Contractors Board Enforcement Essential
What You Need to Know About Enforcement Actions by the Contractors State License Board By Garret Murai, April 13, 2015 I questioned whether to even write this post. Because, of course, YOU would never find yourself hightailing it out of town with the California Contractor’s State License Board (“CSLB”) sniffing down your tail pipes. Then again, mistaken identities […]
CSLB Ineptitude
The CSLB is showing their ineptitude yet again! Here are the comments to a current application under their review: 12/26/2014 – application received 12/30/2014 – app to case mgmt for flag review 12/31/2014 – printed acknldgmnt lttr to applcnt 01/15/2015 – instructions returned frm case mgmt 01/15/2015 – aiu requested app to be posted 01/16/2015 […]
CSLB Application Processing in Action
CSLB Application Processing Action: What It Means & What to Do Next If your California contractor license application shows a status of “Application Processing Action”, it can feel confusing or even concerning. This status does not automatically mean there is a problem, but it does indicate that the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) requires […]
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 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 […]
Contractors State License Board Exams
Email exchange I had with Betsy Figueira on 3/28/2014 regarding the Contractors State License Board exams. Basically, I wanted to know how and why the CSLB is allowing applicants to take the CSLB exams when they are sending the applications to the investigation unit. The conversation went as follows: Update at the bottom. 4/4/14 License […]
CSLB Application Denials and the Appeals Process

Let’s take a minute to discuss CSLB Application Denials and the Appeals Process. It’s a boring subject I know, but it’s good information to have if you find yourself stuck in the AIU vortex. If your application is denied by the Application Investigation Unit, Section 485 kicks in. § 485. Procedure upon denial Upon denial […]
CSLB AIU Vortex
The CSLB AIU Vortex continues to spin. And it’s not a pretty sight! I received an email from one of my readers today and wanted to share it with you. Our conversation went as follows. My fiancé has been undergoing the investigation process with the AIU and it’s looking as though they are going to […]
CSLB Application Processing Part 2
Here we are again, CSLB application processing part 2, where I received a screen shot of an application timeline. This poor guy is being bounced around like a golf ball in a blender. You can see in the image below that the application was submitted on 4/30/13. After being sent to the case management unit […]
CSLB Application Processing
Has the CSLB Application Processing system completely run afoul? I apologize if I spend too much time discussing this topic, but it really fries my shorts when State agencies abuse their power. I received an email from an applicant who applied to add a classification to his existing license. You will see in the image below that […]