resistance said:
They have electrical inspectors in California!
Here in Los Angeles we have combo inspectors for residential and individual electrical inspectors for commercial. On the residential side, 90% of the combination inspectors are highly skilled and know what they're doing, 10% are without a clue. One guy wrote me up for a pipe not being strapped and it was the gas pipe stubbed up for the oven.
25 years ago in Los Angeles there was a lot of bribery and sweetheart deals, if an inspector was told by his benefactor that he didn't want you to pass inspection, you didn't. It was widely known that certain inspectors were "owned" by certain contractors. But I have to give credit where credit is due, with the obvious exception of Glendale (a veritable den of iniquity), inspections in the Los Angeles area are totally above board.
I would like to pass the ICC residential electrical inspector test this year, I don't want to be an inspector, but it would be a nice selling point.