CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSE BOARD - Unlicensed Contractors

[mtnelect]

SACRAMENTO, CA – As the result of the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) investigation, a Stanislaus County judge has sentenced an unlicensed contractor to jail and probation and ordered him to pay nearly $284,000 in restitution to the homeowner victimized

 

[ptonsparky]

I wonder if he will actually pay.

 

[mtnelect]

I wonder if he will actually

In the county where I reside, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors put on the agenda for a today's vote. To release prisoners with less than 50K bail. They determined that it would be too expensive to build a new jail to replace a hazardous and unsafe one.

 

[retirede]

In the county where I reside, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors put on the agenda for a today's vote. To release prisoners with less than 50K bail. They determined that it would be too expensive to build a new jail to replace a hazardous and unsafe one.

Is that a “yes” or a “no”?

 

[Zelos Ravioli]

The attachment didnt open up, I wondered, I suppose they meant unlicensed electrical contractor, not just CA unlicensed electrician?

 

[ptonsparky]

The attachment didnt open up, I wondered, I suppose they meant unlicensed electrical contractor, not just CA unlicensed electrician?

*The Contractor*...."completed the interior remodeling job with the help of eight unlicensed subcontractors,"

TC was unlicensed and un just about anything.

 

[Jraef]

Who the heck signs a contract for $222k in interior remodeling of a home, but doesn’t check for the contractor’s license?

There should be a parallel “dumbass” justice system, like forcing them to work for Habitat for Humanity for a couple of years…

 

[norcal]

Who the heck signs a contract for $222k in interior remodeling of a home, but doesn’t check for the contractor’s license?

There should be a parallel “dumbass” justice system, like forcing them to work for Habitat for Humanity for a couple of years…

They should be swinging a sledge hammer turning boulders into aggregate, with 3 meals a day of boiled okra, not fried, or pickled, only BOILED, okra. For those who don't know, boiling okra creates a slime with the consistency of snot, the other two ways of preparing okra are actually pretty good.

 

[tortuga]

I know I sound like a broken record, but having lived and worked in CA, as I suggested about your recent code change proposal @mtnelect , put your intentions of gold into closing that general B loophole.
That general B loophole is the size of your state.