Articles

By William C. Last, Jr.

California has a number of statutes that allow contractors to recover prompt payment penalties when the other parties do not pay the amount due within certain time limits.If there is a good faith dispute the party who is disputing the claimed amount can withhold 150 percent of the disputed amount. prompt payment statutes do not define the term "good faith dispute."

- 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.

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.

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’…
 

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: