The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
Hope is eternal but an expert may also be helpful! Why remodeling is not ‘new’ construction and making something, almost anything, happen in the same day is not likely when several government agencies are involved… Q: I was hoping you can tell me what type of Contractor’s License I would need in California to perform the work…
There is no ‘blanket’ answer to cover all the rules as some contractors are ‘exceptional’ as we learn from our first inquiry. I will also dig deep into a question on ‘splitting off’ a special class in ‘general’ terms and I have a happy surprise for a stressed-out question involving a list of license classes that…
There’s no changing the name, even to protect the innocent, when it comes to contractor’s advertising. Another license applicant learns ‘that was then, and this is now’ in seeking a place for the license exam, and a question from the frozen north gets a ‘chilly’ response… Q: We have hundreds of work trucks throughout California and the…
I would never ‘hazard’ a guess in answering our first contractor who needs facts fast! Another contractor is asking for help sorting out fact from ‘fiction’ while I help clarify an attorney’s ‘objection’ to his client’s competitive issues… Q: My company has been asked to do some power pole painting for one of the large Energy Companies in…
It takes a ‘turn-around back flip’ and an expert save to get our first contractor on the right track! Has another mistakenly ‘broken’ the law? While your license may be ‘suspended’ it isn’t ‘dead’ until you really ask for it… Q: My company has the “B” and “C-33” (Painting) on our license. Our Qualifier left the company last…
Does experience gained with a foreign ‘accent’ count here at home? My expert second opinion rights an inadvertent ‘wrong’ and helps prevent another mistake. While some questions are easy to learn from, sometimes more information or space to answer may be required so I always welcome your call or call back! … Q: I currently live in…
Our first contractor makes the ‘grade’ and gets an “A” while another is looking ahead to the finish line in hope for a ‘checkered’ flag. An attorney who has done the right thing discovers his client has had a last minute ‘change’ of heart. Now what? … Q: I have a “C-27” (Landscaping) license. I believe I need…
‘Alexa, bundle my renewal’ won’t cut it either as some things still require individual paperwork, and if it sounds too good to be true ‘clarification’ is likely needed. Finally, a cross country contractor is getting started with the wrong ‘directions’… Q: I am a General Contractor in California and I have a painter who is soliciting us…
If you are a contractor, I can help you and sometimes the answer is ‘fast’, other times they are just ‘hard’. Something different for a ‘change’, and a contractor looking for a special ‘agent’ wraps it up… Q: I am interested in applying for a General Building (“B”) license, but I am unsure whether I will qualify…