The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
What a difference a week can make. In this case difficulties we all share in overcoming the spread of the Covid-19, or Corona virus. Please be aware that amid the latest health concerns, Capitol Services will remain open and will be here to answer questions, emails, etc. That being said, many State agencies are taking precautions…
A contractor needs to be sure. Our first question is all about unsure! I will also answer ‘HIS’ questions, suggest another expert might also weigh-in and wrap with a positive note on an ‘expiration’ date… Q: I was reading the Nevada’s Contractor licensing website and I see that they reciprocate with California. Does the license holder have…
License law may be printed black and white in the rule books, but it lives and evolves with every day and that’s why it is a never-ending learning curve for contractors. It’s what makes my years of daily practice working with them an expert opinion you can count on when you need it as contractors have…
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…