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Boyd makes global expansion Uber Ride Transportation alternative arrives in Valley.

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Central Valley manufacturer supports Silicon Valley tech firms

By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor

Superintendent Race For the first time in decades, voters get a choice.

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The Right Blend Lodi tries to balance needs of wine industry and neighbors.

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WHAT’S INSIDE Publisher’s Notes............Page 2 Insight and Analysis......Page 36 Briefs.....................Pages 47, 48 Legals....................Pages 49, 50

MODESTO -- There’s been a huge effort in the Central Valley aimed at luring tech companies from Silicon Valley. However, one player in tech manufacturing has been headquartered in Modesto’s Beard Industrial Park since 1998.

Boyd Corporation makes and provides engineered components that help manage heat and moisture for a variety of products, ranging from airplanes and RVs to smartphones and tablets. It just acquired factories in Asia and Europe to help make those components for some of the biggest names in tech.

“Mobile computing is a big space. So, everybody you can think of in mobile computing,” said President and CEO Mitch Aiello. “For sure, Apple is part of the customer set here with the new acquisition, but Samsung, LG, Amazon, what was Motorola mobility, now it’s part of Google, and they’ve actually

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Boyd Corporation’s President and CEO Mitch Aiello visits the floor of the Modesto facility.

able to handle while it continues to operate at a high temperature.

Boyd works with design teams at companies to develop items needed and then manufactures them at plants around the globe. Its Central Valley location is a plus.

spun that again.”

One component Boyd makes that people might be familiar with is something called a horizontal heat spreader, which helps spread heat from a supply source inside an iPhone, for example, so it is comfort-

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“We’re developing new products with the brand owners over there in Silicon Valley. They love it that we have prototype and sampling capability close to them,” AiPlease see BOYD Page 8

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STOCKTON -- Lower interest rates and receding competition from investors mean home buyers in the Central Valley are getting off the sidelines and finally returning to the market.

“We were just ready,” said Carla Cruz as she looked at houses

in Stockton. “We were ready and if we wait longer we aren’t going to get what we want for the price we can manage.”

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Heaven is for Real After watching the newly released movie “Heaven is for Real” (based on a true story) I dashed home to pen my thoughts.

It was thought-provoking, to say the least. Growing up Catholic, I had an idea of what heaven may be like. As a child, I imagined angels floating, passing through golden gates, God checking passports to see if if you had gone to confession and had a clean slate to gain access to heaven. Oh yes, guilt.

Let’s not forget guilt.

Later in life, after reading many books, the idea of heaven was clarified a bit. Now, my adult version of heaven is really quite similar to the new movie and doesn’t stray too far from my younger notions. There are still the floating, singing angels; Jesus accepting everyone that comes a knocking; friends,family, pets, and strangers waiting to greet us; and colors so brilliant with love flowing from everyone and everything, Forgiveness and love are key.

Dr. Wayne Dyer helped me put my thoughts in order about God and unconditional love. Thank you, Wayne.

For the little boy in the movie, it didn’t take a near death experience to see Jesus. He was never clinically dead. he simply left his body and experienced things that his father, a pastor, could not explain. Compelling. This little boy

steals your heart. From the moment I laid eyes on him, he owned me.

Another intriguing component was a young girl from across the globe who had the same experience, only she started painting what she saw.

Jesus is who she painted -the same image as the young boy described.

Whatever your religious beliefs, this is a feel good Sharon movie. Go see Alley Calone it. Personally, I’m a believer in God. You can’t go wrong with love and forgiveness as a moral compass.

I’ll take a movie like this any day. It gives people hope. Enough with ugly reality TV, slasher movies, and all the other trash produced by Hollywood. While I’m up here on my soapbox, is it any wonder our world is so violent, given the crap being fed to us through TV and movies? We need more role models for our children to aspire to be. Stop dumbing us down with ignorant messages. I’m personally burnt out on all of it.

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Parents, encourage your kids to read, write and communicate with their words, Be selective of what you watch, and demand intelligent programming.

We need to get back on track.

Here’s a great way to get started.

The Digital Bookmobile National Tour comes through the Central Valley this month. The tour will make two stops: one at Prescott Junior High in Modesto on May 2 and another at Sherwood Mall at 3 p.m., May 9.

When you visit the Digital Bookmobile, you can learn about the ebooks offered by the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. It’s adding selections every month.

The Digital Bookmobile is housed inside an 18-wheel tractor-trailer.

The 74-foot-long community outreach vehicle is a high-tech version of the bookmobiles library patrons may be familiar with. It features a gadget gal-

lery with Kindle HD, iPad Mini, Android, Galaxy Tablet, Nook HD+, Sony Reader, Windows Phone 8, and more.

You can learn which devices are compatible with the library’s content.

Remember last month we told you about the Port of Stockton’s owls? They live at the Port and help control the rodent population without pesticides. The Port has a live video feed on its website so the public can watch them. They’re a big hit with schoolchildren.

In April, the Port held a contest on its Facebook page and followers named the owls one of the families.

Here are the winning names: the mom is Posey (as in: Port Of Stockton ExpresswaY), Delta, Quinn, Bean, Annie,Timmy and Clyde.

You can see them for yourself at http:// www.portofstockton.com/owl-cams.

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Tesla Motors to bring 125 jobs to Lathrop LATHROP -- Electric car designer and manufacturer Tesla Motors has signed a lease for the 430,000 square foot former Daimler-Chrysler distribution facility in Lathrop, the San Joaquin Partnership said announced.

“I am honored and overjoyed that Tesla has chosen Lathrop for its expanding high-tech manufacturing operations. The new Tesla facility will provide employment in the region for years to come,” said Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal in a press release. “We look forward to working diligently with Tesla to create more opportunities for their continued success. Lathrop is a prime location and a great low cost alternative for expanding Bay Area companies such as Tesla and we see great opportunity in the near future.”

San Joaquin Partnership President & CEO Mike Ammann said the area has a history in the auto industry.

“The region was home to more than 11 first-tier auto part suppliers of the former NUMMI plant, a venture between General Motors and Toyota,” Ammann said. “When the NUMMI plant closed, it left a workforce skilled in the auto industry in San Joaquin County

along with some Class A manufacturing facilities suitable for these users.”

Lathrop was able to provide the “immaculate” facility Tesla needed for the kind of precision assembly work that will be done.

“It’s difficult to find clean buildings that are big enough,” Ammann said.

According to Ammann, staff at the City of Lathrop, Go-Biz (CalBIS Division), San Joaquin County Supervisors Chairman Bob Elliott and County Administrator Monica Nino, and PG&E worked together to help Telsa choose the location. Greg Matter and Bob Taylor with Jones Lang LaSalle represented the client and CBRE Stockton Industrial Team represented the property owner.

“Our team approach to economic development has put us in a position to be successful,” Ammann said.

Ammann said Tesla was able to negotiate some incentives with the state and Lathrop’s fast track permitting helped the deal go through.

Tesla has already posted open positions on its website. It was expected the company would hire 125 workers to start and as many as 500 eventually, Ammann said.

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Artist’s rendering depicting the new dealership.

Infiniti store under construction MODESTO -- The Central Valley Automotive Group has begun construction on its new Infiniti dealership, which will be located on two acres at the southeast corner of McHenry and Claratina Avenue.

The dealership is the latest to update its store. Most of the major dealerships in the Valley have remodeled or moved into new buildings in the past couple of years, primarily as a way of creating brand cohesion with automakers.

Gardner said the new store will be 12,500 square feet, including the service department and will feature plenty of upgrades aimed at creating a good customer experience.

“There will be very nice customer lounge areas for service and sales, as well as luxuries for our luxury car owners,” Gardner said.

While Infiniti allowed very little

leeway as far as brand image, Gardner said he was allowed to choose furnishings, so he purchased from Modesto’s Wardens Office Products.

“We wanted to go local,” Gardner said. “That’s always been our objective.

The same went for construction.

Modesto-based Simile Construction is building the new store.

The move was coordinated with road improvements on McHenry and Claratina scheduled for this summer, according to Gardner.

Gardner would not disclose the cost of the new store, except to say that construction is coming in below budget and he expected rent on the building would be about the same as his current building.

The store is expected to open late this year or in early 2015.

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Denham, McNerney promise bipartisan support for VA center

By KENT HOHLFELD Business Journal writer FRENCH CAMP -- Area veterans were updated on the long delayed VA Central Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic and Community Living Center during an April 25 town hall.

“We will get this done, working together whatever it takes,” said Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton. “This facility will help address the medical needs of our veterans.”

When it will get done seems to be more of an open question. McNerney and Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Modesto, fielded questions on subjects ranging from the proposed clinic to the backlog of VA health claims from area veterans.

The biggest issue on the plate for the congressmen was the proposed facility that will be built north of San Joaquin General Hospital west of Interstate 5.

“This is a bipartisan effort. We will get this done,” said Denham.

The proposed French Camp facility, along with the East Bay Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Fremont (called the Livermore Realignment Major Construction project) was proposed in 2009. The outpatient facility in Fremont would be approximately 180,000 square feet. The planned facility in French Camp would include a 150,000-square-foot outpatient clinic and a 120-bed community living cen-

ter. Together the facilities’ cost was budgeted at $354.3 million.

The land for the San Joaquin facility was acquired in 2011. Since then, the project has languished due to a lack of funding. Currently, only temporary buildings that provide limited services sit on the French Camp site.

“This project hasn’t received the high level of attention from the national leadership in the VA,” said Denham.

“That became apparent in the budget release. Not only was it not funded, it had, in fact, slipped down the priority list from No. 9 to No. 19 (out of 20).

That is simply unacceptable.”

Most of the early work, including design and architecture is already completed. That could help the project get funded prior to some items that may be higher up on the priority list.

“Some of those projects aren’t as far along as ours is,” said Leonardo Flor, Director of the Western Region of the VA’s Office of Construction and Facilities Management. “Portland has a project that is No. 2. That project isn’t anywhere near as far along as our is. While they are No. 2 on that list, I think in reality Livermore will go before Portland.”

Denham believes that funding can and should be put in place so that construction can begin early next year.

Others on the panel were less optimistic about the chances of the facility being funded in the immediate future.

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Rep. Jerry McNerney and Rep. Jeff Denham take questions from veterans during a bipartisan town hall in French Camp.

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Beautification of Lodi’s Sacramento Street ahead of schedule

By SONYA HERRERA Business Journal writer LODI -- Sacramento Street in downtown Lodi is undergoing a $1.2 million piping and landscaping overhaul that will last until mid-July. The construction, which began March 10, is mostly funded by federal dollars and is taking place between Lodi Avenue and Oak Street in the city’s downtown area.

The Sacramento Street Streetscape Project originated in the city of Lodi’s Eastside Mobility and Accessibility Plan. Published in 2006, the plan called for the renovation three major streets — Lodi Avenue, Sacramento Street and Central Avenue — in order to improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility and promote economic growth downtown.

According to Lodi’s Public Works Department Senior Civil Engineer Lyman Chang, the construction area’s new look will effectively echo the theme already visible on Sacramento Street north of Pine Street. He said, however, the city was not seeking to replicate School Street, which runs parallel to Sacramento a block west.

“We were told that Sacramento Street is not School Street; it’s not supposed to mimic the theme or anything else,” said Chang. “So, the only thing we probably copy is just the streetlights that we use... It’s definitely a different theme from School Street.”

Crews have torn up Sacramento Street in preparation for landscaping overhaul.

Sacramento Street’s new facade will feature red brick paving, decorative LED lights and Scarlet Oak trees. The street will also have four benches on the corners of Oak and Walnut streets for tired visitors to rest and enjoy the scenery.

The project was mostly federally funded, with $835,000 of Federal Transportation Enhancement funds having been allocated last year by the California Transportation Commission. The next $436,000, according to City Engineer

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Charles E. Swimley, Jr., came about late in the city’s funding quest from the Regional Surface Transportation Program.

In addition, approximately $200,000 came from the city’s Utility Relocation Work funds, which are for storm drain and water main relocation.

Businesses located on Sacramento Street are still open during construction.

The general contractor of the project, A.M. Stephens Construction Company, has “made access for all the people to ac-

commodate them to get to the businesses and to drive through,” according to job superintendent Chuck Heidinger.

The company’s work, which is a week ahead of schedule, has been praised by Sacramento Street businesses and the city. However, some business owners said they would have preferred earlier notice of the Project, which arrived about a week before construction began.

Mohammed Shoaiv, owner of Pak India Spices at the intersection of Oak and Sacramento streets, said that the City did not give businesses sufficient notice. “They gave us about a week or two weeks ahead of the time... What could you do?” said Shoaiv.

Nancy Lammle, co-owner of Roger’s Railroad Junction and Hobbies, also would have appreciated a greater length of time to prepare.

“Five days before they started digging, we got this paper,” said Lammle, as she held up the city’s official Notice of Construction. Lammle said that had businesses been notified earlier, they could have scheduled sales or done other things to offset the loss in profits.

She also worried the project was poorly timed, as Sacramento Street will be one of few navigable avenues downtown during the Lodi Street Faire on May 4.

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State grad rate Stockton to host college baseball championship tops 80 percent SACRAMENTO -- California’s high school graduation rate was 80.2 percent last year, state Superintendent Tom Torlakson announced Monday.

The nation’s graduation rate was 80 percent as well.

Torlakson said the numbers show the “achievement gap” is closing.

“For the first time in our state’s history, more than 80 percent of our students are graduating—a clear sign of their hard work and the support they receive from their teachers, families, and communities,” Torlakson said.

“We are continuing toward our goal of graduating 100 percent of our students with the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed.”

The graduation rate for the 2012-13 school year in San Joaquin County was 80 percent. In Stanislaus County, it was 82.1 percent.

Keyes Union school district had Stanislaus County’s highest graduation rate at 95.2 percent. In San Joaquin County, Escalon Unified came out on top with a 95 percent graduation rate.

You can see the annual report on the California Department of Education’s website at http://www.cde.ca.gov/.

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STOCKTON -- Banner Island Ballpark will be the site for the 2014 California Collegiate Athletic Association’s Championship, the Stockton Ports and Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau announced.

“The Ports are pleased that the CCAA Championship returns to Banner Island Ballpark again in 2014, and we are excited to watch some great baseball,” said 7th Inning Stretch, LLC President Pat Filippone.

The tournament will begin on Thursday, May 8 and will finish on either Saturday, May 10 or Sunday May 11, if the series needs an extra game. This year’s event will make two consecutive years of the CCAA Baseball Championship will be hosted in Stockton.

The winner of the CCAA Baseball Championship earns an automatic bid into the NCAA West Regional Baseball Tournament.

“Banner Island Ballpark is a terrific venue, one that matches our teams’

quality of play. Holding our tournament in Stockton has helped create a great experience for our teams,” said CCAA Commissioner Mike Matthews.

The California Collegiate Athletic Association currently consists of twelve schools including Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Cal State L.A., Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Stanislaus, Chico State, Humboldt State, San Francisco State, Sonoma State, and UC San Diego.

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eford to Lodi Avenue, unless you go on the east side,” said Lammle.

City Project Manager Gary Wiman said that it is Lodi’s standard practice to notify businesses one week prior to construction, and that everyone is doing their best to finish the project before the dates of other major summer events.

“There’s a bike race downtown in the summer,” said Wiman, referring to the annual Lodi Cyclefest. “This year it’s on July 13, and part of the bike route is Sacramento Street. So, we have to have it done before that bike event.”

The need for dry weather, and the fact that federal funds were required to be spent by 2015, accounted for the March-July time period being selected for construction. Swimley said that the intent behind the federal requirement is to have local governments complete their projects as quickly as possible.

“When you have a federal contract, there’s certain guidelines that come with the funding... that require you to either have it bid by a certain date, or awarded by a certain date, so many months after the funding is allocated,” said Swimley.

“The intent of that is to make sure that agencies aren’t just sitting on money that they were allocated or are just kind of dragging their feet through the design or construction process,” Swimley added. “The government wants to get the project completed.”

The three Public Works officials agreed that businesses will be pleased with the work once its finished.

“We just try to do this project as fast as we can, to minimize the impact on anybody,” said Chang. “At the end of it, they will like the product that we put up.”

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ello said. “They can actually send us an electronic drawing at 9 o’clock in the morning, and we can have a prototype in their hands after lunch.

Those big companies -- Google and Apple -- absolutely adore that. We also do some ramp up of the product to prove out the parts and the manufacturing, and then when it goes to mass production, we shift it to a lowcost geography like China.”

That is where the acquisition comes in. In February Boyd Corporation announced it had bought the Asian and European die-cut businesses of Brady Corporation. Boyd will now have factories in Shenzhen, China; Langfang, China; Wuxi, China; Syke, Germany; Gumi, Korea; Nodinge, Sweden; Chon Buri, Thailand; and, Taipei,Taiwan.

Boyd was founded in 1928 in San Francisco. Back then it was making zippers and boots for miners and loggers. In fact, Boyd Corporation might be a very different company today had Levi Strauss been more open to change.

“One of the ways it came into the market was it was going to market zippers to this little company over in San Francisco that made dungarees -- Levi’s,” said Aiello. “It’s interesting, in the early days Levi’s never bought off on the idea of zippers,

they wanted to maintain the button fly, so (Boyd) started to diversify from there.”

The company moved east as it needed more space. It had facilities in Fresno and then Ceres. It kept its headquarters in Pleasanton until 1998 when it moved to Modesto.

Boyd has also branched out with the kinds of products it makes. In addition to heat management solutions for electronics, Boyd also makes insulation packages for fuselages for planes made by Boeing and Airbus, medical components, and rubber and plastic components for commercial trucks.

While Boyd helps design components, it doesn’t usually hold the patent -- except in one case.

“We do have a really important piece of IP (intellectual property) and that is some very strong patents that we worked very hard to develop and protect in the recreational vehicle space,” Aiello said, referring to seals with parts of varying degrees of hardness that keep out dirt and moisture on RV slide-outs. “Our folks in Elkhart, Indiana came up with a really unique, multiple durometer seal that seals the slideouts when they’re open and also wipes off any dirt or moisture as they’re closing and then snaps in place and seals when they

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Among the components Boyd Corporation makes at its Modesto facility are parts for medical devices.

mechanically close up.”

Aiello said that even with the wide range of products the company helps design and make, he doesn’t have trouble finding talent in Modesto. There are 100 workers at the Modesto facility. About 75 of them work in manufacturing jobs.

Starting pay for those jobs is $12 an hour. Higher-skilled technicians can make as high as $40 an hour.

Boyd Corporation has also been able

to attract workers from the Bay Area.

“We’ve always heard, ‘Oh, you can’t attract top-end talent out to the Central Valley or out to Modesto.’ We haven’t seen that,” Aiello said. ”We’ve been able to, for the most part, get high quality people out of other high-cost real estate marketplaces, and the quality of life out here has been, I think, surprisingly good for those folks that we’ve attracted.”

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How’s the market doing?

The most common question asked of a Realtor is “How’s the market doing?” Everyone wants to know if the market is up or down. Since the real estate market seems to be the fuel behind the steady rise of economic growth, it’s no wonder the question is asked so often. But what most individuals really want to know is how the market is doing in their city, their neighborhood. I hope the information provided below will help you see the overall market for the San Joaquin Valley and more closely with your city.

The table below shows our county’s statistical data along with the cities of Lodi, Stockton, Manteca, and Tracy.

The city of Stockton roughly represents 50 percent of the market share of data which creates a major impact on the figures. So for our area, taking a closer look at each city is just as important and looking at the overall information regarding San Joaquin County.

The evidence above clearly shows a thriving seller’s market. Statistically, whenever we have three months or less of housing inventory it’s considered a “seller’s market.” Our area, like most of the nation, is experiencing a housing shortage. This shortage

is stimulating the steady rise of home prices.

Below are figures concerning the number of homes for sale over a onemonth, one-year, and an 18-month time period.

All information provided above is taken from TrendVision, published April 2014. The Eileen Schamber President, Lodi information does not include coun- Realtors Association ty recorded sales such as homes sold on the courthouse steps or for sale by owner.

Looking at this information will enable us to better predict where our market is headed. It’s pretty easy to see the outlook for 2014 is looking very clearly for prices to continue to rise. Home buyers that choose to sit on the fence today can expect to pay more for a home in the months ahead. Waiting could possibly price themselves out of the American dream of homeownership.

Bringing it home

Number of Homes for Sale Location

1 Month

1 Year

18 Months

San Joaquin Co.

-1.4%

58.1%

32.1%

Lodi

9.3%

60.3%

41%

Stockton

-3.4%

32.9%

21.4%

Manteca

-16.4%

108.2%

25.9%

Tracy

-16.5%

137.5%

52%

Foreclosures down again in February Foreclosure rates in Modesto and Stockton decreased for the month of February over the same period last year, according to data from CoreLogic.

The rate of area foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans in Modesto was 0.88 percent for the month of February. That’s a decrease of 0.59 percentage points compared to February 2013.

In the Stockton-Lodi area, foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans was 0.94 percent for the month of February, a decrease of 0.75 percentage points compared to February 2013 when the rate was 1.69 percent.

The overall foreclosure rate in California was 0.69 percent. In the United States, it was 1.93 percent.

The mortgage delinquency rate also decreased in both areas. In Modesto, 3.23 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent compared to 5.55 percent for the same period last year, representing a decrease of 2.32 percentage points for February.

In Stockton-Lodi in February, 3.49 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent compared to 6.08 percent for the same period last year, representing a decrease of 2.59 percentage points.

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Residential construction expands on 2013’s advances

By CRAIG W. ANDERSON Business Journal writer

Single family building permits are expected to increase 21% in the Valley this year.

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STOCKTON -- Residential construction is beginning to pick up after a year of recovering home prices and the reduction of inventory.

“I think it’s turned and I’m optimistic, but we’ll have to see how it goes,” said Brad Ardis, president of Huff Construction Company, Inc. in Modesto.

“Residential lots are being filled up and there’s a good blend of construction opportunities including medical construction, which has been underserved, retail which depends on consumer purchasing, and the agriculture industry.”

A general contracting firm, Huff Construction works on projects throughout the Central Valley.

“Today, the industry feels more 2002ish,” Ardis said. “We have a healthy climate for work, some stability and despite people being more judicious and lenders more restrictive, it’s a bullish marketplace.”

A new report from the California Building Industry Association indicates new residential construction in the state is undergoing a gradual recovery. “California’s housing units in February surpassed January’s numbers by 14 percent with singlefamily units experiencing significant increases in month-over-month numbers,” the report said.

Residential construction contributes more than $20.7 billion to California’s economy, employs more than 122,000 workers annually and the entire housing industry accounts for 10 percent of all economic activity in the state.

“Construction is returning to normal,” said Jose Rojas, who owns Chief R & M Construction with his brother Miguel in Stockton, a small company that does custom remodeling, renovation and new construction.

He explained that diversifying helped the company survive tough times.

“Business is still tight in Stockton, but we’re still getting calls for cabinet replacements, longer remodeling jobs and insurance work for fire damage.

We do a lot of that here.”

According to CSU Stanislaus’ most recent Business Forecast report, construction employment in the region is expected to increase between 4 and 5 percent this year. Single-family building permits were expected to increase 21 percent after jumping 38 percent last year.

“Considering the recent spike in long-term interest rates and the Federal Reserve’s expected tapering activity in 2014, projections point to strong growth but less than the rates observed in 2013,” said CSU Stanislaus economist Gökçe Soydemir in his report.

New home building is stronger in communities closer to the Bay Area.

Builders throughout the Central Valley who have started restarted developments include: -Standard Pacific Homes in Tracy -Bright Homes in Tracy -Standard Pacific Homes in Mtn. House -Legacy Homes in Lathrop -Meritage Homes in Manteca -Bright Homes in Manteca -Woodside Homes in Lathrop -Atherton Homes in Manteca Please see CONSTRUCTION Page 21

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last five years.

“The prices have risen by an enormous amount over the last year,” said Jeffrey Michael, director of the University of the Pacific Business Forecasting Center.

After watching home values plummet by nearly 80 percent in some cases, area residents have seen prices jump by at least 25 percent in each of the last two years. In Stockton, long the poster child for the foreclosure crisis, prices jumped 28 percent in 2013. In some neighborhoods prices increased by as much 40 percent.

The median price of homes in Modesto rose by 30 percent over the last year.

“Prices had just dropped too low,” said Michael. “Levels were too low in relation to their rental value and that brought in a lot of investors.”

Those investors scooped up thousands of distressed homes. The numbers of those properties sold in foreclosures or short sales have dropped

significantly during the last two years.

At the height of housing collapse, 93 percent of houses listed in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties were classified as distressed properties. Five years later, that percentage was down to 24.8 percent in Stanislaus County and 25 percent in San Joaquin County.

That, combined with an inventory that is near historic lows, has helped boost prices.

“The inventories are creeping up a little bit,” said Michael. “The investors aren’t back in the market as much either. We are still in the range of a sellers’ market.”

Another factor helping the housing market is low interest rates. Rates on 30-year fixed loans are still under 5 percent for many borrowers.

“I’m going to say that inventory is not as small as it has been over the last year,” said Joe Cox of Cox Realty, which sells properties in Sacramento, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.

In January inventories stood at 1.4

months’ worth of houses in San Joaquin County and 1.2 months in Stanislaus County. There is currently more than two months of inventory in each of those counties. Six months is the historic norm in a healthy real estate market.

“The markets depend on what city you are in,” said Cox. “Elk Grove is really hot right now. The average number of days a house sits there is seven days.”

By contrast, houses sit an average of 21 days in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. Cox said that some of the current stock of houses are still set at unrealistic prices.

“Some of the inventory is false inventory,” he said. “ You have homeowners that are just above where they were underwater. You’ll see property at $345,000 and they are way above the market, but they can’t come down on the price and cover their mortgage. They are just trying to see if they can get it.”

While homeowners have enjoyed the current run-up in values, they

shouldn’t expect this kind of appreciation to continue. Michael expects home values to increase by 12-14 percent this year and level off to single digit increases in the future.

“It’s slowing down and we need that,” he said. “The prices are mostly fully corrected and we are getting to levels that make sense for the fundamentals here.”

He said that he doesn’t expect a new bubble to form either.

“If we see another 25 percent jump next year, we may be back in the bubble territory,” Michael said. “I doubt that will happen. The financing is pretty conventional now. I don’t think buyers have the ability to pay substantially more than what they are at now.”

Buyers like Cruz are just happy to have a chance to get into a market and not be crowded out by cash offers from investors.

“We’ve been looking for two weeks,” she said. “Now we just have a chance to find what we are looking for.”

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Miller, Canepa running for supervisor’s seat

By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor STOCKTON -- Kathy Miller likens a political campaign to a job interview, and in her appearance at the April 23 candidate forum for the San Joaquin County supervisor District 2 race, she focused on selling her leadership skills.

Saying she has been “fully engaged” as a member of the Stockton City Council, Miller contrasted herself with other elected officials who don’t show up to meetings or are afraid to speak out publicly on tough issues.

Her opponent, Stockton Vice Mayor Paul Canepa, said he is a local businessman with “skin in the game” and a different management style than Miller’s.

Both Miller and Canepa serve on the Council and have made sometimes controversial decisions about Stockton’s bankruptcy.

“We broke contracts, we had fiscal emergencies, we had bankruptcy,” Canepa said. “If you want a leader who can cram that down on people and be able to sleep at night, then I’m not that person.”

Miller and Canepa are running for the seat currently held by Larry Ruhstaller to represent a district that takes in much of the city of Stockton. The April 23 forum was presented by the Westgate Center at the University of the Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business.

Canepa has lived in Stockton all his life. He operates his family’s car wash business. He was elected to the City Council in 2013 and was appointed vice mayor in January 2013.

He also chairs the Council’s audit committee. Before that, he served as a trustee on the board of the Lincoln Unified School District and was appointed to the city’s parks and recreation committee.

Miller has lived in Stockton since 1997. She became executive director of the Downtown Stockton Alliance in 2004 and was elected to the Council in 2008. She served as vice mayor from 2009 to 2012. As a council member she has worked wi the SJ Council of Governments, SJC Regional Rail Commission and the Stockton Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and chairs the Council Water Committee.

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Council members Kathy Miller and Paul Canepa face off before an audience of about 50 people at the Janet Leigh Theatre.

ty as their top priority. Canepa said crime is the leading reason it can difficult to attract new businesses to San Joaquin County.

“It’s the copper theft. It’s the air conditioning theft. It’s the anythingthat’s-not-bolted-down-in-the-city-orcounty theft that makes the quality of life miserable here,” he said. He believes if the county adds more beds to the jail and criminals stay incarcerated, other crime problems will begin to fix themselves.

Miller said San Joaquin County is plagued by generational crime. She

said positive relationships among government agencies and community groups have been developed thanks to Stockton’s Marshall Plan on Crime and she would go on supporting it.

“I think that kind of collaboration and partnership must continue if we’re really going to get our arms around this crime that’s been going on for decades,” Miller said.

The candidates also answered questions about water. The Bay Area Conservation Plan proposes to build two giant tunnels to divert water from Please see DISTRICT 2 Page 19

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Three compete to replace Vogel as supervisor LODI – Russ Munson, Charles Winn and Manuel Lopez are running to replace termed out San Joaquin County Supervisor Ken Vogel and represent District 4.

District 4 makes up about half the county. It encompassses Lodi, Escalon and Ripon as well as most of the county’s agriculture, Vogel said.

“District 4 is unique with its size and variety of population, municipalities and the majority of the county’s ag production, with grapes, dairies, wineries, orchard and other crops,” said Vogel.

Chuck Winn is Ripon’s vice mayor and a former California Highway patrolman. He said his reason for running for the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors was to continue his “45 years of public service helping people.”

Manuel Lopez retired as the county administrator in 2013 and he is campaigning because he feels there are issues important to him that he “couldn’t leave behind” and that he knows what’s required as a supervisor after working with them for 11 years. Lopez spent more than 28 years employed by the county, including a stretch as Public Works director.

Lodi businessman Russ Munson has spent the last 15 years as the managing general partner of Lodi’s Wine & Roses Hotel Restaurant Spa. “I’m a businessman with 30 years of experience who understands how to solve problems. I’m not a career politician.”

Raised in Lodi, Munson attended local schools, graduated from San Jose State with a degree in Business Administration and served as an A-7 Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carriers USS Roosevelt and USS America.

After consulting with Vogel specifically about District 4 and with other supervisors to “make sure the supervisor’s duties and responsibilities will fit my schedule. I’m looking forward to making this commitment to work for the people, public services, and business community of the county.”

He credits Wine & Roses for the “unique opportunity to meet people” and his position on the Lodi Winegrape Commission for another “opportunity to work with growers” and contribute to agriculture, the number one county industry.

Winn noted that his significant experience as commander of the Modesto CHP office, long career in law enforcement, election to Ripon’s City Council and subsequent position as vice mayor would help him because he’ll be facing and working on many issues that challenge the county.

Lopez said he would not be like a first-term supervisor and that “nothing will shock me” because a “lot of people in their first term are trying to learn what to do and that’s not going to happen with me.”

Among the issues concerning Lopez

are agriculture, the Delta’s water situation, and the proposed veteran’s hospital at French Camp.

“I’d like to be a part of the process that brings those issue to fruition,” he said.

He said in a press release that he would focus on preserving the “county’s prime agricultural land” and would search for ways to support entrepreneurship. Lopez said the issues aren’t incompatible “but it will

take a holistic understanding of the system, together with innovation and vision to see it happen.”

The issues that Munson believes are the most important are agriculture, public safety, economic opportunity and water.

“Ours is one of the most agriculturally rich counties in the state, but it faces stifling regulations and working together with county ag officials, farm

and community leaders, we can ensure our largest industry will continue to flourish,” Munson said.

About public safety, Munson said, “We have to keep working on public safety and keeping families secure while budgeting as much as possible toward law enforcement and other services.”

He also said he will advance and Please see DISTRICT 4 Page 21

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FLOORING AND WINDOW TREATMENT COMPANIES

1

A Step Above Flooring, Inc. 823 N. Emerald Avenue Modesto, CA 95351

2

CM Carpets Plus/Color Tile 1338 E. Miner Avenue Stockton, CA 95205

3

Classic Design Floor To Ceiling 2303 S. Stockton Street Lodi, CA 95240

4

Accent Carpet One 136 N. Main Street Manteca, CA 95337 141 W. 11th Street Tracy, CA 95376 431 S. Cherokee Lane Lodi, CA 95240

5

Big Foot Carpets 4500 Broadway Avenue Salida, CA 95368

Flooring

Company Name Address

Window Treatments

Rank

Number of Employees

In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.

Ranked by Number of Employees. Ties are Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Products and Services Offered

(209) 571-8583 astepaboveflooring.com

15

Yes

Yes

Sales and installation of hardwood, laminate, tile, carpet, vinyl and shutters. Refinishing and repair of wood flooring.

Granite, marble and stone fabrication and installation

1994

(209) 469-9055 cmcarpets.com

15

Yes

Yes

Carpet, hardwood floors, laminate, ceramic tile, vinyl and window treatments

1998

(209) 334-4060 classicdesignftc.com

14

Yes

Yes

Carpet, hardwood, laminate, vinyl, LVT, VCT, area rugs, ceramic, porcelain, natural stone and more

2006

Retail and commercial flooring sales Window coverings Sales with optional installation available

1977

Carpet, vinyl, laminate, hardwood, ceramic tile, custom area rugs and luxury vinyl tile

1996

Local Phone Web Address

accentcarpetonemanteca.com (209) 647-3089 accentcarpetonetracy.com (209) 200-8780

11

Yes

Yes

Year Est.

1974

(209) 334-5667 (209) 454-0747 bigfootcrpets.com

10

No

Yes

Floor Coverings Carpet, laminate and vinyl

1986

House of Carpets-Carpet One 1120 McHenry Avenue Modesto, CA 95350 Pinnell’s Flooring America 430 E. Kettleman Lane Lodi, CA 95240 Floors Plus 615 Kansas Avenue, A Modesto, CA 95351

(209) 523-5664 carpetonemodesto.com

10

Yes

Yes

Carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate, vinyl flooring and area rugs Retail and commercial flooring sales and installation Window treatments available

1950

(209) 642-4936 pinnellsflooring-america.com

10

Yes

Yes

Carpet, vinyl, ceramic tile, area rugs, hardwood flooring, laminates and window coverings

1982

(209) 577-0718 floorsplusmodesto.com

9

No

Yes

Commercial and residential flooring of all types Including carpet, vinyl, laminate, hardwood, porcelain/ceramic tile and natural stone

2002

9

Raphael Hardwood Flooring, Inc. 5 S. Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240

(209) 366-0664 centralvalleywoodfloors.com

9

No

Yes

A wide selection of wood floors, installation and restoration Free in home estimates

2001

10

Lodi Tile Works, Inc. 130 N. Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240

(209) 369-9682 loditileworks.com

8

No

Yes

Tile showroom and tile installation

2003

11

Gienger Floor Covering 403 S. Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240

(209) 369-9527

5

Yes

Yes

Floor and window coverings, includes hardwood, laminate, carpet, linoleum, blinds and shutters

1947

12

Ray’s Carpets Flooring Studio 200 Kiernan Avenue, Ste. A Modesto, CA 95356

(209) 577-5642 rayscarpets.com

5

Yes

Yes

Full-service floor covering, offering carpet, hardwood, laminate, cork, bamboo, resilient, tile, natural stone and area rugs Window dressings and installations

1979

13

Direct Flooring and Home Construction (inside Direct Appliance) 2424 Mc Henry Avenue Modesto, CA 95350

2010

14

6 7 8

(209) 238-3000 directappliance.com

4

Yes

Yes

Flooring and window treatments Full service flooring, lighting, plumbing and accessories Hardwood, tile, stone, carpeting, luxury vinyl tile, plank, IVC fiber floor, laminate, oil finish hardwood, cork and bamboo flooring

H.W. Thompson 2580 Teepee Drive, Ste. B Stockton, CA 95205

(209) 948-3501 none

4

No

Yes

Carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate and vinyl flooring Commercial and minimal residential

1946

(209) 847-5786

15

Oakdale Interiors, Inc. Walnut Wood Blinds 122 N. Sierra Avenue Oakdale, CA 95361

4

Yes

Yes

Complete line of flooring: carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate, vinyl and commercial flooring Window treatments, Hunter Douglas Gallery Free estimates

1986

16

Shelton Lee Flooring Specialties, Inc. 5170 Pentecost Drive, Ste. 1 Modesto, CA 95356

(209) 491-0310 sheltonleeflooring.com

4

No

Yes

Carpet, vinyl flooring, hardwood flooring, tile, stone, laminate flooring, area rugs, specialty flooring, sand and refinish hardwood

1995

17

Coates & Wright Floor Coverings, Inc. 115 Mark Randy Place Modesto, CA 95350

(209) 527-2100 coatesandwright.com

2

No

Yes

Residential and commercial flooring Including: carpet, vinyl tiles, hardwood and laminate

1976

18

Hacienda Flooring 2800 Auto Plaza Drive, Ste 130 Tracy, CA 95304

(209) 833-8590 haciendaflooring.net

2

No

Yes

Flooring sales and installation Commercial and residential

2003

19

The Gallery 5940 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95207

(209) 952-2681 thegallerydesigncenter.com

2

No

Yes

Hardwood, natural stone, laminate and tile Vintage furniture and accessories

2002

20

Floors To Go 833 E. March Lane Stockton, CA 95207

(209) 951-5937 floorstogo.com

1

No

Yes

Carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate and vinyl Professional installation

1995

(209) 847-4676 walnutwoodsblinds.com

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Springtime sparks home improvement projects

By PATRICIA REYNOLDS Business Journal writer MODESTO -- It’s the season of renewal and rejuvenation, a time to organize, plant and “spring clean.” And with the recovering economy, for many it’s finally time to kick off long overdue home improvement projects put off since the beginning of the recession.

Home improvement-related businesses are beginning to experience an associated uptick in traffic and sales.

True Value in Modesto experienced low to modest sales growth ranging from 4 percent to 8 percent from 2010 to 2012. During 2013, however, the business enjoyed an astounding 25 percent increase in sales over the previous year, primarily in the lawn, garden, and plumbing departments.

“I attribute the growth to a number of things, but consumer confidence in our local economy is definitely a major factor,” said the store’s general manager, Chris Moitoza.

A retail outlet for products such as tools, hardware, paint, lumber, and lawn and garden supplies, True Value Modesto caters to homeowners who choose to undertake projects themselves. Whether it’s for remodeling a bedroom or improving curb appeal through enhanced landscaping, more and more customers are shopping at home improvement stores such as True Value to supply their own home improvement jobs.

In fact, True Value credits most of its sales growth in the past year to the addition of these new homeowner customers.

“Unlike the mid 2000s when people had the disposable income available to buy new and hire out help, the new status quo is doing it yourself and fixing up what you already have, and price-point is almost the only deciding factor making this a very competitive industry,” Moitoza said.

While do-it-yourselfers benefit hardware and garden suppliers such as True Value, the same trend may have negatively impacted contractors and

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Jose Luna of California Crews paints the trim in a house his company is remodeling.

handyman businesses.

“We have seen some residential work coming back, but not a lot,” said Joel Leer, owner of California Crews, also in Modesto.

The business started in 2006 performing handyman jobs for homeowners. When the recession hit, handyman work fell off dramatically and California Crews began refurbishing bank-reclaimed homes for Wells Fargo.

“In the last year and a half, this activity has died off a bit, so we are now flipping houses ourselves in order to survive. It’s been tough for contractors to stay in business because people still are not spending a lot of money yet,” Leer said.

In April, California Crews started a home remodeling project involving new hardwood floors and new paint for a couple relocating to the area.

Still, Leer believes home improvement contractors may continue to lag behind despite an improving economy.

“Things will only change when people get more comfortable with the economy and get more equity back in

their houses,” he said.

Marvin Frank, owner of Frank’s Home Improvement in Stockton agrees that business has slowed down for his handyman services. People generally have not had enough cash to reinvest in their homes, let alone contract the work out, he said. He chooses to be upbeat, hoping that activity will improve with the coming of the spring and summer seasons.

“My recent work has involved interior paint and refurbishing hardwood floors. I expect more remodels, additions, and upgrades as people obtain refinancing and receive their tax refunds,” Frank said.

Being ready to support customers when they are ready to spend is the philosophy HT Home Design at “The Showroom” on the Miracle Mile in Stockton has adopted. Specializing in custom home building, remodeling, additions and commercial tenant improvements, HT Home Design teamed up with the interior design firm C.R. Porter Home Décor and created a new customer showroom. The results have been positive.

“It’s hard for us to tell for sure because we recently moved our showroom to a great new location and business has been great since then.

Not sure if it’s the economy or the new location. Things in general are looking very positive. We have been extremely busy with people looking to update their homes,” said Brian Holtz, president of HT Home Design.

Holtz said that people who bought new homes during the housing boom are now ready to update from the builder-grade products they originally purchased. Consequently, the most common home improvement projects for HT Home Design have involved kitchen and bathroom remodels. The business has also seen an increase in older home projects as well.

HT Home Design remains positive for the future and is focused on the existing projects, knowing that excellent work will yield customer referrals and future business.

“We hope and feel that our business is primed and ready for the economy that seems to be shifting in the right direction,” Holtz said.

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Uber ride-sharing app launches in Modesto

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN Business Journal writer MODESTO -- A ride-sharing service that has proven popular in big cities such as New York and San Francisco has found its way to the Central Valley.

Introducing Uber.

The smartphone application connects drivers with passengers. Simply download the app, request a ride, and await your driver. Payment is made via credit card or PayPal and is handled within the app itself.

“You never have to leave your barstool,” said Uber Community Manager Spencer Rinkus. “You never have to leave the couch. You can request a ride and you know exactly when the person is going to get there.”

Uber was first founded in 2009.

The originally San Francisco-based app has now spread to over 90 cities worldwide. Modesto joined that list on April 3.

“We’re definitely excited to be the first service like this in the area,” Rinkus, who is a Turlock native, said.

“We think that given the population and given the area in general, we think it will be pretty successful.”

The service – called UberX –

thrives off of a fleet of drivers who are available around the clock. They function as independent contractors and use their own personal vehicles to transport passengers.

A ride in the Central Valley will cost a $3 fare plus $0.35 per minute and $2.20 per mile. There is a minimum fare of $6 and a cancellation fee of $5.

The range of service for pick-ups ranges from Turlock to Ripon, although there is essentially no limit to how far your Uber driver can take you.

If you go for a ride with a few of your friends, you can choose to opt in to the “split your fare” feature, which will distribute the cost of the trip among the passengers.

But some are skeptical of the hightech transportation service.

Jay Akbari has been in the taxi business for 23 years. He is the owner of the United, Metro, and DeSoto cab companies of Modesto.

“It’s basically like one of your friends picking you up, but they’re not your friend,” Akbari said of Uber.

He warned the public to be leery of the price and safety of Uber rides.

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While his employees drive commercial vehicles and have taxi licenses, he fears Uber drivers may not properly maintain their vehicles.

I, along with editor Elizabeth Stevens, decided to test the app out for ourselves to see what all the Uber buzz – positive and negative – was about.

With a few taps of an iPhone screen, we downloaded the app, created an account, and asked to be picked up from a local café in Ripon.

Once you request a ride, the app uses your phone’s GPS to automatically pair you with the nearest driver. The driver has 15 seconds to accept or decline the pick-up. If they decline, the next nearest driver will be contacted.

The app then displays the name of your assigned driver as well as the model and license number of the car he or she will be arriving in. You can even watch your driver as he or she comes to pick you up via the app’s map feature.

Within four minutes, our driver, Antonio Camacho, arrived in his SUV. The Safeway Distribution Center worker from Patterson took on the job with Uber to earn extra money for his child’s college tuition. Camacho, who said he drives up to 100 miles a day transporting passengers, has already seen the app’s utility.

“I’ve been downtown during the weekends, and you can see that there are a few people who need service or a ride home,” he said.

Camacho verified our names, asked us where we wanted to go, and began the trip. A few miles and interview questions later, he dropped us back off at a location of our choice. The route and fare tabulation were completely handled by the Uber software in the car.

Our 25-minute ride through the streets of Ripon cost a little more than

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the Delta to the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley. Both Miller and Canepa oppose it.

Miller has worked with the San Joaquin Delta Coalition. She believes the BACP will cost the state at least twice what’s estimated and hurt other conservation efforts.

“By spending all of our dollars on one huge project like that, it’s going to take away funding for regional selfsufficiency projects,” Miller said.

Canepa said the BACP needs to be stopped.

“It’s pretty straight forward: fight for what’s ours. Fight for that,” Canepa said. “And that means fighting against the twin tunnels and making sure we take care of our water supply here. So, for me, the locally-owned and managed water storage is huge.”

Miller and Canepa are the only two candidates running, so the race will be decided in the primary June 3.

$28. Unlike a traditional taxi service, you cannot see the price of your fare until the end of the trip.

Once your ride is over, both drivers and passengers have an opportunity to rate one another via the app.

Didn’t like your driver? Uber will ensure that you are not assigned to that person in the future.

Camacho is one of approximately 20 drivers currently available in the Modesto area.

Francisco Aceves, 45, of Delhi signed on to become a driver after hearing about Uber through his son,

who uses the app in Los Angeles.

“I think it’s a great business idea and when I found out it was coming to the area, I immediately wanted to become a partner,” Aceves said.

When he is not working his day job at a cable company, Aceves provides rides Thursday through Sunday evenings. He, too, has noticed a usage trend.

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ride to the bar costs a lot less than your next round,” Rinkus said. “And many thousands of dollars less than a DUI. I think people are really catching on to that.”

If you would like to be a part of this 21st century taxi service, you can download the Uber app at www.uber. com.. Uber is also seeking drivers.

To qualify, drivers must have a 4-door car that is a 2006 model or newer (no vans or pickups), pass a thorough background check, have insurance in their name, and have a clean driving record.

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Modesto Council approves 10th St courthouse deal

By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor MODESTO -- The Modesto City Council will broker agreements between businesses and the state on land deals to the pave the way for a new county courthouse in downtown Modesto.

The Council voted in favor of the proposal during a special meeting April 15. It will transfer parcels owned by the former Redevelopment Agency to the city of Modesto, buy the other parcels from remaining property owners, package the entire site for sale to the state of California, and take care of alley abandonment on the site, city officials said.

In all, the state will pay $5.45 million for the property. Private landowners will receive $4.55 million The city will end up with just $330,000 for the 53,500 square feet of its land after paying $367,000 to remove the utilities.

“Most public agencies would pay to have this,” said Mayor Garrad Marsh before the vote. He added the new courthouse will replace one of the most blighted blocks in downtown.”I think all we’ll do is lose if this doesn’t go through.”

The state wants to build the $278

million courthouse on the block bounded by G and H Streets and 9th and 10th Streets. The Court Facilities Advisory Committee voted in favor of that site over one at 1300 I Street, the site of the Modesto Bee’s offices.

The site selection process had come under fire from a group called Citizens for I Street for what it said was a lack of transparency, particularly in establishing utility costs and appraisals.

Attorney Mike Normoyle represented the group at the meeting and said the I Street location provided a “more straightforward” transaction.

“One parcel with one owner, one appraisal, one tenant, no removal of utilities, no need for insurance,” Normoyle said.

The chairman of the local facility committee, Judge Jack Jacobson, said the state had already chosen the site for the new courthouse.

“That process is over,” Jacobson said, adding that his job was to deliver a safe and secure courthouse in a timely manner.

None of the owners of property in the proposed site spoke at the meeting.

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Some Council members praised the site at 9th and G streets saying it would replace one of the most blighted areas in downtown Modesto.

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San Joaquin County voters to choose new superintendent

By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor STOCKTON -- For the first time since the early 90s, voters in San Joaquin County will have a choice when they cast their ballot for county superintendent on June 3.

The race was thrown open when current Superintendent Mick Founts reversed course last August and decided not to run for re-election.

Three candidates are on the ballot.

All have long experience in San Joaquin County education.

Mike Gillespie is assistant superintendent for Gateway Community Charters in Sacramento. Before that, he worked for two decades in schools in Lodi and Stockton, teaching students at risk for expulsion in addition to other programs for bilingual students.

He was vice principal at Heritage Elementary in Lodi, then principal at Joe Serna Charter School in 2000.

James Mousalimas is San Joaquin County’s deputy superintendent for student programs and services. He has been an educator at various schools since 1985, including a stint in the Peace Corps where he volunteered in west Africa. He has worked in administrative role in the Tracy Unified School District as well as the County Office of Education.

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Jeff Tilton grew up in Manteca and was a newspaper reporter before becoming a teacher. He joined the San Joaquin County Office of Education in 1992 and has worked in charter schools, especially those focusing on vocational education. He is currently superintendent of Charter Schools in the New Jerusalem Elementary School District in Vernalis.

All three candidates said they support an education system that recognizes not all students are college-bound.

“Ten years ago it was a sin to say not every child is going to college.

Well, the statistics tell you that. Only 30 percent of CaliGillespie fornians go to two and four-year schools, roughly,” said Gillespie. “Kids need both technical know-how to do things out there and they need the ability to learn it.”

“We concentrate so much on college preparation that not all kids, a) want to go to college or b) can afford or do go,” Tilton said. “It just seems so odd to me that, why aren’t we putting the same or equal amount of emphasis on career preparation as we are on the

academic preparation? So, in working with kids in a vocational based program, I saw the benefits of it.”

“I’m a strong proponent of vocational education training for youth,” said Mousalimas. “I think we’ve gotten away from that, but I’m optimistic because the new curriculum that’s coming down -Mousalimas the Common Core standards -- the title is College and Career Readiness.”

Whoever the new superintendent is, he will face two major changes in education: implementing Common Core State Standards and Assessments as well as the new state Local Control Funding Formula.

The state will transition the new funding formula over about eight years. It overhauls the way state education funding is allocated and distributed to schools.

California is one of 45 states to adopt the Common Core curriculum.

Supporters say it’s a way to encourage critical thinking and make sure students from different districts and different states meets the same education

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promote “common sense policies to create a vibrant economy with jobs for those who need them, including high school and college grads and experienced workers.”

Lopez said ag land needed to be preserved and that provisions must be made for residential and commercial/ industrial growth. The county’s general plan must provide for every aspect of land use and any modifications have to be for the better of the community and “not just convenient for the moment.”

While state leaders wrestle with the water debate, Munson said, “San Joaquin County farmers cannot get lost in this process and I’m committed to giving the region a strong voice to ensure our ag industry and urban areas have an adequate, quality water supply for the future.”

Winn pointed out that supervisors oversee many elements that “affect pro-

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bation officers, public defenders, correctional officers and deputies, and prosecutors, which I understand, knowing what public safety officers go through.”

Vogel checked off many of the issues the newly elected supervisors will be faced with. “Ag issues such as insect quarantines, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan of twin tunnels to ship

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Delta water south; state funding for building a jail and staff; San Joaquin General Hospital’s old wing: would it be rebuilt or not used any longer; and ongoing union negotiations.”

If any candidate receives 50 percent or more of the primary vote on June 3, he will win election and would be installed after Vogel’s term is completed.

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-DeNova Homes in Lathrop -Woodside Homes in Stockton -Lafferty Communities in Escalon -KB Homes in Riverbank -Kiper Homes in Hughson -FCB Homes in Oakdale “San Joaquin County has more available property for construction,” Ardis said. “Stanislaus, not as much, and I’m not seeing as much lumber brought to lots for residential con-

struction. However, people are finishing uncompleted projects and commercial’s looking up.”

That’s good news for Chief R & M Construction because improvement in residential means more work for them installing new cabinets, remodeling, and working on new homes.

“We target Stockton. We’d rather stay in town and avoid the long and costly commutes,” Rojas said. “More people are re-

modeling because they want to stay here and work elsewhere. If we need skilled help, Stockton has a lot of labor power from the fields to the warehouse to us.”

Acquiring skilled labor could be a problem over the next four years, Ardis said. “We’ve been dealing with labor issues across the board and finding skilled people for the kind of work and projects we do could become more of a challenge.”

goals. Critics say it’s a federal takeover of the state-run education system backed by businesses.

“It’s huge,” said Gillespie. “It’s really a reflection of what the business community has been asking for for the last 20 years. They want employees who can think. They want employees who can work together to solve problems and work as a team.”

“Standards are standards are standards. It’s how it’s delivered,” Tilton said. “This wasn’t a federal thing. This was a group of superintendents and university officials who came together and said we should have common set of standards. So that’s what it is.”

“I’ve never seen two initiatives, funding and curriculum, at the same time.” said Tilton Mousalimas. “In funding, the LCAP comes to the county office for approval. So not only now do we oversee the school districts’ budgets, we also oversee their accountability plan.”

Why do these three want to be county superintendent?

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.

Ranked by Number of Licensed Staff. Ties are Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Rank

Company Name Address

1

PMZ Real Estate 1120 Scenic Drive Modesto, CA 95350

2

Century 21 M&M & Associates 1414 East F Street, Bldg. A, Ste. 102 Oakdale, CA 95361

3

Keller Williams 3133 W. March Lane Ste. 1060 Stockton, CA 95219

4

Grupe Real Estate 3428 Brookside Drive Stockton, CA 95229

5

ReMax Executive Real Estate 3425 Coffee Road, Ste. 2-C Modesto, CA 95350

6

Coldwell Banker Cross Roads Real Estate 319 N. Main Street Manteca, CA 95335

7

Matel Realtors 1562 Tully Road, Ste. A Modesto, CA 95350

8

Riggs & Associates, Inc. 4600 N. Pershing Avenue, Ste. D Stockton, CA 95207

9

Werner Properties, Inc. 306 Regent Court Stockton, CA 95204

10

Oakdale Realty 801 West F Street Oakdale, CA 95361

11

Docter & Docter Realtors, Inc. 1212 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. 2-D Stockton, CA 95207

12

Beck Realtors, Inc. 8102 Kelly Drive, Ste. E Stockton, CA 95209

13

Art Godi Realtors 1150 W. Robinhood Drive, Ste. B Stockton, CA 95207

14

Embarcadero Investments 6777 Embarcadero Drive, Ste. 1 Stockton, CA 95219

15

Manzanita Ventures 204 N. Sherman Avenue Manteca, CA 95336

16

Partners Real Estate 3461 Brookside Road, Ste. B Stockton, CA 95219

17

Coldani Realtors, Inc. 1806 W. Kettleman Lane, Ste. J Lodi, CA 95242

18

Lela Nelson Realty 2222 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95204

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Innovative Realty 7843 N. Pershing Avenue Stockton, CA 95207

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Turlock Realty Group 1505 Geer Road Turlock, CA 95380

Number of Local Licensed Staff

Number of Local Offices

Geographic Focus

Year Established

Michael P. Zagaris (209) 527-2010 pmz.com

575

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Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Merced Counties

1957

John Melo (209) 758-8184 c21mm.com

457

10

Oakdale and surrounding areas

1994

Suzanne Candini (209) 952-8421 kellerwilliamsstockton.com

198

4

Central Valley

2012

Michael Blower, Sales Manager (209) 644-6444 gogrupe.com

130

3

San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties

2006

Matt Enriquez (209) 575-0231 mycvre.com

45

3

San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties

1988

Beverly Housden (209) 823-8141 cbxr.com

34

1

San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties, Folsom Property management

1982

20

1

Stanislaus County and surrounding area

1985

16

1

San Joaquin and surrounding areas

1970

Steven G. Werner (209) 944-9444 wernerproperties.com

13

2

San Joaquin County

1993

Pat Coons, Owner (209) 847-5931 oakdalerealty.net

11

1

San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties

1973

Lorrie Docter (209) 478-8121 williamhumphreys.metrolistpro.com

10

1

San Joaquin County and surrounding areas

1973

David Beck (209) 957-1340 beckrealtors.com

9

1

Stockton, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi, Linden, and Elk Grove

1988

Art Godi (209) 4798-5100 artgodirealtors.com

8

1

San Joaquin and surrounding areas

1992

Theo Cayenne, Anita Jones Cayenne (209) 952-8861 embarcadero-re.com

8

2

Central Valley and San Joaquin County

2002

Rachelle Souza (209) 825-0825 manzanita.me

8

1

Central Valley

2009

Bruce Davies and Karylene Mann (209) 956-2966 brooksidebrokers.com

7

1

San Joaquin County

1982

Mike Coldani and Nick Kerns (209) 334-0527 coldani.com

6

1

Central Valley San Joaquin and Plumas County

1959

Lela Nelson (209) 467-1200 lelanelson.com

6

1

Stockton and Stanislaus Counties

1982

Karen Freeman (209) 952-1919 innovativerealtyonline.com

5

1

San Joaquin County

1996

Larry Rumbeck (209) 634-0000 therealestateboys.com

3

1

Stanislaus County

2013

Top Local Executive Phone Web Address

John Myrtakis & Ken David Elving, Managing Brokers (209) 576-2835 matelprop.com Bob Riggs, President (209) 478-5900 allvalleyhomes.com

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Mississippi transplant is Stockton’s lead ambassador to Stockton’s cultural diversity and the wide range of activities available. Now he has so much more to share with visitors.

The Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Stockton) launched the program locally a year ago. To date, 108 residents have earned their CTAs. Stockton is one of three localities in the state to participate, the others being Sonoma County and Anaheim. Across the nation, more than 10,000 individuals have been certified.

CTAs are encouraged to renew annually to stay abreast of changes to their local environments and stay in touch with their network of CTAs. “This is destination training very specific to Stockton, in addition to core subjects such as the power of customer service,” Visit Stockton CEO Wes Rhea said. “It includes a thick document to read before the class on local history, attractions, and getting around town. The program involves engaging with the class, itinerary building, and problem solving. It’s also a great networking opportunity.”

“We measure program success by the feedback we get from the CTAs about their ability to feel empowered to present Stockton to visitors,” Rhea added. “We get a lot of referrals from

By MARIE SARDALLA DAVIS Business Journal writer STOCKTON -- Joshua Mangum is a relative newcomer to Stockton, but few people sell the city better than he does.

“I interact with guests from all over the world every single day, anywhere from 50 to 250 people from all walks of life and in all different businesses,” said Mangum, who is the front desk manager at the Hilton Stockton. “There’s so much to do in Stockton. Now I can just direct you to it, especially the food ‘cause I’m a real food guy, coming from the south. We always like to feed you.”

Mangum learned a lot about what Stockton has to offer when he enrolled in the Convention and Visitors Bureau’s inaugural Certified Tourism Ambassador program last year. He was so successful, he was named Ambassador of the Year at Visit Stockton’s Tourism Awards luncheon April 2.

Mangum moved to Stockton three years ago from Jackson, Mississippi. His wife is from here, but other than that, he didn’t know much about the city.

“I really didn’t think there was much to do here, honestly. Everybody was welcoming; I just didn’t get a feel for the attractions. When I got here there was just the University

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of the Pacific, where my wife went to school. Everything I knew about the city was around the Miracle Mile area,” he said. Eventually, being an avid golfer, he discovered the city’s golf courses. But it took becoming a certified tourism ambassador for

him to fully appreciate Stockton’s history and all it has to offer.

Mangum learned, for instance, that Stockton was among the largest cities in the state during the gold rush, having the furthest inland port. The program opened his eyes

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Local hospitals offer special services to attract moms-to-be

By PATRICIA REYNOLDS Business Journal writer MANTECA -- Women about to give birth typically view admittance to a hospital’s maternity ward as joyful, an experience during which the anxiety of labor and delivery is alleviated by the long-anticipated arrival of a new baby.

It is also a hospital visit that is planned months ahead of a baby’s due date. Many soon-to-be moms and their families spend the early days of pregnancy carefully selecting upcoming birthing locations. While the decision is often pre-determined by the level of medical care needed and a patient’s insurance coverage, hospitals also provide additional maternity services and creative marketing to attract expectant moms.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton offers patients a wide spectrum of maternity services through its Women and Infant Center. Located in the hospital’s new patient pavilion, the Women and Infant Center provides labor and delivery, postpartum care, neonatal intensive care, and pregnancy and parenting classes.

The Center’s extra niceties also help create a positive birthing environment.

“Moms who choose to give birth at the Women & Infants Center are treated to a host of amenities such as spacious, private patient rooms with private, en suite bathrooms and showers, sleeping recliners for dads and flat screen televisions in each room. A hostess takes meal orders each day at the bedside and freshly baked cookies are delivered every afternoon,” said Natalie Pettis, director of Business Development.

St. Joseph’s Women and Infant Center delivers about 2,400 babies yearly.

The length of stay for a healthy delivery is on average two days. The Center offers two operating suites for babies delivered by cesarean section, and mothers and their newborns stay an additional day or two post-surgery.

The hospital offers a variety of classes for expectant moms including childbirth preparation, prenatal nutrition and exercise, cesarean birth, breastfeeding, and newborn care classes. After delivery, St. Joseph’s offers a mother- baby breast connection class as well.

“St. Joseph’s highly trained nursing staff includes certified lactation specialists and was the first hospital in San Joaquin County to achieve Baby-Friendly designation

through the World Health Organization,” said Pettis.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca attracts maternity patients with its family-friendly birthing environment. Delivering between 750 to 780 babies yearly, the facility’s maternity department keeps healthy babies out of the nursery.

“Our delivery rooms are gigantic with dad able to spend the night, and showers for mom and dad. We have couplet care, which is in-room care for the mother and baby together. The newborn does not go to the nursery unless there is a complication,” said Carla Lund, RNC, MSN and director Perinatal Services.

After labor and delivery, families are relocated to private rooms where again, there is a bed for dad and baby stays with mom.

“We encourage families to stay together during this time,” Lund said.

In Modesto, Memorial Medical Center delivers approximately 1,800 newborns each year at the hospital’s Family Birthing Center. Inpatient services include antepartum testing, labor and delivery, postpartum care, and newborn nursery care.

The Center’s added amenities also are appealing to maternity patients.

“We offer expectant families many “extras” including on-line OB pre-registration, newborn portraits, lactation service and helpful guidelines and tips in caring for a newborn which at our on-line site Babies at Sutter Health,” said Thelma Camarillo, RN BSN, Maternal Child Health Manager, Memorial Medical Center Family Birthing Center and Pediatrics.

Memorial’s Family Birthing Center also provides nursing care to mothers and babies as a couplet, enabling new mothers to care for and bond with their newborns. Babies and mothers remain together post-delivery, with only low birth weight, high risk, or premature babies utilizing the Center’s immediate care nursery.

The Family Birthing Center provides a plethora of classes that address almost every aspect of welcoming a new baby to the family.

“We offer a variety of educational opportunities on an outpatient basis,” said Camarillo.

In addition to standard childbirth and breastfeeding instruction, a course for new dads called Daddy 101 is available along with a brother and sister class, which teaches siblings how to adjust to life with a new baby. Baby 101

New mom Ashley Kitchens holds son Isaiah, who was born April 20 at Doctors Hospital of Manteca.

helps moms learn to care for a newborn and the Mommy and Me class enables new mothers to get together and share their experiences with each other.

About 2,300 babies were delivered at the Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center last year.

“We offer in house providers, both in OB, pediatrics, anesthesia and midwifery. This is relatively unique to us in this area,” said communications specialist Edwin M. Garcia. “We also are very family-centered and have open visitation, and are responsive to the needs and desires of our young families by allowing them to plan and communicate their wishes for their birth experience.”

While the special amenities and ex-

tras are attractive, providing the best available medical care to moms and their newborns is by far the most important service these facilities offer. Should complications or problems arise during labor and delivery, the three hospitals are ready to respond quickly.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca’s maternity department is a level one facility which means the department provides all services that are expected for labor, delivery and postpartum care for healthy deliveries.

“We offer stabilization and transfer to a higher level of care if needed for any pregnancy under 35 weeks or for patients that are in need of a level 2 or above nursery,” said Lund.

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PHOTO COURTESY KAISER MODESTO MEDICAL CENTER

Kaiser welcomes triplets For the first time since Kaiser Modesto Medical Center opened in October 2008, triplets were born at the hospital. Emma, Grace and Faith were born April 11 to Sandra and Keith Mejia of Manteca.

Triplets occur about once in every 8,000 pregnancies. These three are unusual in that at least two of them are identical. They were also conceived without fertility drugs.

QUICK FACTS: Births in 2011 ► San

Joaquin County …. 10,328

► Stanislaus MARK RICHEY/CVBJ

A level 2 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery provides advanced medical care for babies born at 32 weeks gestation or above and for full term babies requiring antibiotics or care after delivery.

Level 3 NICU designates facilities caring for babies with even earlier gestational development or babies that require respiratory care.

Memorial’s Family Birthing Center offers a level 2 NICU while Saint Joseph’s offers a 22-bed level 3 NICU where the highest at-risk babies can receive care. In addition to having specially trained doctors, nurses, and staff, St. Joseph’s provides a transport team, with all necessary emergency

room equipment to bring infants to the NICU from other hospitals.

The Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center does not offer extreme high risk services in our NICU, including neonatal surgery but are now licensed as a level three newborn intensive care unit.

“We manage a broad scope of high risk pregnancies and have a perinatologist who helps manage the care of the high risk mother,” Garcia said. “If there are complications beyond our scope, we have agreements with other Kaiser Permanente hospitals and even facilities outside of our network to assist in managing these complex cases for mom or baby.”

County ……. 7,737

Percentage of babies born with late or no prenatal care in 2010 ► San

Joaquin County ….. 4.9 percent

► Stanislaus

County ……. 4.6 percent

Cesarean births in 2010 ► San

Joaquin County ….. 15.4 percent

► Stanislaus

County ……. 15.8 percent

Month when most births occur ► San

Joaquin County … August/September

► Stanislaus

County ……September

Most popular baby names in California in 2012 ► Sophia ► Jacob

SOURCE: California Department of Public Health

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Exploring solar systems

By ELIZABETH STEVENS Business Journal editor STOCKTON -- Look around your neighborhood and it’s likely you’ll notice more homes with solar panels on their roofs. In the past couple of years solar has become much more popular as a way of generating clean, renewable energy. In fact, in 2013, California more than doubled its rooftop solar installations from 1,000 megawatts (MW) to 2,000 MW, according to the California Solar Energy Industries Association.

“People are becoming more familiar with it. More and more neighbors have this technology on their roofs.

People see it works,” said Jeffrey Michael of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business. He is also a solar customer.

“The cost of solar is declining. The cost of panels is declining,” Michael said. “In California the cost of electricity is extremely high, particularly the summertime with the high tier rates that so many people pay, and we have an abundance of sun. So solar can make economic sense in this state because of the cost of electricity.”

Many in the solar industry say even though people know solar is clean and can save them money on energy bills,

they still think the technology is too expensive upfront to install.

“While our customers know how affordable solar power can be, there seems to be a general misconception that solar power is still expensive.” said Solar City Regional Vice President Dennis Cox. “We can allow many homeowners to install solar for free and pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power.”

Companies like Solar City are winning customers by avoiding upfront charges.

“We install the solar system for free,” Solar City CEO Lyndon Rive said in a CBS News interview in March. “There’s no cost for the equipment. There’s no cost for the installation. There’s no cost for the warranty and the maintenance. Then, what we sell them is the electricity.”

Rive readily admits customers are essentially trading one power company for another, but they don’t mind because solar power is generally cheaper than other forms of electricity and monthly charges are consistent.

Solar City offers two payment options: a lease, in which customers pay by the month, and a PPA model in which customers pay by kilowatt hour and have the choice of buying the system after year five.

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Californians installed more solar energy systems in 2013 than they did in the previous 30 years, according to the California Solar Energy Industries Association.

California since 2007 and has installed about 2,000 systems in the area around Stockton and Modesto, operates under a similar model except that customers can choose between leasing or purchasing systems at the start.

“If a customer wants to own it, they can own it, and then they can take the tax credit benefits. They’ll own that right from day one. But they still pay for the power,” said 1st Light Energy CEO Justin Krum.

Krum said the average monthly bill his customers get is about $120. About 80 percent of his customers choose

the lease model.

Tax incentives helped the solar industry take off, but they are being phased out. In California, residential and commercial customers receive rebates through the California Solar Initiative program and, through 2016, a 30 percent federal tax credit.

Cox believes the solar industry will continue to thrive even without tax credits thanks to declining costs..

“The solar industry has been increasing scale to reduce costs so that solar will continue to be affordable even as incentives decline,” he said.

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FOCUS: FINANCE

Estate planning beyond the will and revocable trust When people think of estate planning, they usually think only about the will and revocable living trust. However, there are additional issues and documents that should be considered in each estate plan: specifically, the durable power of attorney (DPA) and advanced health care directive (AHCD).

The DPA and AHCD are specifically designed to deal with issues regarding incapacity while a person is still alive and can be a vital part of an estate plan. If you have a loved one who has lost mental capacity to deal with their own financial affairs or medical decisions, and you don’t have a proper DPA or AHCS, you will be looking at a court supervised, time consuming, and expensive conservatorship proceeding.

The DPA is a written agreement between a person (the principal) and someone they appoint to act on their behalf (the agent). A DPA may be effective upon signing or may become effective upon the occurrence of a certain event as set forth in the DPA, such as incapacity. The power of attorney will not be helpful in an incapacity situation unless it is durable. A durable power of attorney must contain either the phrases “this power of attorney shall not be affected by subsequent incapacity of the principal” or “this power of

attorney shall become effective upon the incapacity of the principal” or wording that shows a similar intent. Without wording showing an intent to become effective upon incapacity, a power of attorney will be considered non-durable and will terminate when the principal becomes incapacitated. A nondurable power of attorney may defeat the main reason for creatJason Harrel ing the power of Calone & Harrel attorney.

Law Group The AHCD is a power of attorney to deal with medical issues. The AHCD can also address issues such as where the principal will live when incapacitated and the authority to hire care workers for the principal. The AHCD is durable upon creation, if done correctly, unless it specifically provides otherwise.

The AHCD becomes effective upon a determination of incapacity by the principal’s physician unless it provides that it becomes effective upon signing.

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The DPA and AHCD should work in conjunction with each other. If you have a DPA without an AHCD, you may run into issues trying to obtain a physician’s determination of incapacity because they will not be authorized to provide the agent the results of the medical examination as that authority is not usually granted in a DPA. That authority is found in the AHCD. The DPA and AHCD are designed to be conservatorship substitutes.

However, if the principal refuses or opposes an agent’s assistance and will not submit to a medical examination you may be forced to pursue a conservatorship proceeding nonetheless.

Accordingly, discussions between the principal and agent when the DPA and AHCD is executed, and periodically before incapacity can be helpful in obtaining the principal’s consent to medical examinations so that the DPA and AHCD can be utilized as intended.

Notwithstanding having the DPA or AHCD, if a conservatorship proceeding is required because of a principal’s refusal to submit to a medical examination to determine capacity; there are essentially two types of conservatorship proceedings: conservatorship of the person; and conservatorship of the estate. A conservatorship is a

protective court proceeding. The conservatorship of the person is a court supervised proceeding whereby a court-appointed fiduciary, i.e., the conservator, manages the personal care of a principal who cannot properly provide for their personal requirements for medical care, health, food, shelter, or clothing. In a conservatorship of the person, the conservator may also decide where the principal will live.

The conservatorship of the estate is also a court supervised proceeding whereby a court-appointed fiduciary manages the financial affairs of the principal (i.e., the conservatee) who is substantially unable to manage their own financial assets or to resist undue influence or fraud. In a conservatorship of the estate, the conservator’s primary duties are to conserve, use, and manage the conservatee’s resources and assets for the benefit of the conservatee and those he is obligated to support.

The creation of a court-supervised conservatorship substantially impacts the conservatee’s rights. Consequently, a court may not appoint a conservator unless the requirement for one is established by clear and convincing evidence. As a result of the curtailment of the conservatee’s rights, the Please see TAXING MATTERS Page 43

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investors focus on buying stocks that appear to be bargains relative t 31 Growth investors prefer companies that are growing quickly, and are companies than with finding companies and industries that have the share price. Either approach can help you better understand just wha choose a stock for your portfolio.

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Growth vs. value: what’s the difference?

With the wide variety of stocks in the market, figuring out which ones you want to invest in can be a daunting task. Many investors feel it’s useful to have a system for finding stocks that are worth buying, deciding what price to pay, and realizing when a stock should be sold. Bull markets (periods in which prices as a group tend to rise) and bear markets (periods of declining prices) can lead investors to make irrational choices.

Having objective criteria for buying and selling can help you avoid emotional decision-making.

Even if you don’t want to select stocks yourself -- and many people would much prefer to have a professional do the work of researching specific investments -- it can be helpful to understand the concepts that professionals use in evaluating and buying stocks.

There are generally two schools of thought about how to choose stocks that are worth investing in. Value investors focus on buying stocks that appear to be bargains relative to the company’s intrinsic worth. Growth investors prefer companies that are growing quickly, and are less concerned with undervalued companies than with finding companies and industries that have the greatest potential for appreciation in share price. Either approach can help you better understand just what you’re buying, and why, when you choose a stock for your portfolio.

Value investing Value investors look for stocks with share prices that don’t fully reflect the value of the companies, and that are effectively trading at a discount to their true worth. A stock can have a low valuation for many reasons. The company may be struggling with business challenges such as legal problems, management difficulties, or tough competition. It may be in an industry that is currently out of favor with investors. It may be having difficulty expanding. It may have fallen on hard times. Or it may simply have been overlooked by

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other investors.

A value investor believes that eventually the share price will rise to reflect what he or she perceives as the stock’s fair value. Value investing takes into account a company’s prospects, but is equally focused on whether it’s a good buy. A Michael Zeiter stock’s priceMassMutual Financial earnings (P/E) Modesto, CA ratio--its share price divided by its earnings per share--is of particular interest to a value investor, as are the price-to-sales ratio, the dividend yield, the price-to-book ratio, and the rate of sales growth.

Value-oriented data Here are some of the questions a value investor might ask about a company: • What would the company be worth if all its assets were sold?

• Does the company have hidden assets the market is ignoring?

• What would the business be worth if another company acquired it?

• Does the company have intangible assets, such as a high level of brandname recognition, strong new management, or dominance in its industry?

• Is the company on the verge of a turnaround?

Contrarians: marching to a different drummer A contrarian investor is perhaps the ultimate example of a value investor. Contrarians believe that the best way to invest is to buy when no one else wants to, or to focus on stocks or industries that are temporarily out of favor with the market.

The challenge for any value investor, of course, is figuring out how to tell the difference between a company that is undervalued and one whose stock price is low for good reason.

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SUPERINTENDENT Continued from Page 21

“I really believe in the work we do at the County Office of Education,” Mousalimas said “We educate the most at-risk children and also the most severely disabled children in this county, and we have some of the most incredible employees who do very important work every day and I think they deserve good, strong leadership, and that’s something I know I can provide.”

“I believe that this particular position can be a voice for all those non-traditional students and the business and industry folks in going to Sacramento and say we need to have

a balanced approach to educating our youth so they’re going to be prepared for the workforce and/or their academic future,” said Tilton.

“There are so many changes going on right now in education … that I think that if we don’t do it well, we’re going to go back again and have more state control, more oversight more of the things that really are not beneficial sometimes to educators,” said Gillespie. “So I think I can lead the county through that process and really assist districts to roll those things out well.”

Value Stocks Value Stocks

Growth Stocks Growth Stocks

Relatively low P/E ratio

High P/E ratio

Low price­to­book ratio

High price­to­book ratio

Relatively slow earnings growth Rapid earnings growth High dividend yield

Low or no dividend yield

Sluggish sales growth

Rapid sales growth

Value investors who do their own accelerating from quarter to quarter stock research comb the company’s and year to year?

Value investing financial reports, looking for clues • Is the volume of trading in the stock about the company’s management, rising or falling?

Value investors look for stocks with share prices that don't fully refl operations, products, and services.

• Is there a recent or impending anthat are effectively trading at a discount to their true worth. A stock Growth investing nouncement from or about the company A growth-oriented investor looks for that might generate investor interest? reasons. The company may be struggling with business challenges s companies that are expanding rapidly.

• Is the industry going up as a whole?

Stocks of newer companies in emergWhy understand investing styles? difficulties, or tough competition. It may be in an industry that is cur ing industries are often especially Growth stocks and value stocks ofmay be having difficulty expanding. It may have fallen on hard time attractive to growth investors because ten alternate in popularity. One style of their greater potential for expanoverlooked by other investors. may be favored for a while but then sion and price appreciation despite give way to the other. Also, a company the higher risks involved. A growth can be a growth stock at one point and A value investor believes that eventually the share price will rise to investor would give more weight to later become a value stock. Some inincreases in a stock’s sales per share vestors buy both types, so their portfostock's fair value. Value investing takes into account a company's pr or earnings per share (EPS) than to its lio has the potential to benefit regardwhether it's a good buy. A stock's price­earnings (P/E) ratio­­its shar P/E ratio, which may be irrelevant for less of which is doing better at any a company that has yet to produce any given time. Investing based on data meaningful profits. However, some rather than stock tips or guesswork growth investors are more sensitive to can not only assist you as you evaluate a stock’s valuation and look for what’s a possible purchase; it also can help called “Growth At a Reasonable Price” you know when to sell because your (GARP). A growth investor’s challenge reasons for buying are no longer valid. is to avoid overpaying for a stock in -Michael E. Zeiter is a registered anticipation of earnings that eventufinancial representative of and offers ally prove disappointing. securities, investment advisory and Growth-oriented data financial planning services through A growth investor might ask some MML Investors Services, LLC, Member of these questions about a stock: SIPC. Reach Michael Zeiter at Email • Has the stock’s price been rising recently? mzeiter@financialguide.com / Web • Is the stock reaching new highs? www.zeiterfinancial.com / Direct • Are sales and earnings per share (209) 613-7210 / Office (209) 566-1366.

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GENERAL CONTRACTORS

In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.

Ranked by Number of Employees. Ties are Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Company Name Rank Address Phone 1

2

Teichert Construction 265 Val Dervin Parkway Stockton, CA 95206 (209) 983-2300 Diede Construction, Inc. P.O. Box 1007 Woodbridge, CA 95258 (209) 369-8255

Top Local Executive Number Contractors License of Local Web Address Employees Dave Swartz 290418 teichert.com Steve Diede 632667 diedeconstruction.com

300 108 yr 150 pk

3

Meehleis Modular Buildings, Inc. 1303 E. Lodi Avenue Lodi, CA 95240 (209) 334-4637

William Meehleis 473488 meehleis.com

84

4

Simile Construction Service, Inc. 4725 Enterprise Way, Ste. 1 Modesto, CA 95356 (209) 545-6111

Guy Simile, President 794642 simileconstruction.com

80

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6

7 8

9

10 11 12

13

14

15

16 17

18

19 20

TCB Industrial, Inc. 2955 Farrar Avenue Modesto, CA 95354 (209) 571-0569 ACME Construction Company, Inc. 1565 Cummins Drive Modesto, CA 95358 (209) 523-2674 Ross F. Carroll, Inc. 8873 Warnerville Road Oakdale, CA 95361 (209) 848-5959 Roland Construction 3269 Tomahawk Drive Stockton, CA 95205 (209) 462-2687

Dave Raybourn Bruce Elliott 383991 tcbindustrial.net

65 yr 150 pk

Phillip Mastagni B167130 acmeconstruction.com

50 yr 100 pk

Year Est. 1952

General contracting, earth work, underground, concrete, rebar, carpentry (rough & finish)metal studs, metal siding, metal building erections and metal roofs

1979

Manteca transit center, Manteca animal shelter Manteca fire station No. 4 Stanislaus honor farm Tokay high school, Lodi

Dolores Huerta Elementary Stockton Chavez High School, Stockton Lake Boat House, Lodi; George W. Bush Elementary, Stockton Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary, Stockton In Shape Health Clubs CA Tracy Chevy Remodel Commercial construction Stanislaus Health Center GMC Buick Dealership; HG MAKELIM Modesto Toyota, Payless Auto Don Pedro hydroelectric unit rebuilds Industrial contracting, heavy mechanical Ameron plant expansion, Los Vaqueros Turbine services to industrial plants install, many projects for PG&E, MID, TID, SMUD, SCE Sysco Fuel Island Expansion, Modesto Oak Valley Replacement Hospital, Oakdale CSUS General contractor Science Building, Turlock Joseph Gregori High School Design and build private and public works projects

50+

Grading, paving, concrete, underground utitlities, residential, commercial, industrial and project management

Jim Hoagland 487654 rolandconst.com

46+

1986

1999

1992

1947

Upon request

1989

General contractor specializing in preengineered metal buildings

Stockton Jet Center, Stockton Manteca USD Lathrop HS, Lathrop

1986

40 yr 45 pk

General contractors, design-build, and restoration services

Spring Creek Golf & Country Club, Ripon Tower Health and Wellness Center, Turlock Cheese Cold Storage Facility, Hilmar Woodbridge Recreation Center, Manteca Holiday Inn Express, Modesto

1971

35

Construction: new, design build, renovation, alteration, repair

VA Hospital-Mather, renovate Begle AFB-Building 23560

2007

Nicholas B. Jones 391570 ford-construction.com

30 yr 150 pk

General engineering and heavy civil construction contractor

Merced river ranch fish habitat Presidio trust baker beach remediation Beardsley recreation improvements in Stanislaus National Forrest

1979

Brian Roek 171084-B roekconstruction.com

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General contractor

Calvary Bible Church, Lodi SJC Juvenile Hall, French Camp Patterson Pass, Tracy

1926

T. Wayne Bogart 602019 tmwandassociates.com

16 yr 20 pk

Dan Warren, VP of Construction 355353 wlbutler.com

17 yr 20 pk

Bob Leonard 347290 bob-leonard.com

14 yr 30 pk

Brad Ardis Gary Huff 385014 huffcon.com

Patriot Construction, Inc. 4646 Quantas Lane, Ste. B-4 Stockton, CA 95206 (209) 982-9900 Ford Construction Company, Inc. 639 E. Lockeford Street Lodi, CA 95240 (209) 333-1116 Roek Construction, Inc. 2580 Teepee Drive Stockton, CA 95205 (209) 464-8344 TMW & Associates, Inc. 1725 Sanguinetti Lane, Ste. A Stockton, CA 95205 (209) 943-2881

Christopher Cotta, CEO 905350 patriotbuilds.com

Bob Leonard & Associates 1325 El Pinal Drive, Ste. D-4 Stockton, CA 95205 (209) 931-4625 Blach Construction 3255 March Lane, Ste. 105 Stockton, CA 95219 (209) 478-2374 Hanley Construction, Inc. PO Box 808 Stockton, CA 95201 (209) 462-2446 Haggerty Construction Inc. 2474 Wigwam Drive, Ste. A Stockton, CA 95205 (209) 475-9898 Gabbert Construction, Inc. 1852 W. 11th Street, Ste. 337 Tracy, CA 95376 (209) 833-5050 CON-TEK Construction, Inc. 1040 W. Kettleman Lane, Ste. 200 Lodi, CA 95240 (209) 368-2700

Notable Projects

Underground pipeline, grading, concrete Golden Gate Auto Auction, Tracy Walker Ranch, Patterson and asphalt paving contractor Diablo Grande, Stanislaus County

Sean P. Carroll 606462 rossfcarrollinc.com

Huff Construction Company, Inc. 4917 Stoddard Road Modesto, CA 95356 (209) 545-7505

W. L. Butler Construction, Inc. 140 Frank W. Circle, Ste. 100 Stockton, CA 95206 (209) 983-4890

Services

Bob Haupt 210418 blach.com Jim Hanley, President 434631 hanleyco.com

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Verona Office Building, Stockton Clark Pest Control Corp. Office, Lodi DMV, Tracy; Central Valley Community Bank, Lodi; University Park VMRC Office, Stockton Commercial general contracting Target, Fresno; GMC, Folsom including medical facilities, automotive, Charles Schwab, Sacramento retail, office buildings, TI services, data IKEA, Emeryville Heritage Baptist Church, San Leandro centers and hospitality facilities Commercial and residential remodeling, TK Services, Stockton fire damage and casualty repairs, Western Truck Service, West Sacramento California tenant improvements, design build and Water Service Field Office, Stockton SMV, Sonora publicworks projects Design, build commercial, retail, industrial construction and solar PV

General contracting, construction Stockton Unified School District management and program management Walden Special Center, $12 million

12 yr 8 pk

Commercial and industrial construction

Ryan Haggerty, President 944274 haggertyconstruction.net

11

General contractor

Carl Gabbert 735813 gabbertconstruction.com

8

Steve Holden 882843 con-tekconstruction.com

5

Haggin museum; WMB architects offices Valley First Credit Union, main branch; Financial Center Credit Union-main branch, BBVA compass Target, Lathrop Waste treatment plant, Patterson Menlo worldwide logistics, 508,000 sf. Distribution facility

New custom homes, additions, remodels Many homes that have been completed and AG buildings Grading, paving and underground

Auto Zone, Sacramento Little Saigon Plaza, Sacramento Vista De Lago Retail Center, Granite Bay

1986

2003

1977

1970

1954

2010

1978

2005

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The commercial real estate market is finally showing signs of recovery.

Yet we continue to see a high level of vacancy in office buildings. What can property owners do to help accelerate the leasing of their vacant space?

As the saying goes, “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Having a well planned leasing strategy for an office building is critical to successfully filling vacancies.

Equally important is having the right team in place who can execute the plan. Whether you choose to create and execute the leasing strategy yourself or hire a broker to do so make sure you incorporate the following tips into your leasing strategy: 1. Time is of the essence Make sure your leasing team is aware of the timelines you face. This could be an upcoming refinance date, a projected sale date, or any leases coming up for renewal or expiring.

Understanding your time sensitivity will determine the aggressiveness of your leasing strategy.

2. Brand your building Knowing the marketplace for your type of office building is important. For every building there are specific tenants who would want to occupy. That is based on location, condition, amenities and qualitative factors such as the market’s perception of the building.

If your building has many small individual offices embrace it and cater to that market. Your building can be an “incubator” where many start ups or established single operators reside and grow. Those tenants will be your biggest advocates for tenant referrals.

On the other hand, if your building is a large Class A building with beautiful space, views and amenities, treat it as such: keep the grounds immaculate, provide daily janitorial in common areas and common restrooms, and other services that are expected for a Class A office building.

3. Location, location, location I don’t mean the classic real estate adage here – the building you own, cannot be moved to the best corner in town. Instead, focus on highlighting the benefits the building’s location has to offer.

A building does not need to be on the corner of Main and Main to be leased. Also when looking for tenants in a challenging location I have found it useful to focus on tenants in the nearby vicinity. Those businesses have are already bought in to the location, so you don’t have to sell the location in addition to the space.

4. Market trends You must remain abreast of changes in the market, at the local, regional and national levels. Read the Central Valley Business Journal as well as other newspapers and real estate industry publications. That makes you aware

of which businesses are growing and expanding into the market.

In addition, press releases are are great source of information. By the time the press release is sent, that business likely already has an office space.

However there may be complementary types of business that could benefit from being in the same region or near that new business.

David Quinonez For example, near a courthouse NAI Benchmark First Commercial there is a concentration of law firms, but those law firms also generate a concentration of legal processors.

All the above create general foot traffic during business hours, creating the need for eateries and coffee shops, etc.

5. Communicate Talk to people about your space any chance you get; I am not suggesting you become a walking ad for your office space, but do make sure people know you have office space available and eventually people will direct potential tenants to you.

6. Identify your target market One of the most important aspects of the leasing process is targeted marketing. Just as you would not contact an industrial user for your office space, you must also not contact a medical office user if you do not have enough parking for medical use or are not to current ADA standards.

Based on the brand of your building and what your building is best suited for you can generate a list of targeted businesses for your office space. If you have medical office space, be more focused than broad categories like “doctors.”

Look at the current tenant mix and proximity to other businesses to determine specific specialty doctors or a medical laboratory, for example. This will not only “diversify” your tenant base but may create some synergy amongst your existing tenants and possibly set the groundwork for long term stability in your building.

7. Pricing Always price your space according to current market conditions. Don’t get stuck on, I used to get $5,000 for this space in 2005 and now you want me to price it for $2,500? Based on your timeline, price your office space accordingly.

Be aggressive on pricing if you are facing a short timeline to fill the

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space. If you price it less aggressively, recognize the lease-up time will be more lengthy.

8. Incentives Offer move-in incentives such as free rent for a period of time, low lease rates during the first year and then generous increases in subsequent years. For a great credit tenant and longer lease term, offer a tenant improvement (TI) allowance or offer to complete the TIs; in either scenario you can amortize your costs to the lease rate over the lease term.

Most importantly, know the incentives being offered in the market (so that you are competitive) and know what you plan to offer before you begin marketing. That way you’ll be prepared to respond when tenants make requests.

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our CTAs. Employers are calling us to say they want their team to go through the program.”

Ultimately, he noted, the program’s influence will be reflected in what visitors post on social media.

Mangum renewed his certification on April 2 and has high praise for the five-member team at Visit Stockton.

“They’re such a wonderful group of people to work with, so on top of it. Any information we need, it’s almost immediate. They’re doing a really good job there.”

The CTA class grew from about 30 in its first year to 188 this year.

“They had everybody from legislators to pedicab drivers, dry cleaning owners, business owners, a lot of hotel managers, pretty much anything you can think of, real diverse,” Mangum said.

“It’s a way to enhance the knowledge of citizens to uplift the city.

Stockton hasn’t been known for being the best of cities. We are here to change that reputation, to help people realize it’s a safe place to come to with great places to stay. People come with a mindset of ‘I’ve heard a lot of things about Stockton,’ and immediately change their perspective when we tell them we have this, we have that. They say, ‘I had no idea!’”

Classes are bi-monthly, and the class that began on April 30 was at full capacity. Rhea indicated that industryspecific classes are a possibility, such as a class for realtors or docents.

CTAs who renew their certification earn points for attending local events and staying engaged. The program sends out a bimonthly newsletter and builds in experiences such as visits to the Haggin Museum, the Stockton Arena, the Stockton Oktoberfest, and preview nights at a play.

“It’s about building this family of tourism ambassadors, not just having letters after your name,” Rhea said. “It’s about staying updated. It’s a learning process, being a CTA.”

9. Commercial real estate brokers are your friends…and also your biggest asset Whether you decide to list your office space for lease with a commercial real estate broker or not, always make sure the brokerage community knows about your space.

The power of the brokerage community is something no single individual can ever replicate; Brokers from all firms work with each other to make deals happen. Each broker knows owners, buyers, and tenants,

and their primary job is to match them up with the properties or tenants that best match their needs, regardless of who represents a property.

At times one broker will refer another broker (and his/her client) to a different broker even if he doesn’t get compensated simply because he knows that broker has space that would be a better fit. But if brokers are not aware of a building or vacancy, it will not be top of mind when they have a client who fits.

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Having an office building is a great asset with many long and short term benefits. But those benefits only apply when the building is leased and producing income.

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The right blend

By KENT HOHLFELD Business Journal writer

LODI -- A controversy is fermenting along with the wine in the grape country of San Joaquin County.

The San Joaquin County Community Development Department recently released a draft of a new winery ordinance that changes everything from the classifications for wineries to how many events can be held on their properties.

“Currently we are just kind of reviewing,” said Kyle Lerner, co-owner of Harney Lane Winery.

“What they are proposing, I’m not overly excited, but it’s got a long ways to go before it’s finalized.”

The new ordinance would replace existing laws that were put in place in 2004 that govern things such as how wineries are classified as small, medium and large (eliminating the boutique category).

When the original law was passed, local wine tasting rooms were relatively few and the activities they hosted were small. Today more than 60 wine tasting rooms dot northern San Joaquin County. They host everything from corporate gatherings to local concerts.

“Their primary concern (in the early 2000s) was in regulating meeting halls, where you could have

weddings, that could develop in rural areas,” said Lerner. “It was written fairly loosely.”

Today, some wineries host spring and summer concerts, rent out facilities for business functions and allow groups to have celebrations on their premises.

With that growth has come complaints from the surrounding neighbors. Greg and Nancy Hennefer live on West Turner Road and have watched traffic and noise increase in their rural area.

“We have one winery that has concerts that go late into the night,” said Nancy Hennefer. “There is nobody to enforce the rules. We are not anti-winery, but we don’t want to hear rock concerts in our backyard all night. We just want someone to enforce the rules.”

The draft of the new ordinance would limit the number of events wineries could have as well as the time that events could take place.

“They want to limit outdoor activities (featuring amplified music) to 5 p.m.,” said Lodi Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Commerce Pat Patrick. “During the summer, the sun doesn’t even go down until after 8.”

He acknowledges area residents have real concerns about winery events’ noise and traffic. Patrick believes many of those issues have already been dealt with.

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“Most of the complaints centered around four wineries,” Patrick said. “The wineries have made changes, and we haven’t had many issues recently.”

Patrick said other parts of the ordinance looked as though they were based on wineries found in the Napa Valley vs. those in the San Joaquin Valley. The new law would also limit retail space in a wine tasting room to 200 feet, down from 30 percent of the footage in the old law.

While that might not affect larger wineries in Napa that are almost entirely dedicated to wine, enthusiasts find a more eclectic mix of wineries in San Joaquin County.

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Winery Classifications: ► Large: A winery must produce a minimum of 555.1 tons of grapes or approximately 100,000 gallons of wine per year, among other requirements. ► Medium: A medium winery must produce a minimum of 201 tons of grapes or approximately 36,000 gallons of wine, and no more than 555 tons of grapes or approximately 99,999 gallons of wine per year. ► Small: A

small winery, among other requirements, must produce a minimum of more than 1.1 tons of grapes or approximately 201 gallons of wine, and no more than 200 tons of grapes or approximately 36,000 gallons of wine per year.

Requirements: A small winery must be located on a lot of at least five acres. A use permit is required for any small winery proposing marketing events.

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The proposed ordinance seeks to balance the need for wineries to hold events with neighbors’ priority of preserving Lodi’s rural charm.

into 200 square feet.”

Area wineries and residents got their chance to address these issues at a public comment meeting April 24 in Stockton.

“I think we learned a lot of the differing opinions and things that we have to reexamine,” said Kerry Sullivan, director of the San Joaquin Development Department. “The 5 p.m. cutoff of amplified events seems to be very important and may need to be looked at.”

Sullivan and her department continued to take comments until April 30.

The department will continue revising the ordinance through May before presenting it to the Planning Commission. Eventually it will go to the Board

of Supervisors for final approval.

The key item facing supervisors is balancing the impact of wineries in the rural countryside and its residents while allowing the growing agri-tourism industry to continue to flourish.

“The county wants to do what is right by everyone,” said Patrick. “There are people who want to see no tourists in the county. The people in farming that are against having people in the rural areas are shortsighted in my view. We have to find a balance. We can’t rob the rural area of its serenity, but this is the fastest growing industry in the north county. Why would we want to slow that down and throw a blanket on that?”

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An off-site wine cellar can have a maximum of 10 marketing events per year.

A small winery can have a maximum of 12 marketing events per year.

A medium winery can have a maximum of 15 marketing events per year.

A large winery can have a maximum of 20 marketing events per year.

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A maximum of one marketing event can be held per week.

Small wineries, between a minimum of 5 and 9.9 acres, and off-site wine cellars can have a maximum of 150 attendees per event. Parcels with a minimum of 10 acres can have a maximum of 300 attendees.

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Large and medium wineries with a minimum of 10 acres can have a maximum of 300 attendees.

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Outdoor amplified sound is permitted between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. two times per month.

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Marketing events must end by 10 p.m.

SOURCE: San Joaquin County Community Development Department

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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.

Ranked by Number of Employees. Ties ranked in Alphabetical Order.

Rank

Company Name Address

1

Collins Electrical Company, Inc. 611 W. Fremont Street Stockton, CA 95203

2

Industrial Electrical Company 1417 Coldwell Avenue Modesto, CA 95350

3

Best Electric 1322 7th Street Modesto, CA 95354

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Bockmon & Woody Electric Co., Inc. 1528 El Pinal Drive Stockton, CA 95205

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Access Electric 1990 Foundry Court Ceres, CA 95307

6

Pacific Metro Electric, Inc. 3150 E. Fremont Street Stockton, CA 95205

7

Kirkes Electric 999 N. Golden State Boulevard Turlock, CA 95380

8

Top Local Executive Phone Web Address Eugene C. Gini (209) 466-3691 collinselectric.com David Howell (209) 527-2800 industrialelectrical.com

Number of Local Employees Yr Round/Peak 275/425

200/200 +

Services Provided Biggest Projects Electrical contracting Kaiser Hospital campus, Modesto St. Joseph’s Medical Center Women/Children Pavilion, Stockton Amazon fulfillment Center Full service electrical company, specializing in industrial electrical services for industry, commercial and institutional companies and projects

Year Est.

1928

1935

Dimitri Guzman (209) 569-0120 bestelectricca.com

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24-hour emergency service, commercial, industrial, residential, agriculture free estimates on new installations

1959

Gary Woody Jeff and Greg Bockmon (209) 464-4878 bockmonwoody.com

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New construction, remodels and maintenance Qualified and approved control panel builder 24-hour emergency service

1990

Walter Resendes (209) 577-1491 accesstopower.com

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Design/build, electrical engineering/design, new construction, commercial TI, network cabling, facility maintenance, and industrial construction

2001

Glen Rigsbee (209) 939-3222 pacificmetroelectric.com

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Installation, maintenance, repairs, design/build, commercial tenant improvements, and stainless steel purge welding

1995

Kyle Kirkes, President (209) 634-9301 kirkeselectric.com

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Commercial, design, industrial service, specialty home services, electrical design and lighting design

1949

Acme Electric Company 1025 S. Kilroy Road Turlock, CA 95380

Buster Lucas (209) 667-2851 acme-electric.net

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Electrical contractor for commercial, industrial, agricultural, and solar installation

1970

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Brite Electric 490 S. Golden State Boulevard Turlock, CA 95380

Frank Lemos (209) 632-7291 brite-electric.com

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All phases electrical service, including solar

1983

10

Carr Electric 3750 Wilcox Road Stockton, CA 95215

Richard Carr (209) 931-5910 carrelectricinc.com

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Complete electrical services for both residential and commercial $500,000 job in Stockton

1979

11

Quantum Electric 1745 Mc Conmick Street Turlock, CA 95380

Lance Donaldson (209) 667-6574 quantumelectric.net

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Full service electrical company, residential, commercial, industrial

1998

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S. D. Electric, Inc. 1852 W. 11th Street, Ste. 327 Tracy, CA 95376

Steve Hanson (209) 832-0870 sdelectricinc.com

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Specializes in industrial and commercial work with an emphasis in public works

2000

13

Wilkinson Electric, Inc. 12321 Rodden Road Oakdale, CA 95361

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American Power & Communications 1416 Mariani Court, Ste. 130 Tracy, CA 95376

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Big Valley Electric 19057 E. Gawne Road Stockton, CA 95215

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BTS Electric 6 Sierra Vista Place Lodi, CA 95240

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New Energy Homes 151 N. California Avenue Oakdale, CA 95361

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Commercial, agricultural, residential, industrial 500,00000 Commercial PW jobs Free estimates, senior and military discounts 24 hours emergency services Electrical, voice/data, solar Villa Tuscany Park, Stockton CA Starbucks - Various Bay Area locations

Matthew Wilkinson (209) 678-2161 wilkinsonelectriccompany.com

10/15

Dustin Wortham (209) 833-1369 americanpowercomm.net

8/20

James A. Coyle Jr. (209) 986-3550 bigvalleyelectric.com

8/16

Commercial, industrial, design/build and engineering services UPS Data Center, Tracy Defense Depo

2004

Jerry Branson (209) 367-1403 btselectricservice.com

5/8

Electrical, mechanical, network, automation 7-11 television

2008

2007

2004

Steve Vella (209) 321-0239 illuminex.com

5

Energy efficient lighting LED, electrical contracting, solar

2011

A.S.A.P. Electric, Inc. PO Box 692362 Stockton, CA 95269

Rick Carlson (209) 473-8555 asapelectric.info

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Residential, small commercial projects, mobile homes.

Surface upgrades, work with real estate firms for home repairs and inspection upgrades

1991

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Pacific Electric P.O. Box 5366 Stockton, CA 95205

James Clevenger (209) 456-1236 None

3

Commercial, residential, industrial, repairs, remodel, panel changes and new construction

2002

20

Gunsch Electric, Inc. 1086 Bessemer Avenue, Ste. B Manteca, CA 95337

Ed Gunsch Jr. (209) 823-7687 gunschelectric.com

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Commercial, residential, and industrial

1987

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Wanted: CEOs who are new to top job Organizations looking for new CEOs typically prefer to hire individuals with a depth of experience and who have been CEOs at other companies. A recent study has determined that this is not always the wisest course of action.

Researchers Burak Koyuncu and Monica Hamori have found that the average return on assets for CEOs who have transitioned from one CEO position to another was 48 percent lower than for those who had no prior CEO experience. New CEOs performed better if they had worked in a broader variety of positions before taking the helm.

The potential pitfall of hiring experienced CEOs is that they may bring into a new organization fixed assumptions about how tasks should be done. They try to apply old solutions to new problems. They may lack an understanding of the new company’s culture, its markets and its employees. According to the researchers, “The greater the opportunity for acculturation, the greater the chance the company can avoid falling into the CEO experience trap.”

Women are often overlooked for highlevel positions. In fact, only 4.5 percent of Fortune 1000 CEO positions are occupied by women. This trend is gradually changing with successful new leaders like Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook. Her book “Lean In” describes the special challenges women face as they move up the corporate ladder.

More than half of the business students at CSU Stanislaus are women, and in an effort to encourage its female students to believe in themselves and to reach higher, CSU Stanislaus holds an annual Women’s Leadership Forum. This year, the focus was on developing tomorrow’s leaders. Four

successful women CEOs or presidents talked to students about their career paths and their tips for success.

The panelists were: Sharon Silva, president and CEO of the Turlock Chamber of Commerce; Lynn Dickerson, CEO of the Gallo Center for the Arts; Martha Connor, president and CEO of DirectLine Technologies; and Bev Linda Nowak Finley, past CEO Dean, College of Business of the Stanislaus CSU Stanislaus Medical Center.

All four had very diverse career paths, but they all were strong women who had overcome any challenges that were put in front of them.

They believed in themselves.

Connor explained that what best prepared her for leadership was the development of her critical thinking skills. She explained that being a successful CEO means that you need to be a good problem solver. She also emphasized that it is important to have a great mentor. A mentor could be a boss, a colleague or friend. A good mentor needs to be positive and accessible — only a phone call away.

What do I tell my business students who want to be CEOs someday? Finish your undergraduate degree and then think about a MBA. Believe in yourself.

Learn from your mistakes and pick yourself back up. Set goals. Pay your dues — it may take years. Be disciplined. Always do your best work. Keep aiming higher!

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Pacific’s Plovnick to retire in June STOCKTON -- Mark Plovnick, who has been at the University of the Pacific for 25 years will retire at the end of the academic year, the university announced.

Plovnick has been director of economic development at Pacific since 2006 and dean of the Eberhardt School of Business for 17 years.

“Mark has been a significant asset for University of the Pacific both as dean of the Eberhardt School of Business and as director of Economic Development,” said Vice President for External Relations and Athletics Ted Leland. “He led the Eberhardt School through some great transitions, did a great job with fundraising and has also been one of the most visible members of the Pacific family in the business community.”

In both jobs the university said Plovnick has been responsible for significant growth in size and scope of

the units he managed and the development of many new programs for the University, including the MBA program, the Business Forecasting Center and the Institute for Family Business in the business school, as well as the San Joaquin Angels and the San Joaquin Entrepreneur Challenge while serving Plovnik as director of Economic Development.

Plovnick said he plans to remain in Stockton and stay active in the community.

“I plan to remain involved with many of the organizations with whom I am associated including the Bank of Agriculture and Commerce and the San Joaquin Angels. But I should have a little more time for family and travel, too, after June.” Plovnik said.

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Top traits of successful family businesses Last month’s article included a list of the first five of the top ten traits of successful family firms. I noted that these traits were listed in no particular order.

Several readers emailed to ask which of the traits are most important? Before we get to the next five, let me answer that question. Whether or not you are part of a family business, all successful organizations require many different quality traits to reach their goals. Of these traits, vision and communication are always at the top.

Successful business leaders need to have vision. They need to be able to see the future and understand how their product or service fits into that future.

Someone without vision might get lucky once or twice. But without a clear vision, it will be a short-lived victory.

The second most important trait is communication. Having a vision without the ability to communicate it is like being Mozart without a piano. Although you clearly hear it in your head, the rest of the world never gets to enjoy it. It is critical for the success of a business to be able to excite others by communicating a vision. When identifying future leaders in any organization, look for those that have a clear vision and the ability to communicate it with passion.

The first five traits included vision, family constitutions, communication, developing the next generation, and employment policies. The second five traits of successful family businesses are as follows: Succession Planning Successful families understand the importance of creating sustainable leadership. The oldest family business in the United States was started in the 1600s. It has gone through more than 40 generations of leaders. Succession planning involves building the next generation of leaders by engaging them early on in their lives.

Many families wait until the kids are in college before they have “the talk.” Which is simply, “Are you coming into the family business?” What if that discussion began in high school or earlier and the passion of the kids were developed into a business strategy that involved their education? Imagine how powerful that becomes to engaging the next generation of leadership.

Outside Board Members Typical family firms begin with Dad, Mom, Uncle Bob and maybe their business attorney meeting informally around the dinner table. In most cases, Dad clearly demonstrates how the board is to vote on items. When Dad asks for everyone in favor to say “yes,” he is actually nodding as he says it.

If he brings up something for people to vote no on then he subtlety shakes his head while presenting it. It is clear how board members are to vote.

Successful boards realize that to take the family firm to the highest level, they need to expand their board beyond the capabilities of the family and look for outside board members who will help professionalize the board with additional experience, knowledge and skillsets.

This creates a more professional atmosphere and raises the level of the board and Peter Johnson management Pacific - Eberhardt team.

School of Business Hire and Develop the Best People (Including Advisers) Great family business leaders surround themselves with people who are bright, energetic and confident. This includes employees, family members and professional advisers -- people who are more experienced, knowledgeable and skilled in specific areas than the leader. They want people who are going to speak up and help lead the business in the right direction. They are not intimidated by intelligent and motivated people. They also don’t let cost be a deterrent to hiring the best people.

Never Stop Learning Successful businesses are always looking for ways to improve, innovate and transition when necessary.

To be successful they have to be continually learning. They belong to groups like Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the University of the Pacific Institute for Family Business or other groups that allow for leaders to come together and share issues and solutions. In addition they read books, blogs and other resources both in and out of their industries.

Execute Jumping out of a plane with a parachute is not enough. You have to pull the cord. Many businesses (family or otherwise) start the strategic planning process. They come up with a plan and then congratulate themselves for a job well done. Then the plan goes on the shelf to gather dust. Family business leaders understand that they can’t kick the tough decisions down the road for other family members to clean up.

Lack of execution today leads to potentially large challenges in the future. Many leaders know in their heart that one of their children is more capable or qualified than the others. The successful businesses acknowledge it and deal with it. Other businesses will wait until Dad passes away and then let the children fight it out.

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Discount offered for Executive Master of Business Administration program STOCKTON -- The California State University, Stanislaus College of Business Administration is enrolling students in its next cohort of the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program this September at the university’s Stockton Center.

This will be the 10th cohort and to mark the occasion and recognize the community’s support, the college is offering a $1,000 tuition discount to applicants who complete the application checklist at www. csustan.edu/emba/how-apply by June 30.

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“The EMBA program provides a synergistic learning environment and an efficient and flexible format to complete the degree,” said Katrina Kidd, Executive and Online MBA program director.

“We welcome the opportunity to share more information with you.”

The EMBA program is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International and provides an affordable and flexible way for professionals to advance in their careers or develop new business-

es, the university said. Classes are held on Saturdays only. Students take 36 units and earn their degree in just 15 months.

According to the university, the EMBA Program provides a team-focused approach to learning in small cohort groups of students. The approach encourages a collegial opportunity,both in and out of the classroom, so students can come up with practical and creative solutions to their organizational challenges by working with their faculty and team members.

For information about the EMBA program and to sign up for an information session with the program director, visit www.csustan.edu/emba.

Online MBA applicants can also qualify for the $1,000 tuition discount by completing the application checklist at www. csustan.edu/omba/how-apply by June 30th. The next Online MBA program starts in August and allows you to earn your MBA anytime, from anywhere. For information about the Online MBA program, visit www.csustan.edu/omba.

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court must review the conservatorship proceeding periodically to ascertain that the best interests of the conservatee are being addressed. Accordingly, the court investigator has to report to the court six months after the appointment of the conservator whether the conservatorship is appropriate and whether the conservator is acting in the best interests of the conservatee.

Additionally, after appointment of the conservator, the court investigator must report to the court one year after appointment of the conservator and annually thereafter unless the court orders a different review period.

Where the conservatorship proceeding is a court proceeding, it is public, time consuming, and expensive. Using the DPA or AHCD will be preferable in most instances. However, the DPA or AHCD will not protect against the potential for abuse by the agent. Accordingly, it is imperative that a proper agent be appointed in the DPA and AHCD. There are many issues involved in a proper estate plan that go beyond the basic will and revocable living trust.

Accordingly, using online legal forms or using attorneys who do not specialize in estate planning can do more harm than good. When dealing with your health, finances and well-being, seek the best counsel possible.

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How does that ensure the future success of the business? Successful companies are willing to make tough short term decisions for long term success.

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The choice is up to the family.

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SOLAR CONTRACTORS In San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties.

Ranked by Number of Employees. Ties are Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Rank

1

2

Company Name Address 1st Light Energy, Inc. 1869 Moffet Boulevard Manteca, CA 95336

SolarCity 2001 Arch-Airport Road Ste. 300 Stockton, CA 95206

Top Local Executive Local Phone Web Address Justin Krum (209) 824-5500 1stlightenergy.com

Dennis Cox Regional Vice President (888) 765-2489 solarcity.com

Number of local employees year round-peak 200

129

Services Offered Notable Projects Solar panel sales and installation SolarCity (NASDA: SCTY) provides clean energy. The company has disrupted the century-old industry by providing renewable electricity directly to homeowners, businesses and government organizations for less than they spend on utility bills. SolarCity gives customers control of their energy costs to protect them from rising rates. The company offers solar power, energy efficiency, and battery storage, and makes clean energy easy by taking care of everything from design and permitting to monitoring and maintenance.

Year Est. 2004

2013

Multiple Walmart sites, Rabobank, the San Joaquin County Office of Education, Venture Academy, and hundreds of residential solar installations, as well as SolarCity’s Stockton operations center, a job creator.

3

Panelized Structures Inc. DBA Panelized Solar 5731 Stoddard Road Modesto, CA 95356

90 yr 110 pk

Solar system design and installation, photovoltaic roof and ground mounted systems Diamond Pet Foods, Ripon 1.1 mW Cal Almond Huller, Turlock 434 kW

1989

4

JKB Energy 941 E. Monte Vista Avenue Turlock, CA 95382

55 yr 72 pk

Sales, design, engineering, procurement, installation, construction, service of solar power systems.

Farmer’s Co-Operative, Modesto 874 kW Spycher Brothers, Turlock 400kW Dave Wilson Nursery, Hickman (3 projects)

1981

5

Acme Electric Company 1025 S. Kilroy Road Turlock, CA 95380

Solar installation and service work

1970

6

Honey’s Air 5536 Pironne Road Salida, CA 95368

Dale Kujawski (209) 523-2345 honeysair.net

30 yr 35 pk

Solar systems between 6 and 92 panels

1980

7

T.A. Krause, Inc. 11275 Leach Road Lodi, CA 95240

Troy Anthony Krause (209) 339-9165 takrause.com

8 yr 15pk

Solar, roofing, specialty, coatings Commercial: 80 kw system in Thousand Oaks, CA Residential: 10.2 kw in Lodi, CA

1988

8

American Power and Communications 1416 Mariani Court, Ste. 130 Tracy, CA 95376

Dustin Wortham (209) 833-1369 americanpowercomm.net

8 yr 20 pk

Commercial, industrial and residential installations, design, building and engineering Villa Tuscany Park, Stockton CA Starbucks - Various Bay Area locations

2004

9

Renewable Integrator, Inc. 793 S. Tracy Boulevard, Ste. 275 Tracy, CA 95376

Joe Silveira, CEO (209) 832-9463 renewableintegrator.com

8 yr 6 pk

Solar sales, design, and installation PV Solar System for the city of Tracy at the Tracy Police Department and the Boyd Service Center

2008

10

Mid-State Solar 450 Glass Lane Ste. A-1 Modesto, CA 95356

Philip Yakligian, President (209) 551-7800 midstatesolar.com

7 yr 10 pk

Solar thermal & photovoltaic systems Design, sales, installation an services for residential, commercial and Ag application.

1977

11

TYMCO Electrical & Solar Contractor 5354 Eleanor Road Oakdale, CA 95361

12

BTA Solar P.O. Box 188 Linden, CA 95236

13

Lee-Way Custom Contractors 16350 Targowski Lane Tracy, CA 95304

14

Advanced Commercial Enterprises 702 Church Street Modesto, CA 95357

15

Eagle Energy Electric Company 1537 Mitchell Avenue Escalon, CA 95320

Keith Coonce, President (209) 343-8600 panelizedsolar.com James Brenda, President (209) 668-5303 jkbenergy.com Buster Lucas (209) 667-2851 acme-electric.net

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Michele Crook (209) 869-2707 tymcoelectricsolar.com

5

Residential and commercial PV electric systems, components Solar water pumps, passive solar design or architecture services Energy system consulting, engineering, installation and service

2001

Rich Remington (209) 483-2991 btasolar.com

4

Photovoltaic design and installation Grid tie or off grid systems

2004

Ron W. Lee (209) 321-7233 None

4

Solar energy system design and installation

1981

Michael Flood (209) 526-2790 acesolarspecialists.com

3

Photovoltaic technology installation Electrical contracting

1985

Dennis Nipper (209) 838-7905 None

2

Complete solar installation, from paperwork, pulling permits to handling electric company After system is installed its monitored via Internet All products made in America

1986

Solar Contractors Rank Out of County local contracts or bids

Top Local Executive Local Phone Web Address

1

The Solar Company 20861 Wilbeam Avenue Castro Valley, CA 94546

Mark Danenhower ( 209) 676-3123 thesolarco.com

90 yr 95 pk

Commercial and residential solar design and installation Designed and installed over 1 MW of solar power for several commercial projects in Northern California

2

Suntrek Industries 5 Holland, Ste. 215 Irvine, CA 92618

Roy Heine, President, CEO (800) 292-7648 suntreksolar.com

75 yr 100 pk

Swimming pool solar, photovoltaic, solar hot water

3

SunnyCal Solar A division of Dollens Electric Corp.

842 East Hwy 88 Jackson, CA 95642

Steve Dollens, CEO (209) 772-1100 sunnycalsolar.com

Number of local employees year round-peak

15 yr 9 pk

Services Offered Notable Projects

Yosemite National Park Solar power systems, energy management, and electrical contracting Major installation for local communications company, multiple contracts

Year Est. 1990 1991

2005

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How to rank in Google with multiple locations The biggest problem for small to medium sized businesses is ranking well in search engines when they have big name competitors.

It is easy for companies with a lot of spending power to get noticed in search. They can spend big dollars to display ads for anything related to their products or services, so people often assume that large brands are impossible to beat in search unless they, too, spend a lot of money.

That is not usually the case as the content on their website is typically not very specific to each of their locations. While we may have a dozen or fewer locations, they have hundreds of locations to worry about. That gives us the upper hand when it comes to optimizing our websites to help each of our locations rank better organically (which means for free).

Google and other search engines use location data to decide what to display when a person performs a search.

People often include the city or region in their search when they are looking for something local. Google also favors companies with physical locations over those who simply mention names of locations they service. Having an actual address and phone number for your business locations is important to your local search results.

Domain names These days having the city name in your domain name is not important.

Google says that they do not rank domain names with keywords higher than those without these days. This is

good because we can keep our branding consistent rather than having multiple domain names and websites with the city name in them.

I recommend focusing on one website rather than having a website for each location. Not only is it hard to keep each website up to date, it’s no longer needed to rank well in search. Search engines are Jerad Hill good at cross Owner referencing Hill Media Group data. Each website also would be ranked separately, so website may rank well in one area and not as well in another where there is more competition. Multiple websites also result in duplicate content, something search engines do not like. Google may decide to prioritize rank to your smallest location and not include duplicate content from other location websites. It is better to have one About page than 20 About pages across multiple sites.

I suggest setting up your URL structure like this: http://hillmediagroup. com/locations/modesto Location-specific content On the landing page for each of your locations you will want to pro-

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vide content that is optimized for each location. By creating individual pages for each of your locations, you can create unique information about that location. Do not use the same content on all of your location pages, though. Create something unique so Google does not discount those pages due to duplicate content.

Think about the user experience. What is unique about the location? Try to keep at least 60 percent of the content on your location pages unique.

Pro Tip: Listing reviews or customer testimonials on location pages that is specific to that location is a great option.

Google+ Local A few years ago, listing your company on as many online directory sites was the key to ranking high in local search. Today, Google has moved their local business pages over to Google+.

Google+ is Google’s social network and it is really pushing integration. I still recommend having your company locations listed on local directory sites such as CitySearch, Yellowpages.com, Yelp and others, but it is not as important as your Google+ local page.

You should have a Google+ page for each of your locations. Make sure the pages are filled out as completely as possible. Make sure you have a unique phone number for each location as well. That does not mean that you need to consistently post content to these pages, the information just needs to be kept up to date. Make sure to check out Google’s Policies and Guidelines on

locations. Link: http://bit.ly/googleplacesguide Pro Tip: Make sure your Name, Address and Phone number is consistent across all listings online, including your website and social media pages.

Conclusion Managing multiple locations online can seem like a daunting task, but if you set everything up correctly, you won’t end up spreading your efforts too thin. Always measure what you are doing. Make sure you have Google Analytics or some other form of web traffic analysis in place. It will be nearly impossible to know what is working and what is not without data.

Creating pages and content is time consuming work. Search engines are getting smarter but they still require good information in order to do their work. I have found that if you setup your website so it is easy to read and navigate, people will find it if they have an interest in what you are offering. Search engines are now beginning to reward those who work with the end user in mind.

Pro Tip: Avoid SEO companies that cold call you with offers to get your site ranking #1 in search results.

Many of those companies use blackhat techniques to build links to your website and/or create content that tries to trick search engines. When Google Panda updated its algorithm, many websites using questionable methods dropped drastically in rank.

It’s easier to play by the rules than it is to clean up the mess later.

Network security starts with strong passwords When the Internet was designed, the concept of security was not a thought in the minds of the inventors.

The concept was simply to share information, which was successful, but over time we’ve come to find out that we don’t want to share everything with everyone on the Internet.

In helping to manage technology for organizations of 30 users or 20,000 users, one thing is clear: network security keeps everyone up at night. It’s a mysterious topic, and the potential outcome of being hacked has an even more mysterious outcome.

In working with hundreds of organizations, I’ve witnessed firsthand security being breached and even resulting in fairly substantial amounts of money being lost.

In my experience, many of these situations had a common theme of weak or exposed passwords. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen passwords for computers, servers, applications and even commercial banking written on a sticky note and taped to a monitor.

In a recent study by PC World, more than 70 percent of security breaches came from inside the organization.

Before you start looking suspiciously

around the office, understand the majority of these breaches were not purposeful. They were simply not protecting passwords, using simple passwords or making them easily accessible to individuals who shouldn’t have them.

Here are four ways I’ve found to help you avoid being hacked due Practical to weak password Technology management: David Burn all the sticky notes Darmstandler It’s ironic that Vice President organizations of Data Path can spend so much money on technology to prevent hacking from the outside, only to have the entire organization exposed by a simple sticky note. In the same way that you don’t leave a key in your front door or the code to your garage on your keypad – leaving passwords out for anyone to obtain can be detrimental.

I’ve found that many individuals

think their areas are secure, but you get more traffic around your desk and work area than you may be aware of. You have visitors, cleaning services and others walking through your office, and any of those individuals can quickly snap a photo of a password with their phones.

Look for the “s” When you’re creating passwords or logging into any website, always ensure you look at the address bar. You want to make sure you see “https://” before a website and not just “http:” – the difference is encryption. The “s” stands for “secure” and requires websites to utilize a secure certificate, which is generally purchased through a third party that has identified the website is legitimate.

Create stronger passwords The strength of your password is equivalent to how well your deadbolt on your house can prevent intruders. If you make your password easy to guess or your use dates, numbers or names that would be easy for someone to guess you’re creating the wrong passwords.

In working with customers, there have been a few times in my career that I can look around someone’s desk

and put some names and numbers together from information I gathered to successfully guess their password.

There’s nothing wrong with using things you can remember, but there are a few ways to enhance your passwords. Include numbers, and characters to strengthen passwords.

In Google’s recommendations for passwords, they suggest you come up with phrases as opposed to just a word; this makes passwords more difficult to guess and crack since they tend to be longer.

Use different passwords One of the biggest mistakes I see from users is using the same password. Do not use the same password for your social networks, as you do for you banking websites.

Don’t use the same password for your work environment as you do for your Twitter account.

Large public and social services are big targets for hacking attempts. When they get hacked, your email address and passwords can be exposed. Guess what. When they have your email (and if the password is the same as your work email) they now have your password for your work email and even a potential way into your network.

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BRIEFS Calvirgin olive oil wins gold medal LODI — Coldani Olive Ranch received a gold medal for its Calvirgin olive oil in the New York International Olive Oil competition, the company announced.

“Awards like this are humbling and a nice pat on the back for our company and family. Sometimes all of us often move at lightning speed with our heads down so it is nice to stop and enjoy what we are doing from time to time,” said one of Coldani Olive Ranch’s owners and olive miller Mike Coldani.

Along with the gold medal, the Calvirgin received a designation as one of the “Best Olive Oils in the World” from the competition’s judges who tasted more than 650 Extra Virgin olive oils from 22 different countries.

Coldani said California olive oils are getting more respect among experts around the world.

“This industry has changed a lot in a short amount of time and consumers are starting to become aware of the great olive oils we make here (United States). The U.S. collected the third most awards by country in the competition. Ten years ago I don’t think that would have happened,” he said.

Hanley Construction joins American Buildings Company network STOCKTON -- Hanley Construction, Inc. of Stockton has been added to the American Buildings Company’s national network of builders, ABC announced April 15.

The move gives Hanley access to a variety of sales, marketing, engineering and design tools to ensure their

STOCKTON -- Attendance figures for the 29th annual Asparagus Festival, held April 25-27, were not immediately available, but the crowds certainly seemed big -- especially on Saturday and Sunday.

A thunderstorm shut down the festival early on Friday, but the rest of the weekend produced festivalfriendly weather.

Organizers were hoping attendance would bounce back from the 25 percent drop last year when 75,237 came and $63,550 was raised for more than 100 nonprofit organizations.

Here are some figures Executive Director Kate Post was able to give us: • 29,000 orders of deep fried asparagus • 3,450 beef and asparagus sandwiches • 2,200 asparagus burritos • 3,500 orders of asparagus pasta • 7,000 ice cream orders businesses function at the highest level, ABC said.

Family-owned Hanley Construction has served the San Joaquin Countyarea since 1954.

ABC is a leading domestic and international manufacturer and marketer of high-quality metal building systems for industrial, commercial, and institutional construction markets.

PG&E to upgrade gas pipeline in Tracy TRACY -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) began work in April to upgrade 4,400 feet of natural gas transmission pipeline in north Tracy.

PG&E crews are scheduled to work through August, weather permitting, the company said.

“This pipeline replacement project will improve the safety and integrity of the natural gas system for our customers in Tracy,” said John Martin, gas superintendent for PG&E’s Stockton and Yosemite Divisions. “We appreciate the support and patience of area residents and businesses while we conduct this important gas infrastructure work.”

The pipeline upgrade will take place along Grant Line Road between Holly Drive and North MacArthur Drive. The work will take place in two phases. The first phase, which finished May 1, consisted of digging into portions of the asphalt along Grant Line Road to identify any utilities that may be in conflict with the pipeline replacement project.

The second phase will be the actual replacement work, which is expected to take place from mid-July through August.

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pected as the work will cause the closure of one lane on Grant Line Road.

Proper warning signs and flaggers will be in place to direct traffic and speed limits on this portion of Grant Line Road will be reduced to accommodate the construction activities.

Power of One luncheon set for May 20 STOCKTON -- The United Way’s Stockton Community Council will host the 12 annual Power of One -- Women Making a Difference luncheon on May 20.

The luncheon recognizes women who volunteer in the community.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Lorraine Halvorson of the Assistance League of Stockton.

Table Sponsorships begin at $500 for a table of 10. There are multiple levels of sponsorship with various benefits for each level of commitment. Individual tickets are also available for $35.00 per person.

The luncheon will be at the Hilton Stockton beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Pacific students win Zipcar competition STOCKTON -- Pacific’s Center for Community Involvement won a recent national Facebook competition “Students With Drive” hosted by Zipcar Inc. and Ford Motor Company.

The organization won the $25,000 grand prize which included $5,000 in Zipcar transportation credits, $10,000 in cash for the organization and $10,000 for Pacific’s General Scholarship Fund. That is on top of the $5,000 in transportation credits that the CCI

won in previously in the monthly Students With Drive competitions, which also put them in the running for the grand prize.

“We are so thrilled to be the ZipcarU Students with Drive Yearly Grand Prize Winner!” said Pacific student Shelly Zeiser, a music therapy major and member of CCI’s executive board who was the organizer of the contest effort. “I personally was so touched to see the way in which so many people came together to support the Center for Community Involvement and see this as continuing the passion we have for bridging the gap between the Pacific and Stockton communities.

The University entered into a Zipcar program several years ago to provide transportation alternatives for students without cars or who choose not to bring cars to campus. With the Zipcar credits and funds from the prize proceeds, CCI will have additional resources to enable them to expand outreach into the community and assist students without transportation to participate in volunteer and tutoring activities off campus.

Statue to be added to Ebbetts Pass Veteran’s Memorial MURPHYS -- A statue donated by John and Gail Kautz, owners of Kautz Family Farms in Lodi and founders of Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys will be dedicated on Memorial Day. The 7-foot-7 bronze statue will be added to the Ebbetts Pass Veteran’s Memorial.

The statue will be unveiled in a 10 a.m. ceremony that will will include music, soloists, color guard, guest speakers and a tribute to vets. The statue is dedicated to John Kautz’ brother, Fred, and other military veterans who’ve given their lives in service to the United States.

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BRIEFS Turlock’s Blue Diamond named Plant of the Year TURLOCK -- Blue Diamond Growers’ plant in Turlock has been named Plant of the Year by Engineering Foods magazine.

The award is for innovation in food and beverage manufacturing facilities. The magazine cited the plant’s “excellence and efficiency” in its April feature on the plant, which opened last year.

The new plant and the planned second phase are designed to help Blue Diamond meet the increasing global demand for almonds.

Currently, the plant has three almond processing line: a natural line and two other blanching lines that pasteurize and remove the skin from the almonds.

According to the magazine, Blue Diamond expects the Turlock plant will earn LEED Silver certification later this year. If that happens it will be Blue Diamond’s first LEEDcertified plant.

Almond Board to continue MODESTO — Almond growers across the state voted to keep the Almond Board of California going. A continuance referendum is required every five years.

“It is gratifying to know that the work of the Almond Board is recognized by the growers we serve as essential to their success, and contributes to keeping California Almonds the Nut of Choice around the world, and a Crop of Choice here at home,” said Almond Board of California Chairman Bill Harp.

Ninety-one percent of eligible growers who voted, cast a vote in favor of Federal Marketing Order 981, which set up the Almond Board, well over the two-thirds necessary for passage.

The Federal Marketing Order for almonds was established in 1950 at the request of the almond industry.

At that time, it dealt primarily with compliance issues and was called the Almond Control Board. In the 1970s, recognizing a need to address market development, the name was changed to the Almond Board of California.

While compliance is still an important part of its activities, the board now engages in production, environmental, food safety, nutrition and market research, as well as advertising and promotion in domestic and international markets, quality control and statistical analysis and dissemination.

The non-profit Almond Board of California is based in Modesto.

Oak Valley announces strong quarter of earnings OAKDALE -- Oak Valley Bancorp, the bank holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank and Eastern Sierra Community Bank reported consolidated net income available to common shareholders was $1,408,000, or $0.18 per diluted common share for the three months of the year.

“We are pleased to report another strong quarter of earnings and are excited about the momentum we’ve maintained with regard to lending activity following the strong finish in 2013. Our confidence in the growth potential and future opportunities in the communities we serve grows stronger every day,” stated President and CEO Chris Courtney.

Total assets were $687.6 million at March 31, an increase of $39.2 million, or 6 percent, over March 31, 2013.

Gross loans increased by $32.5 million to $422.5 million as of March 31, 2014, an increase of 8.3 percent over March 31, 2013. The Bank’s total deposits were $616.0 million as of March 31, 2014, an increase of $35.8 million, or 6.2 percent over March 31, 2013.

Ceres hires economic development director CERES -- The city of Ceres has hired Steve Hallam to be its redevelopment and economic development director, the city announced.

Hallam will monitor and report to the city on the former Ceres Redevelopment Successor Agency and the Stanislaus Ceres Redevelopment SucHallam cessor Agency. He will also serve as the point for the city’s economic development efforts, which will mean working closely with the Ceres Chamber of Commerce and the Stanislaus Alliance.

“The city is thrilled to be able to add an individual with Steve’s character and ability to the team,” said Acting City Manager Bryan Wells in

a press statement. “Ceres is a city moving forward and we believe he is a great fit to our organization.” Mayor Vierra also welcomed Hallam’s addition to the team at City Hall, noting, “I am excited to have Steve on board and look forward to the focus and attention that he is going to bring to economic development.”

Hallam has held similar positions in Oakdale, Turlock, and Auburn. He was also Oakdale’s city manager from 2006 to 2011.

Hallam’s background includes extensive work in economic development and redevelopment and he served as executive director of Oakdale’s former redevelopment agency and deputy executive director of Turlock’s former redevelopment agency.

In Oakdale, Hallam helped bring Sconza Candy Company to fill the former Hershey’s Chocolate facility that was vacated in 2006.

Since 1996, Hallam has also served as a part-time adjunct instructor at California State University, Stanislaus where he teaches elective courses in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

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mento Zoo’s Quarters for Conservation program, in which each zoo visitor is given a token that they use to vote for one of three projects. Each project has already received $5,000 in startup funding, with additional funding based on the number of votes received.

“This funding is going to provide real, hands-on research experience in field biology for our majors, especially those who are interested in careers in ecology or conservation biology,” Patrick Kelly, CSU Stanislaus zoology professor and coordinator of ESRP said.

“We deeply appreciate the support from and partnership with the Sacramento Zoological Society and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine on this and related projects.”

ESRP was established in 1992 and brings together federal, state and local agencies, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and private landowners in a cooperative research program focused on the recovery of threatened and endangered species.

Data Path named Small Alliance launches Jumpstart Business Person of the Year Stanislaus program MODESTO -- The Stanislaus Alliance started its Jumpstart Stanislaus program today with the goal of adding 1,500 new jobs to the county this year.

The first phase of the program runs from April 15 through June 30 and focuses on job training and wage reimbursement opportunities for local businesses.

“The economy is starting to turn around now,” said Alliance Worknet Director Jeff Rowe. “When we launched the StanTogether campaign in 2012 businesses were leery to hire new staff. We encouraged our local businesses to take a leap of faith and the partnership paid off.

With local businesses expanding and confidence increasing we are hopeful that Jumpstart Stanislaus will exceed our expectations.”

Wage reimbursement is funded through federal and state grants, the Alliance said. To qualify, businesses need to hire long term unemployed workers or veterans. Reimbursement rates for businesses during the training period can range from 50 to 90 percent based on the size of a company.

Businesses can call (209) 558-HIRE for more information or visit the website at www.allianceworknet.com.

CSU Stanislaus gets conservation money TURLOCK -- The Endangered Species Recovery Program (ESRP) at CSU, Stanislaus will receive $16,000 in funding for its research on riparian brush rabbits and riparian woodrats at Caswell Memorial State Park near Ripon.

The money comes from the Sacra-

MODESTO -- David Darmstandler and James Bates, owners of Data Path, Inc. of Modesto have been selected as the 2014 Central California Small Business Person of the Year, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced.

“We are honored and humbled to receive this award from the SBA. The SBA and Alliance SBDC are vital partners that share in our excitement, dedication, and entrepreneurial spirit. We firmly believe in the power of small business to create amazing jobs, innovate, and give back to the community,” said owner James Bates.

The Small Business Person of the Year award recognizes a business owner who exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit and honors his or her individual contributions to the community. Data Path was selected after a competition held amongst businesses located throughout the 15 Central California counties. The Modesto Alliance Small Business Development Center nominated Data Path for the award.

“Data Path is an example of a business that strives to do all the ‘right things’ at the right time in order to be successful in a challenging and highly competitive marketplace,” said Kurt Clark, Center Director of the Alliance SBDC Center. “They have been an excellent client to work with because the owners are dedicated to continually improving their business.

Darmstandler and Bates started Data Path in 2005 in an office of only 100 square feet. The company delivers state of the art IT consulting, cloud services and managed IT support services for small to enterprisesized organizations.

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Conquest Imaging 1815 Industrial Drive Suite 100 Stockton, CA 95206 Conrad Corp

Mcleod Ranch 29238 S Kasson Road Tracy, CA 95304 Mcleod Marion Mcleod John R Mcleod Gerald B Gartman Grace M

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LEGALS Fictitious Business Names Beacon Real Estate 211 E Center St Suite 5 Manteca, CA 95336 Mcnabb Elizabeth Soap N Candle Works 326 N Sierra Madre St Tracy, CA 95391 Hoodoonet Llc For Brides On A Budget 219 Derecho Way Tracy, CA 95376 Dye Susan Lyn Inner Balance Medicine 1110 W Kettleman Lane Suite 27 Lodi, CA 95240 Schwartz Connie Vape Logistic 280 East Larch Road Unit 103 Tracy, CA 95304 Saleh Abdulmajid M Richard Perez Boxing 212 N Main Manteca, CA 95336 Perez Richard Lopez Valley Grading & Paving 311 Kristmont St Lodi, CA 9242 Cummings Tracy Auto Jerk Decoy System 6910 East Peltier Road Acampo, CA 95220 Leventini Dario G Leventini Natalie Holiday Inn Express 1139 E Kettleman Lane Suite 200

Derivi Castellanos Architecture 924 N Yosemite Street Sockton, CA 95203 Dca Derivi Const & Architecture World Wide Westernizzed Publishing & Recordings 5403 Passero Wy Stockton, CA 95207 Thompson Damadre Williams Marcel Lafinca Soly Mar Restaurant 1036 S Center St Suite C Stockton, CA 95206 La Finca Soly Mar Restaurant Valdez Fernando

Pacific Coast Cider Tell William Cider William Tell Cider Crossfire Cider Dragonfire Cider Apollonia Cider Cider Bros Cider Cider Bros 960 S Guild Ave Lodi, CA 95240 Beverage Bros Inc Casa Del Pueblo 201 East Pine St Lodi, CA 95240 Singh Parmjit Stellhorn Frederick Wm Optometric Corp 140 N Fremont St Suite A Manteca, CA 95336 Frederick Wm Stellhorn Optometric Corp Tovar Edgar M 6 Prestwick Ct Sacramento, CA 95833 Edgar M Tovar

Aie Group 2859 Marietta Court Stockton, CA 95207 Aie Group LLC

Leonidas Solutions 1086 Junction Dr Manteca, CA 95337 Andres Jose Mark Anthony Perez Felicia

Jillians Consignment Boutique 1321 Lockeford Street Lodi, CA 95242 Paternostro Marika

Delta Bluegrass Company 111 N Zuckerman Road Stockton, CA 95207 Zuckerman Heritage Inc

S & M Logistics 3335 Nautical Ct Stockton, CA 95206 Milavong Ann M

Jt Rentals 1423 Tiburon Court Tracy, CA 95377 Tennyson Terry

Honeydale Beekeeping 4940 Timepiece Cir Stockton, CA 95219 Dale George Morris

Berberian European Motors 3755 West Lane Stockton, CA 95204 Berberian European Motors LLC

Spot Light Entertainment 1621 Behaven Ct Tracy, CA 95376 Ramirez Randy Atelier Amour 60 N Lower Sacramento Road Lodi, CA 95242 Wall Camille Dashana Wall Jeffrey Steven Rori Ranch Productions 906 Edythe St Manteca, CA 95337 Elliott Richard E Elliott Rosanna M

Tinker Dust Productions 3430 West Benjamin Holt Dr Stockton, CA 95219 Bruegel Ronald Eugene Bruegel Mary Rose Willox Margaret Kerry Ka Concrete Pumping 16436 Warfield Lathrop, CA 95330 Aulla Armando Dibrova Foods Inc 507 Yokuts Dr Lodi, CA 95240 Dibrova Foods, Inc.

Abstracts of Judgment Valerie Karim 5234 Staples Way Linden, CA 95236 $5,354.47 Wells Fargo Bank Minerva Rafael Juarez 1921 Auto Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 $8,283.94 Reese Law Group State Farm Mutual Ritewire, Inc. 3321 Country Club Blvd.

Stockton, CA 95204 $64,460.92 Teksystems Frances D Pritz 2752 E. Roosevelt St. Stockton, CA 95205 $1,288.62 Kings Credit Services Mohinder S. Khinda 2316 Highiet Ct Tracy, CA 95377 $18,614.92 Grant & Weber Demetresis Penamon 5604 Cordonata Way Bakersfield, CA 93305 $8,498.84 Cal Sierra Leasing Inc. Henry E Peters 5727 Vintage Cir Stockton, CA 95219 $2,451.49 Carolina Circle Homeowners Paula P. Granadoz 3525 Horner Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 $5,161.44 Lobel Financial Corp Patrick Armstrong Patrick Michael Armstrong 1845 Tuscany Drive Manteca, CA 95337 $5,098.43 Valley First Credit Union Jasmine Spevey 22 Edan Avenue Stockton, CA 95207 $19,082.83 State Farm Mutual Elizabeth Jackson 520 Kolher Street Stockton, CA 95206 GE Capital Retail Bank Tina R. Ascheman 9655 Cody Way Stockton, CA 95209 $3147.58 Vince J. Erardi

Analuisa Mendoza 1935 Hania Way Manteca, CA 95336 $12,692.17 Discover Bank Guadalupe Valencia 355 Hawthorne Drive Tracy, CA 95376 $14,191.25 Portfolio Recovery Associates Gil Salazar 1233 Laurel Park Circle Manteca, CA 95337 $50,325.64 RBS Citizens, NA Perla P Bautista 2005 Dophin Court San leandro, CA 94579 $10,308.64 GCFS, Inc. Kang Property, Inc. 913 Emerald Bay Road South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 $192,359.59 Tower Energy Group Dasean Jones Jr. Dasean M. Jones 3843 Betnini Court Stockton, CA 95212 $6,643.70 Central State Credit Union Sam Truong 4114 Van Gogh Court Stockton, CA 95206 $10, 607.05 Midland Funding LLC Michael Rodnett 2322 E. Willow Street Stockton, CA 95205 $2,892.48 CACH, LLC Surinder Singh Ind. DBA Country Club Food & Fuel Bobbys Food & Fuel Mini Mart 2912 N Tracy Blvd. 28 Tracy, CA 95376 $6,677.62 MTC Distributing Robert L. Mc Teer 2639 Douglas Road Stockton, CA 95207 $10,028.69 American Express Bank Miguel Pestana Lima Luis Mike Luis Myke Lima 3754 Brookview Drive Stockton, CA 95219 $24,652.20 Hyman Brinckle & Son Inc. Dick Emard Electric, Inc | Emard Electric 9200 Milliken Ave., Apt

9112 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 $32,267.20 Caterpillar Financial Services Adrian Ortiz PO BOX 730084 San Jose, CA 95173 $5,125.00 Cal-Villa Estates Leticia Desantiago Leticia Santiago 1245 S. School Street Lodi, CA 95240 $18,561.10 Ford Motor Credit Co. Mario Johansen 676 Mc Laughlin Street Richmond, CA 94805 $18,367.80 Riverwalk Holdings LTD Melvin O. Galeos 2939 Kennsington CT. Tracy, CA 95377 $2,857.53 Department Stores National Bank Lourdes Maria Nieto 2585 Lincoln Blvd.

Tracy, CA 95376 $41,511.53 Caterpillar Financial Services Emmanuel k.

Okoreen 8881 Tarracorvo Circle Stockton, CA 95212 $6,942.89 Arrowood Indemnity Co. Christina Perez 3444 Tenaya Lane Stockton, CA 95212 $9,987.47 Phoenex Credit, LLC Gino John Lee 821 W. Center Street Apt. A Manteca, CA 95337 $3066.14 Ford Motor Credit Co. Lynn Toy 7056 Bridgeport Circle Stockton, CA 95207 $56,487.60 Hakeem, Ellis & Marengo Eddie Peregrino 799 Adam St. Mountain House, CA 95391 $325,040.78 Steve Walley and Anita Walley Antonio Pasos Pasos Vineyards 12470 Locks Road 268 Lockeford, CA 95327 Barrel Builders, Inc.

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Armendariz, Evelyn 4970 Salida Boulevard Salida, CA 95368 Royce Corporation, The Acura Specialist 1320 9th St Modesto, CA 95354 Lucas, Gordon Lucas, Marge Aj Construction And Rhvac 1508 Caulfield Dr Ceres, CA 95307 Atwal, Ajeet Singh Al Afendi 1017 J Street Modesto, CA 95357 Ismail, George Ismail, Jacqueline All-In Spreading

3642 Finney Rd Modesto, CA 95358 Genasci, Thomas Austin Silva, Manuel Silveira Allegrini Wines USA 600 Yosemite Blvd Modesto, Ca 95354 E & J Gallo Winery Alpha Electrical Services Inc 3350 Liberty Square Pkwy Turlock, Ca 95380 Adi Shakti Inc Alpha Trucking 1716 Chaney Drive Modesto, Ca 95351 Singh, Rajbinder Gill Bikrijmjit Singh American Dream Trucking 909 Pecos Ave Modesto, Ca 95351 Lopez, Charlotte American La Minates Inc 3142 Talbot Ave Riverbank, Ca 95367 American Laminates Inc American Registration Service 562 South Sierra Oakdale, Ca 95361

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Daleo, Lori Ann Marie Daleo, Daniel Voss Ann’s Fashions 1940 Crows Landing Rd Ste 3 Modesto, Ca 95358 Olivares, Ana Quintero, Victor M Art Related Things 1131 Wellesley Ave Modesto, Ca 95350 Johnson, Mary Dale Artisan Signs 1921 Altessa Ln Ceres, Ca 95307 Escobar, Andrew Automation Cad & Engineering 1540 E Hatch Rd Suite C Modesto, Ca 95351 Canido, Jose L Azevedo Brothers Orchard Farming 342 N Hart Rd Modesto, Ca 95358 Az Azevedo, Nicholas James | Evedo, Brett Lee B & B Marketing 384 E Olive Ave Ste 3 $Turlock, Ca 95380 Manseau Johnson Inc

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Patricia Bordona Trustee Of The Bordona Phyllis A Bordona Trustee Of The Family

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Boyette Transportation 321 Gran Via Ct Modesto, Ca 95354 Boyette, Bruce Wayne

Bear Flag Wine 600 Yosemite Blvd Modesto, Ca 95354 E & J Gallo Winery

Brady Machine Shop 6870 Crows Landing Rd Ceres, Ca 95307 Pena, Ann | Pena, Albert

Beita Products 2107 Bristol Park Cir 2107 Bristol Park Cir Beitashour, Edward

Brian’s Quality Signs 2105 Winslow Ct Modesto, Ca 95355 Oblzuskii, Brian

Bella Real Estate Inc 610 13th Street Modesto, Ca 95354 Bella Real Estate Inc

California Vegetable Seeds Company 1110 Partee Lane Ceres, C A 95307 Innova Seeds Co.

Beyond Boundaries 117 W Main St Ste 6 Turlock, Ca 95380 Silva, Lorrie Bordona’s Bank Building 6626 Third St Riverbank, Ca 95367 Julian Bordona Iii Trustee Of The Bordon Robert E Bordona Trustee Of The Family

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