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from Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for Golden State Builders Exchanges

Governor Brown signed 13 bills that make $11.2 billion in cuts and shifts in state spending that were approved by the Legislature last week. Of the $11 billion in budget solutions, $8.2 billion reflect reduced expenditures. Signed were budget trailer bills approved the previous week, pending action while the Governor continued discussions with a key group of Republicans concerning the rest of the package.

The Builders Exchange and the construction industry lost one of its true benefactors recently, Anthony (Tony) Silva, Owner of Allied Painters, Inc., who died February 10, 2011.  Tony passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer.

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

BUDGET

April 19-21 | Cosumnes River College, Sacramento
On-line Registration is Available
 

Goals of the Expo:

Week of 3/7/11

By David Kalb, President of Capitol Services, Inc.

As I have advocated for many years, ‘knowledge is power’, but as another old axiom also advises, ‘timing is everything’. A friend added to that common wisdom by reminding me that being in the ‘right place at the right time’ is important but taking action at the ‘right’ moment is critical, because ‘time waits for no one’ or as the case may be, no contractor. Today one contractor finds time is not on his side, while another seeking a license learns that ‘experience’ can change time…

 By Jim White, PhD
 

You survived the recession.
Now make sure you survive the recovery.

Look around and you have to question if we are in a recovery at all. Even in the fourth quarter, well into the recovery calendar, the U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, revised from 3.2 percent, which is, once again, slower than previously calculated.

BUDGET

Late yesterday, the budget conference committee met for the final time to act on the Governor’s Proposed Prop 58 Fiscal Emergency budget resolution package. As a reminder, the Fuel Tax Swap Re-enactment and related Weight Fee transfer for bond debt service were technically not “in conference” as these proposals had been approved by both full budget committees.