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JUNE 2010 • Vol. 34, Issue No. 6 

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BA tradition of excellence. 

Get Involved.You’ll 

be Glad You Did. 

By Kevin Burns, CLT 

Catherine Greer of Greer Gardens and 

Kevin Burns, CLT of Maximum Service 

Landscaping represented the SF Bay Area 

Chapter CLCA at the 2010 “Day At The 

Capitol” arranged by the Construction 

Industry Legislative Council (CILC). The 

event was preceded by CLCA’s Grass Roots 

Training Day, an annual event coordinated 

by CLCA’s Legislative Committee and staff. 

These events are held each year to help 

train members new to California’s political 

process on how to to meet with their 

respective Assembly Members and State 

Senators to seek support or opposition to 

bills currently being considered. 

The Grass Roots Training began Tuesday 

afternoon, April 20. Larry Rohlfes and Shari 

Collins, CLCA Director of Legislation, 

welcomed us and explained the goals of 

grass roots training. Rick Rivas, Director of 

Public Affairs for the Civil Justice 

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June 5: Awards Banquet 

Aloha! 

Join us on June 5, at the University 

Club of Palo Alto for the annual 

San Francisco Bay Area 

Chapter Awards Banquet/Luau 

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated 

in this year’s awards program! From the entrants, 

to the judges, to the drivers, to the awards 

committee, to the sponsors and everyone in 

between! There is a lot of work and preparation that goes into preparing entries and 

planning the event. But, it’s all over now -- except for the celebrations! 

Now is the time to enjoy. Please join us at the beautiful University Club of Palo 

Alto for an Hawaiian themed Luau. Let your hair down, put on your favorite 

Hawaiian shirt and maybe even shorts and sandals (if the weather cooperates). 

We’ll see if the bartender can handle some special drinks with little umbrellas in them 

to get us all in the mood. 

When: Saturday, June 5, 2010 

5 p.m. until we close it up! 

Where: 

The University Club of Palo Alto 

3277 Miranda Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304 

(650) 493-3972 

Cost: 

RSVP: 

$ 85 Per Person 

Lesley Peters, (650) 941-4093 or gpland@sbcglobal.net 

Directions: From Highway 280: Take Page Mill East, towards Palo Alto. Turn right 

on Foothill Expressway. Turn left on Hillview Avenue. Make an 

immediate left on Miranda Avenue (Miranda is an access road for 

Foothill Expressway). The club is the 3rd entrance on the right. 

Girvin Peters, winner of the raffle at the May 

meeting, with Mike Hertzer who donated the 

basket. 

From Highway 101: Take Oregon Expressway West, towards 280. Turn 

left on Foothill Expressway. Turn left on Hillview Avenue. Make an 

immediate left on Miranda Avenue (Miranda is an access road for 

Foothill Expressway). The club is the 3rd entrance on the right.

2010 SF Bay Area Chapter Contacts 

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 

JIM EVERETT (650) 363-0740 

EvLand LLC 

evland@sbcglobal.net 

PRESIDENT 

RICK CAMIN (650) 964-1078 

Camin Landscaping 

rick@caminland.com 

VICE PRESIDENT / MEMBERSHIP CHAIR 

JAMES WALKER (650) 333-2021 

Landsculpt 

landsculpt@earthlink.net 

TREASURER 

NATE CROSBY (408) 417-5137 

Crosby Landscaping crosbyyardservices@gmail.com 

SECRETARY 

LARRY SCOTT (408) 687-1104 

Integrity Landscape Services integmail@comcast.net 

ASSOCIATE LIAISON 

ROB LEUER (510) 896-5985 

Bamboo Pipeline rleuer@bamboopipeline.com 

AUXILIARY PRESIDENT 

LESLEY PETERS (650) 941-4093 

gpland@sbcglobal.net 

AUXILIARY TREASURER 

CHARLENE OTT (650) 948-7858 

leoott@sbcglobal.net 

AUXILIARY VICE PRESIDENT 

DIANA WHITNEY (650) 941-9677 

diana@samscaping.com 

AUXILIARY SECRETARY 

JILL HERTZER 

STUDENT CLUB PRESIDENT 

VAL VANCE 

vjvance@gmail.com 

BAY BREEZE EDITOR 

JERRIE BEARD voice (530) 621-1701 

Jerrie Beard & Associates fax (530) 621-2043 

jsb@beardassociates.com 

CLCA State Headquarters 

1491 River Park Drive, Ste. 100 

Sacramento CA 95815-8899 

(916) 830-2780 • (800) 448-2522 

(916) 830-2788 Fax • email: hq@clca.org 

CLCA Mission Statement 

The California Landscape Contractors Association 

serves the interests of its members, promotes 

professionalism, and advances public awareness of 

the landscape industry. 

The CLCA SFBA Chapter newsletter is published monthly. 

Copy and advertising deadlines are the 10th of the 

month preceding publication. Please send all copy, 

black & white photos, line art and ad materials to: Jerrie 

Beard & Associates, 1024 Simon Dr., Ste. F, Placerville 

CA 95667. Emailed submissions are also welcome at 

jsb@beardassociates.com. For information on advertising 

and rates, contact Jerrie Beard at (530) 621-1701. 

Articles submitted are subject to approval and modification. 

Chapter or Editor are not liable for misprints or 

errors, and do not necessarily agree with opinions 

expressed in byline articles. Articles may be used by 

other CLCA chapter newsletters, giving proper credit to 

their source. 

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Partners for 

uccess 

By Rob Leuer, Bamboo Pipeline Inc. 

This important program helps to make possible may of our Chapter’s activities including 

the Dinner Meetings, Awards Night, Holiday Party, Golf Tournament, Garden Tour, 

Education, and Student Sponsorship. 

We would like to Thank the following companies for their commitment to Partners For 

Success in 2010: 

DIAMOND PARTNERS 

AG Sod • Ewing • Hunter Industries • Lyngso Garden Materials • Pacific Nurseries 

The Garden Route Co. 

PLATINUM PARTNERS 

Colony Landscape • Samscaping, Inc. • Tractor Equipment Supply 

Landscape Contractors Insurance Services 

GOLD PARTNERS 

Bamboo Pipeline • Landmark Landscapes 

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 

Village Gardner • Lyngso Garden Materials • Hunter Industries • Ewing 

GARDEN TOUR 

Astrid Gaiser • Leo & Charlene Ott • Jolee Horne Landscape Design • Landscapia 

STUDENT SPONSORSHIP 

EvLand LLC • Girvin Peters Landscape 

Thanks again to all of our partners! Remember to show your appreciation by supporting 

those who support your Chapter. If you would like to become involved with this important 

program, please contact Rob Leuer at (510) 896-5985, or email: rleuer@bamboopipeline. 

And don’t forget, we can accept payments via MasterCard or Visa. 

A Message from the President 

April’s Bountiful Harvest! 

By Rick Camin, Camin Landscaping 

It was such a joy for me to have witnessed Competition from unlicensed operators, 

the recent accomplishments of three hard similar to the water issue that has 

working chapter board members. The seeds challenged our industry for many decades, 

of their accomplishments were planted long has been a thorn in the side for many 

ago, but the fruits of their labors came this members. It is perhaps the most sensitive 

past April as a benefit to be shared by all topic among members. I have personally 

members. These selfless individuals all witnessed many heated debates over this 

possess a unique passion toward a certain topic. Some members think fighting the 

cause that I highly respect and admire. unlicensed operator cause should be 

On April 24th, I helped with the CLCA CLCA's top priority while others feel that 

booth at the “Slow the Flow” event at resources would be better spent elsewhere 

Foothill College. This event was designed to because the fight against unlicensed 

educate the public on water conservation. operators is futile. We are very proud and 

Our own Frank Niccoli was one of the fortunate to have Kevin Burns representing 

speakers. It was at this event that I thought our chapter for the past few years in 

to myself how Frank really nailed it on how spearheading the fight against unlicensed 

important water conservation is to our operators. Kevin has been instrumental in 

industry and future. I can hear you say, “Of developing a closer relationship and 

course it is, we have been in a drought for working with the Contractors State License 

the past couple of years.” However, it was Board in the fight against unlicensed 

Frank who recognized the importance of operatorss. 

water conservation long before our last 

On April 19th, Kevin and fellow CLCA 

drought hit. I remember him telling us members Catherine Greer, Jim Link, 

repeatedly at board meetings years ago that Michael and Kim Gladden, Bill Buchin and 

when the drought finally does come, “Be Bob and Grace Kirtley picketed outside the 

ready!” Not only did Frank issue a stern San Mateo Courthouse during a case heard 

warning for all to hear, he contributed an inside the courthouse of an unlicensed 

enormous amount of time preparing CLCA operator taking advantage of an elderly 

members to “be ready” and positioned for man to the tune of $114,000. It just so 

the drought. As director of the CLCA State happened a local news station was covering 

Resource Management Committee, his the story and talked with Kevin. He spoke 

dynamic committee developed and 

on camera about the impact of unlicensed 

implemented the Certified Water 

operators on the economy from lost tax 

Management Certification Program that revenues. View the story and video at: 

gave all CLCA members the perfect 

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/storysection= 

opportunity to take advantage of serving news/7_on_your_side&id=7394802. 

and educating the public while increasing Kevin did a great job on camera. I was 

sales within their own company. The “Slow proud of him and all the members who 

the Flow” event, in my opinion, was a represented CLCA that day. Everyone on 

celebration of Frank’s hard work and his the board knows how hard Kevin has been 

selfless commitment to educate members working to protect our industry against 

and the public on the importance of water unlicensed operators, so it was a thrill to 

conservation. Kudos Frank! 

watch Kevin speak on television and 

deliver our message to a broad local 

audience. Great job Kevin on your ten 

seconds of fame! 

To say April was a busy month for 

James Walker is a huge understatement 

considering what he accomplished for our 

chapter. Not only did James do a fabulous 

job hosting and organizing Membership 

Night on April 15th, but he also put 

together a great Chapter Project Design 

Competition that involved contractors, 

designers and Foothill College horticulture 

students. The students’ assignment was to 

design the upcoming Chapter Project using 

CLCA contractors and APLD designers as 

their mentors. As our Student Liaison, 

James has been planning for a long time to 

have contractors interact more with Foothill 

College students enrolled in the horticulture 

department. The competition was a great 

success. As I sat at the lunch barbeque on 

April 7, where they announced the top 

three winners of the competition, I was very 

proud of James. He really pulled it off with 

great help from Brandon Stewart, Foothill 

College student, and Dave Sauter, Foothill 

College professor. I had the pleasure of 

participating in the competition and heard 

nothing but overwhelmingly positive 

feedback from everyone involved. All the 

designs submitted were incredible and 

proudly displayed at Membership 

Night where the top three winners were 

announced to the attending members. 

Fantastic job James! 

As you just read, last April was an 

incredible and successful month for our 

chapter. I can't recall a more enjoyable and 

productive time in all the years I have been 

a board member. Although the seeds were 

planted long ago, April produced a great 

harvest for our chapter thanks to the 

exceptionally hard work of Frank, Kevin 

and James. 

I'm sure you have a strong passion 

regarding a certain facet in our industry. 

Please come to our next board meeting and 

share your ideas. Plant the seeds for our 

next bountiful harvest. 

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T 

he Board Meets 

By Larry Scott 

The SFBA Chapter 

board met April 29, at 

Peninsula Building 

Materials, Mountain View Showroom. 

Meeting Called to Order at 5:33 p.m. by 

Rick Camin, chapter president. 

Roll Call 

Nate Crosby, Bob Kirtley, Charlene Ott, 

Kevin Burns, Jim Everett, James Walker, 

Rick Camin, Rob Leuer, Larry Scott, 

Brandon Stewart, Christine Hawkins. 

Minutes 

Larry Scott presented the March 2010 Board 

Meeting minutes for review by the Board. 

Motion made by Kevin Burns to approve 

the minutes, seconded by Bob Kirtley. 

Motion passed. 

Treasurer’s Report 

Nate Crosby presented the March 2010 

Treasurer’s report for review by the Board. 

Motion made by Kevin Burns to approve 

the report, seconded by Bob Kirtley. Motion 

passed. 

Women’s Auxiliary 

Charlene Ott reported on the upcoming 

meeting, LEAF raffle, and led a discussion 

on ideas for the Holiday party in December. 

Education 

Nate Crosby gave a dynamic report on the 

Brown Bag Lunch program, discussed the 

upcoming field trip to the Smart Transfer 

Station recycling plant in Sunnyvale and 

reported on the “Slow The Flow” seminar 

at Foothill College. 

Foothill College Horticulture Student 

Club member Brandon Stewart discussed 

field trips and upcoming elections. 

Partners For Success 

Rob Leuer gave a report on collection 

efforts, discussed replacing missing banner. 

Chapter Project 

James Walker reported on delay of Chapter 

Project and possibility of selecting an 

alternate site. 

Membership 

James Walker discussed quarterly 

membership outreach. 

Bay Breeze 

Rick Camin reported on reduction of flyers 

in “Bay Breeze” to save costs. 

Awards 

Bob Kirtley gave report on the welcome 

dinner for the judges and the awards 

processing. 

Golf Tournament 

Larry Scott led discussion on potential 

venues for Golf Tournament to be held in 

September or October. 

Underground Economy 

Kevin Burns reported on his visit to the 

State Capitol in Sacramento and various 

efforts to curb the underground economy. 

Garden Tour 

Rick Camin reported that the Garden Tour 

will be held sometime in August. 

Additions 

Rick Camin gave a report on the speaker for 

the upcoming May meeting. 

Rick Camin adjourned meeting at 7:53 p.m. 

Education Sustainable Brown Bag 

Lunch Style... with a SMaRT Twist. 

By Nate Crosby of Crosby Landscaping, CLCA-SFBA Chapter treasurer and education chairperson 

On Tuesday, May 4, we had another 

educational Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) at the 

SMaRT Transfer Station in Sunnyvale, CA. 

So, we had to let the 25 tour goers eat 

before this event, but, it was well worth the 

settled bellies. The SMaRT Transfer Station 

is where the trash from the residents and 

businesses located within the cities of 

Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Palo Alto 

gets sorted and then sent out for recycling, 

reuse, or to the landfill. 

So what does this have to do with the 

CLCA and landscaping Well, quite a bit. In 

addition to processing regular trash, 

they also shred all yard waste and 

return it to the community for use 

in their gardens as mulch or 

compost. The facility even recycles 

PVC and HDPE materials. In spite 

of all the facility does in 2-3 hours 

of sorting to limit the amount going 

to the landfill, they still haul more 

than 60,000 tons or refuse a year to 

the Morgan Hill area to sit in the 

land of “away and forgotten.” 

Chapter members really enjoyed the 

tour. Jeff Sheehan of Confidence 

Landscaping mentioned that, “…seeing this 

makes the separation of waste materials 

that much more worthwhile… we need to 

do more…everyone needs to understand 

the impact each of us have with our 

‘throwaway’ mentality.” Rick Camin of 

Camin Landscaping stated, “This was an 

excellent CLCA chapter event. The SMaRT 

station is a very efficient operation.” Julie 

Orr of Julie Orr Designs enjoyed the tour so 

much that she even provided the photos. 

We had great attendance for this BBL. 

Deva Luna of EarthCare Landscaping 

invented the concept of having monthly 

BBL’s. Thank you Deva for all you do for 

the committee and sustainability! 

I’d like to thank another very special 

person on the CLCA-SFBA chapter’s 

education committee: Heidi Johnson of 

HKJohnson & Associates. She did a 

fantastic job selecting and setting up this 

Above: Jeff Sheehan 

and others see how 

everything gets 

‘opened up’ for the 

sorting area. 

Right: Foothill college 

student, Chanda 

Stewart, and tour 

group see that sorting 

is a big job. 

tour. Heidi is an amazing person and a real 

asset to the education committee. She has 

successfully planned out most, if not all, of 

the BBL’s for the past year. Thanks Heidi! 

Keep in mind that the education 

committee is continuing BBL’s, at noon, on 

the first Tuesday of each month. Subjects 

include networking and venues that 

educate all of us in some aspect of 

‘sustainability’ of our professional and 

personal lives. You can find updates to the 

CLCA-SFBA chapter website calendar or e- 

vite invitations about the next sustainable 

BBL. See you then! 

Above: Tour group finds out what ‘green waste’ 

turns into and how it piles up. 



W 

available prior to the awards banquet by 

omen’s Auxiliary Report 

contacting any Women’s Auxiliary 

member or you may purchase tickets the 

In my June article last year, the Sharks had local colleges (Foothill College, College of evening of the banquet. The prizes are: 

CLCA SFX 2010 

already been booted from the Stanley Cup San Mateo and San Francisco City 

Grand Prize: 

in San Jose July 21 to 24 

playoffs. This year, as of May 20, they are 

in the third round (Western Conference 

Finals, yeah!), but down 0-2 to Chicago. 

I’m not sure whether to be optimistic or 

not. I’ll go out on a limb and say we may 

miss the Awards Banquet if the Sharks are 

playing at home in the Stanley Cup finals! 

We raised $95 for College Enrichment 

at the monthly dinner meeting raffle at 

Celia’s in Menlo Park on May 13. Thank 

you Carmen Biland for selling tickets and 

thank you Jill and Mike Hertzer for 

making the Margarita basket, won by… 

Girvin Peters! Two months in a row now 

Girvin is the winner. The raffles are not 

rigged. Trust me. Girvin is just a lucky 

College) and we have had a good 

response from San Francisco. But, due to 

state budget cuts, the College of San 

Mateo will not be offering classes in the 

Horticulture program starting Fall 2010. 

We held our second Auxiliary meeting 

of the year on Wednesday, May 19, at 

Beauséjour Restaurant Francais in Los 

Altos. We had 13 members in attendance 

and had a lively discussion about all sorts 

of things. Thank you Millie Crosby for 

signing up as our Holiday Party chair. We 

discussed some interesting new ideas for 

the holiday party and hopefully, I will 

have a report on the event next month. 

Our annual raffle benefiting LEAF 

A getaway to the Cavallo Point Lodge 

at Fort Baker in Sausalito and dinner 

for 2 at Murray Circle ( CLCA) 

2nd Prize: 

Dinner for two at the Left Bank 

Brasserie in San Jose at Santana Row, 

Menlo Park or Larkspur ( CLCA) 

3rd Prize: 

LEAF raffle basket (Vivian and Craig 

Rapp) 

4th Prize: 

Wine Tasting Basket (Vicky and Simon 

Parrott) 

5th Prize: 

Four tickets to Gilroy Gardens Theme 

Park (Gilroy Gardens) 

You and your family are invited to join 

California Landscape Contractors 

Association friends and colleagues for the 

2010 Summer Family Extravaganza. Held in 

the heart of Silicon Valley, this event offers 

you and your family an economical 

summer vacation, and is focused on helping 

you connect — with yourself, your team, 

your clients and your future. With an 

educational focus on marketing and 

profiting from sustainability, these 

connections will help you overcome tight 

financial times and cloudy economic 

conditions. The schedule is packed with 

family fun and networking, guaranteeing 

that you will have fun! 

guy! Thank you everyone who supports (Landscape Educational Advancement Celebrating birthdays in June are: Jill 

Keynote Speaker 

our dinner meeting raffles. 

Foundation) is at the Awards Banquet Crudup on June 15, Girvin Peters on June 

Our current economy has many of us 

Our new College Enrichment grant Saturday, June 5, at the University Club of 16, and Vivian Rapp on June 23. Enjoy 

believing that we are at the mercy of forces 

applications have been sent to our three Palo Alto. Tickets are $10 each and are your special day! Go Sharks! 

beyond our control. There is no denying the 

impact it has had. Business has suffered. 

There’s been an industry shakeout unlike 

any seen in recent times. And at the 

moment it looks like recovery is still well 

past the horizon. 

Even so, business continues. Why are 

some landscape contractors still thriving 

while others are closing down What do the 

successful ones have that gives them the 

power to work with, around, and through 

the forces that seem to have so much 

control over our destinies 

Keynote speaker and business 

performance trainer Doug Carter will not 

only explain it, but send you home 

energized and equipped to rise to the 

challenges in this, or any, economic climate. 

Keynote Speaker Doug Carter will 

present Friday, July 23, 7:30-11:45 a.m. 

Seminars 

•Sustainable Is Obtainable, Part III - Green 

guru Frank Niccoli 

•Standing Out In The Crowd: How to 

differentiate your company in the 

residential market - Facilitated by 

Education Director Steve Jacobs, CLP, CLT 

•Connect Your Company With The Water 

Availability - Green guru Frank Niccoli 

•Social Networking - Barbara Landrith, 

Netizen Extraordinaire 

Networking Opps 

•Golf Tournament 

•Pub Crawl 

•Annual Softball Game 

•Women’s Auxiliary Dinner and Auction 

•Pool Party 

•Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 

Hotel 

The Fairmont San Jose 

170 S. Market Street 

San Jose, CA 95113 

(800) 346-5550 

Reference CLCA 2010 Summer Meeting to 

access the room block and group discount. 

Room Rate: $111/night (plus tax) 

Information and Registration 

Visit www.clca.us/summer or call CLCA 

HQ at (800) 448-2522. 

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(continued from page 1: Get Involved...) 

Association of California and James P. 

Mayer, Executive Director of California 

Forward discussed what’s at stake in the 

2010 Elections and responsible budget 

reform. After a break, CLCA’s Lobbyist 

Parke Terry provided a legislative 

overview and went over the CLCA Issue 

Papers we would discuss the next day with 

our legislators. We wrapped up the day 

with two California State Assembly 

Members, The Honorable Connie Conway 

(34th Assembly District) and The 

Honorable Bill Emmerson (63rd Assembly 

District). 

The CILC “Day At The Capitol”, held 

Wednesday, April 21, started early in the 

Sacramento Convention Center. Assembly 

Member Roger Niello (5th Assembly 

District) discussed 21st Century Sales & Use 

Tax while other issues were covered by 

Attorney Bill Porter and Sam Abdulaziz. 

Issues regarding licensing laws and the 

underground economy were covered by 

Steve Sands, Mike Brown and David Fogt 

from the Contractors State License Board. 

Our lunchtime Keynote Speaker, Ward 

Connerly, a political activist and former 

University of Califormia Regent, shared his 

views regarding ways that California can 

dig out of the hole we’re in. After lunch it 

was off to the Capitol. 

Catherine met with Peter Hartnett, 

Legislative Director in the office of 

Assembly Member Ira Ruskin (21st 

Assembly District) and I met with 

Assembly Member Jerry Hill (19th District). 

We were both scheduled to meet with 

Senator Leland Yee but schedules were very 

tight and the Senator’s previous meeting 

ran long so I had to leave the Senator’s 

office in order to keep my meeting with 

Assembly Member Hill. But it all worked 

out well and we were able to meet with 

Above: Kevin Burns, 

Catherine Greer and 

Assembly Member 

Jerry Hill. 

At right: David Fogt 

and Steve Sands 

(CSLB) being 

introduced by Sam 

Abdulaziz. 

them all. We were provided the opportunity 

to present our issue papers, state our case 

and found our positions were met with 

agreement across the board. 

We covered many issues from contract 

requirements that materials not be 

produced in sweatshops to a proposal to 

withhold 3% of all subcontractor payments 

to cover state income tax, to a bill that 

Above: Catherine Greer and Senator 

Leland Yee. 

proposes repealing Mechanics Lien rights. 

Most important to us was a bill introduced 

by Senator Mark Leno (Senate District 3). 

SB1254 authorizes the Registrar of 

Contractors to issue a stop order to any 

licensed or unlicensed contractor who as an 

employer has failed to secure workers’ 

compensation insurance coverage for his or 

her employees. As we left the Capital we 

felt gratified that our voice was heard and 

felt we received support for issues 

important to us. And, our legislators 

thanked us for taking the time to help them 

to understand why these issues are 

important. 

Earlier in the week, Catherine and I 

worked with other SF Bay Area CLCA 

contractors to bring public awareness to the 

underground economy and how unlicensed 

operatorss adversely affect our 

communities. Focusing on tax evasion and 

how that equates to diminishing vital 

services -- public schools, police and fire 

protection, emergency medical response, 

etc. -- we staged a civil protest in South San 

Francisco at the San Mateo County Superior 

Court Northern Branch.We were there 

because a case involving a convicted 

unlicensed operator who victimized a 

retired Hillsborough resident was 

scheduled for a restitution hearing that was 

being covered by ABC 7 On Your Side. 

Michael Finney’s coverage included footage 

of Michael Gladden, McClintock Landscape 

Corp., who works as an industry expert for 

the Contractors State License Board who 

was instrumental in securing an agreement 

for the defendant, Ediberto Heredia, to pay 

the homeowner, Gordon Curry, $114,800.00 

in restitution over the next three years. 

Great job Michael! Check out: 

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/storysection= 

news/7_on_your_side&id=7394802. 

The reporter shooting the footage, Randall 

Yip, had just enough time to stop and talk 

to us on the courthouse steps and the 7 On 

Your Side piece included footage of our 

groups protest with my explanation that the 

underground economy in California is $140 

Billion Dollars of untaxed revenue which is 

estimated at $6.5 Billion Dollars in 

uncollected tax revenue. This news was 

broadcast on ABC’s six o’clock news and 

hopefully received plenty of notice. Now 

we’re energized. We’ve got some great signs 

made up and plans for similar events where 

news coverage may be possible. 

Now is an unbelievably good time to get 

involved. Your participation can make a 

huge difference to help level the playing 

field for legitimate licensed contractors. 

Please give me a call (650) 343-0011 to find 

out how you can be part of the solution. It 

does require a bit of work but the payoff is 

unbelievably gratifying. And more hands 

make less work. We learn a lot from each 

other as we work together and actually 

have a lot of fun in the process. Get 

involved. You’ll be glad you did. 

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Opportunity Knocks! 

Chapter Seeking Awards Chair. 

By Bob Kirtley, 2010 Awards Chairperson 

After several years as SFBA Chapter Awards Chairperson, I will 

be stepping down next year. I encourage anyone who is interested 

in taking on this great event to talk to me at the banquet about 

joining the committee and seeing what a wonderful group of 

contractors and vendors we work with to produce this show every 

year. I will make myself available to guide you through this 

process and make it as simple as possible. This is truly a great 

experience! 

I would also like to hear from anyone who is interested in 

discussing their thoughts on how to make the awards program 

better. We would like to have a general discussion session 

sometime in late June or early July to “brainstorm” ideas to 

improve this program. I invite one and all to this free and open 

exchange of your ideas. That’s what makes our chapter one of the 

best in the state!! Watch for details. 

SFBA Chapter Scholarship Funds 

The SFBA Chapter has established several scholarship funds 

through the Landscape Educational Advancement Foundation 

(LEAF). Following are the fund balances. 

SFBA Chapter....................................................$ 5,164.95 

John Lyngso Honorarium................................$10,811.94 

Herbert Frank Memorial .................................$15,975.00 

Hans Biland Memorial.....................................$10,425.00 

Bill Hayes Memorial ........................................$13,205.00 

G. Kunimoto Memorial....................................$11,870.00 

Ken Jenner Memorial ......................................$11,917.15 

Paul Shogren Memorial...................................$15,770.43 

Edron Schneider Memorial .............................$10,950.00 

To make a donation to one of these funds or establish a fund of 

your own, send a check payable to "LEAF" to: 

CLCA, 1491 River Park Drive, #100, Sacramento, CA 95815-8899 

or contact Mary Cohen-LEAF Chair at (408) 867-7746. Please 

indicate which fund you would like to support. 

Slow the Flow: Connecting CLCA 

Water Managers with the Community 

By Nate Crosby of Crosby Landscaping, CLCA-SFBA Chapter Treasurer and Education Chairperson 

On Saturday, April 24th, 2010, The Foothill 

College Horticultural Department and the 

many motivated students put on a 1-day 

conference for their community. Over 180 

residents attended the seminars with many 

great and knowledgeable industry leading 

speakers including CLCA members Frank 

Niccoli, Peter Estournes, and Tom Bressan. 

Attendees used the day to learn more about 

subjects including irrigation, rainwater 

harvesting, sustainable landscaping, and 

lawn conversions. 

Thank you to Rick Camin of Camin 

Landscaping, Frank Niccoli of the Village 

Gardener, Sean Garrone of Green Shelter 

Landscaping, and Peter Estournes of 

Gardenworks Inc. for ‘manning’ the CLCA 

booth. It was great to see the CLCA 

supporting this well attended Foothill 

College community outreach event. I felt 

very welcome in our booth, as we were 

nestled in next to the booths of some of our 

regular and associate CLCA members. The 

CLCA booth was fantastic! We had the right 

resources providing attendees with 

information on CLCA’s Water Management 

Certification program and a list of certified 

water managers, so that attendees could 

find a contractor best suited to their water 

management needs. 

I was pleasantly encouraged that 

attendees wanted to hire certified water 

managers. Despite the fact that local 

reservoirs are refilling, people are still 

concerned about water conservation. 

Thank you to the Foothill College 

Horticultural Department staff and its 

students including: David Sauter, Dan 

Svenson, and Mike Diefenbach for making 

this a great day. 

Above: Frank Niccoli and Peter Estournes at the 

Slow the Flow event, are happy to get the word 

out to the public: CLCA Water Managers save 

you water! 

Picture taken by Rick Camin 

(408) 266-1717 

f (408) 264-1717 

License #472305 

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1593 Koch Lane, San Jose, CA 95125 

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San Francisco 

Bay Area Chapter 

CLCA 

FIRST CLASS 

PRESORTED 

PERMIT #14 

SHINGLE SPRINGS, CA 

95682 

California Landscape Contractors Association 

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter 

1024 Simon Dr., Ste. F 

Placerville CA 95667 

CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED 

SFBA Chapter 

Events 

June 2010 

1 Brown bag lunch meeting - noon to 

1 pm. See chapter website. 

5 Chapter Awards Banquet. 

University Club, Palo Alto. See p. 1. 

8 Education Committee Meeting. For 

details, contact Nate Crosby at 

(408) 417-5137. 

24 Chapter Board meeting, 5 p.m. 

social, 5:30 p.m. meeting. Peninsula 

Building Materials, Mountain View. 

July 2010 





(408) 417-5137. 

21-24 CLCA Summer Family 

Extravaganza. San Jose. Visit 

www.clca.us/summer. 




August 2010 





(408) 417-5137. 

26 Chapter Board BBQ. TBA. 

September 2010 



12 Chapter Picnic. Details TBA. 

TBA Chapter Golf Tournament. 



(408) 417-5137. 




October 2010 





(408) 417-5137. 

14 Dinner Meeting. Details TBA. 




November 2010 





(408) 417-5137.

June - CLCA San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

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