The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
I will take contractors on a side trip today into the Silver State but first stop in our journey ‘won’t’ take us to Arizona. Please keep your seat upright and your hands inside the vehicle… Q: I am a licensed contractor in California and I’m interested in obtaining the equivalent Arizona license. The problem is I’m…
The prevailing wind is hot and not for an HVAC contractor hoping to grow new work in NV. Reciprocal isn’t the same as equivalent, yet there is an expert course to level the difference. The solution is a little more straight-forward to another contractor and, no pun intended, a final answer on bankruptcy… Q: I’ve had…
2024 sprouted a new limb on tree service licensing in CA, and the new class will be tested! The old class is dismissed. I also help a HVAC contractor plumb some new opportunity and ‘reconstruct’ the rules on remediation work… Just a reminder that the new “C-49” (Tree and Palm) classification took effect on January 1,…
If it’s fixed it can also be ‘brokered’. How can you cancel a license and still qualify another? You can also ‘qualify’ twice in the right circumstances and another contractor wants to keep the family in the business, maybe… Q: I have a question. I am a Business Broker and one my client’s has a CSLB…
No matter our age or experience, taking an exam still sends ‘chills’ up your back! For this NV contractor I find a ‘cool’ way to meet their goal. I share some insight on reciprocity from state to state, and help another contractor understand the license options on an unexpected departure… Q: Our company has a “C-21”…
Going your own way doesn’t always lead to growth, at least not without changes in structure and licensing. A contractor asked to get the company’s licensing ‘ducks in a row’ is discovering not all the birds are alike. I also share that where you are from doesn’t change the basic requirements in becoming licensed in CA… …
Give an expert the chance to avoid problems, or do it yourself. One choice comes with ‘surprises’ as a contractor recently discovered. I will ‘install’ an important licensing distinction for a custom cabinet maker, and ‘float’ the boat to ‘re-finish’ this first column of this new year… Q: You helped me in November of last year…
Knowing is one thing, but confirmation ever better! For contractors, working with others is a given, but forming a partnership is a joint venture surrounded by a common border. Unfortunately, an ‘injury’ to one leaves a mark on all for those ‘responsible’ on the license… Q: Last year, we had submitted our insurance renewal to the…
What’s yours, may actually be their’s, or so license law reads. For another contractor there is no ‘grace’ in answering his many questions! Let’s go wild on dba’s to wrap it up… Q: We are working on changing our Responsible Managing Employee (RME) (our qualifier) on our California contractor’s license. When we change our RME, will…