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 will ‘color outside the lines’ in this Capitol Connection, crossing the borderlines for the state and nation. A contractor will learn he has crossed

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

How a business or government agency got to where they are today is often called ‘institutional memory’ based on the recall of those who were

When is a worker an employee? For contractors the question is critical to doing business legally in California. Another corporate contractor is hoping to ‘change

Despite what a contractor may believe is the right direction, misinformation about their contractor’s license can often lead to a ‘dead end’. Like the ‘GPS’

You have to walk before you can run, as some younger aspiring contractors must learn. Apprentice is only the first step towards a license.  Winning

While the complex regulations governing contractors in California are largely written in law, some of the ‘rules’ guiding licensing remain ‘unwritten’. These are not actual

Our first contractor inquiry introduces a new character in the ongoing Capitol Connection story.   One of the most important people working behind the scenes at

Abe Lincoln first wrote about fooling some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time. About the only person