Authorities seek to warn Station fire victims about illegal contractors

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Leslie Teltoe

September 16, 2009 | 7:00 am
L.A. Now
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/authorities-seek-to-warn-station-fire-victims-about-illegal-contractors.html

State authorities will be fanning out this morning across areas charred by the huge Station fire, posting warning signs to alert homeowners about illegal contractors.

Investigators with the fraud team of the Contractors State License Board will be posting the signs and talking to residents.

“We do everything we can to make sure these homeowners aren’t victimized a second time,” said contractors board Registrar Steve Sands.

The agency offers advice on its Web page to help protect consumers from being victimized by unlicensed contractors:

(http://www.cslb.ca.gov/CONSUMERS/HireAContractor/FindingTheRightContractor.asp )

– Robert J. Lopez

About Leslie Teltoe

I am the Administrator and on the Executive Committee for the San Fernando Valley Long Term Recovery Group. Also, I am the Disaster Coordinator for Do Your Part (www.doyourpart.org) and a National Director for the Citizen Action Team Relief Database (www.citizencommandcenter.org).
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One Response to Authorities seek to warn Station fire victims about illegal contractors

  1. Rob Brown says:
    September 29, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    FWIW, not all unlicensed contractors are out to rip you off. And, on the otherhand, some Licensed contractors are. So bottomline is…check references, whether they are licensed or not.