and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth…

In what is becoming a rite of spring in California safety circles, Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange hosts the 8th annual Statewide Safety Expo, April 3-5 at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento.

The expo features dozens of training sessions, including compliance certification classes and a trade show.

Keynote presenters include safety consultant Don Bradway, OSHA defense attorneys Fred Walter and Lisa Prince; and Cal-OSHA Reporter Editor Kevin Thompson.