Decision to Issue Pension Obligation Bonds Remains Unanswered - Oakland City Budget Talks Continue
- NEWS RELEASE Office of the City Auditor City of Oakland
Analysis shows options presented to City Council appeargenerally sound - yet many critical questions remain unanswered.
Scaffolding Safety and the "Competent Person" Law
from the State Compensation Insurance Fund Safety Newsletter, May 2011
Scaffolding, when properly designed and erected can still pose hazards for workers just because the nature of their use. Safety precautions must always be observed regardless of the height of the scaffolding. When scaffold accidents occur, they are generally caused by faulty design or inadequate construction, however in many cases accidents are caused by improper use or poor maintenance practices.
Kalb's Q&A for Contractors - Week of May 16, 2011
By David Kalb, President of Capitol Services, Inc.
Often the language used in government regulations is unclear. As an expert who works with these rules regularly, I am ‘pumped up’ and will make this contractor’s question understandable. I will help another contractor ‘find’ the honest answer to his question about ‘referrals’…
SACRAMENTO UPDATE - Week of May 13, 2011
from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate Golden State Builders Exchanges
Legislature
Fewer policy committees this week as the legislature’s fiscal committees gear up to decide the fate of hundreds of bills. It will be interesting if any bill with even modest state costs survive.
Too major bills were acted upon this week: