Articles

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:

By David Kalb, President of Capitol Services, Inc.
 
It’s probably not a ‘shock’ to hear government is short on funds, but what does this mean for enforcement of contractor’s rules in California? We’ll investigate how this may affect your workers in the field. Another contractor’s question helps define how an ‘out of state’ company could partner with your contracting business…

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

Legislature

It was a mixed bag this week for the many bills being worked on for GSBE.  Much of the regulation reform movement supported by business was bottled up in committee. Below is summary of some, but not all of bills acted on this week:

Fixed Priced Contracts