By Lam, Shun On February 12, 2025, the Contractors State Licensing Board (CSLB) announced a joint operation with the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office and the San Mateo Police Department in an undercover sting. The operation identified 13 individuals Continue reading
By Grant Marcketta On September 22, 2024, Governor Newsom signed the Contractors State Licensing Board’s (CSLB) sunset bill, SB 1455 (Ashby) (Chapter 485, Statutes of 2024), which extends the Board’s sunset date to January 1, 2029. SB 1455 amends section Continue reading
By Grant Marcketta At its September 19, 2024, meeting, CSLB discussed the implementation of AB 2622 (Carillo) (Chapter 240, Statutes of 2024), which amended sections 7027.2 and 7048 of the Business and Professions Code to raise the threshold of the Continue reading
By Erol Kilic On December 21, 2023, CSLB published its Sunset Review Report in preparation for its Sunset Review Oversight hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. The Board’s enabling Continue reading
By Erol Kilic On December 6, 2023, the Contractors State Licensing Board (CSLB) announced a joint operation with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that successfully identified nine unlicensed contractors in a Monterey Continue reading
By Emily Powers On April 28, 2023, the Contractors State Licensing Board of California (CSLB) proposed a new regulation to address Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). According to the Board’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BESS are separate electrical systems that Continue reading
By Lauren Holappa On July 1, 2022, SB 607 (Min) (Chapter 367, Statutes of 2021) took effect. The bill applies to the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Continue reading
By Lauren Holappa At its August 31, 2022, Quarterly Board Meeting, the California State License Board (CSLB) discussed how to address issues involving unlicensed contractors or the “underground economy.” According to CSLB, 18-20 percent of all consumer complaints received by Continue reading
By Thomas A.T. Ferrari At its January 26, 2022 meeting, the Contractors State License Board’s (CSLB) Legislative Committee, heard an update on SB 216 (Dodd), a Board-sponsored bill pertaining to workers’ compensation. Staff reported that the bill has become a Continue reading
By Thomas A. T. Ferrari At the November 29, 2021 Contractors State License Board (CSLB) meeting, the Board considered whether to approve proposed regulatory text to amend sections 810, 831, 832.10, and 832.46, Title 16 of the California Code of Continue reading
