Email from a License Guru Blog Reader
Below is an email from a License Guru Blog reader describing her CSLB experience review nightmare. “I have been following the license guru blog for about 7 months now which is just 3 months short of the full year my husband has been getting the run around from the investigator assigned to his file. On […]
CSLB Streamlines License Experience Review Process
Industry Bulletin released today: CSLB Streamlines License Experience Review Process “SACRAMENTO — The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is the government agency that oversees California’s construction industry and protects consumers by ensuring that license applicants have the minimum qualifications required by law. An important part of this process is verifying and investigating the experience claimed by an applicant. […]
CalOSHA Targets Construction Sites for Inspections
CSLB Industry Bulletin Following a series of fatal accidents involving construction workers, CSLB is passing along an announcement from the California Department of Industrial Relations about upcoming inspections of construction sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. CSLB likewise encourages rigorous training programs and on-site safety measures to protect construction workers from danger. Cal/OSHA Targets […]
Having trouble with the CSLB?
Are you having trouble with the CSLB? Join the fight by contacting your State Assembly Member’s office or your State Senator’s office. I have been suggesting to applicants that they get their State Representative involved for some time now and within the last few weeks I have heard from several people who have done just […]
Lesson Not Learned for Repeat Offenders in CSLB Sting
Lesson Not Learned for Repeat Offenders Caught in CSLB Sting Operations. Cited for illegal contracting in Chino, Lake Elsinore were cited previously, disregarded fines. SACRAMENTO – One of the goals of the undercover sting operations conducted by the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is to convince those caught for illegal contracting that they’re far better off […]
CSLB Investigation Opinion
I received an email via my contact form on my website. I don’t know what prompted this person to send me this, other than to give their opinion about the CSLB investigators. Here’s their comment, untouched and not modified. “with and in fact most likely shoved into someone elses pile of folders. Make sure to […]
CSLB Fun Facts
CSLB Fun Facts can be very entertaining, it not a treasure trove of deceit. Here is a Q&A in the CSLB Licensing section of their website that I find very entertaining. I’ll give my thoughts on the other side of each Q&A. Q. I have been a property manager for four (4) years at an […]
Revised License Exam Study Materials
We now offer newly revised license exam study materials for the following CSLB trade classifications: C-27 Landscaping C-38 Refrigeration C-43 Sheet Metal C-55 Water Conditioning But wait… there’s more! These trades are also newly updated: C-6 Cabinetry & Millwork C-17 Windows & Glazing C-31 Construction Zone Traffic Control C-35 Lathe and Plaster C-50 Reinforcing Steel […]
California Contractors License Schools
California Contractors License Schools – The Myth! Somewhere in time, it became accepted knowledge that going to a California contractors license school was the way to learn how to pass the CSLB State exam. I think it’s time to end that myth! Why do people think that going to a school for two days is […]
Central Valley’s C-57 Air Regulations
Certain portable engines to power well drilling equipment require registration SACRAMENTO — C-57 Well Drilling licensees who work in the Central Valley are reminded that they must register portable internal combustion engines of 50 horsepower or greater used to power drilling equipment with either the state or San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (District). […]