ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!! California wants MORE money

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I posted on here a few weeks ago about all the expense and hassle of applying for different state licenses. I sent California a $131 dollar check back in march. Plus, I spent $60 on verifications and $30 on fingerprints. I pick up my mail today and find a letter from the california board. I hurriedly open it, expecting to find my license. What I find instead is a letter advising me that I've met all the requirements for a license, and they will issue one as soon as I send them ANOTHER $100 and wait two weeks for the license to be sent from ILLINOIS. I called and complained that maybe they should have included (or at least mentioned) the fee in the application packet I filled out in march. The board rep stated that they are "two separate fees, the first was for the background check and processing, the $100 due now is for the actual license". I've called a California senator for help ant her office said to write a letter requesting intervention and she'll "look into it".

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that's interesting...i can't remember how much i paid for my license...

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I posted on here a few weeks ago about all the expense and hassle of applying for different state licenses. I sent California a $131 dollar check back in march. Plus, I spent $60 on verifications and $30 on fingerprints. I pick up my mail today and find a letter from the california board. I hurriedly open it, expecting to find my license. What I find instead is a letter advising me that I've met all the requirements for a license, and they will issue one as soon as I send them ANOTHER $100 and wait two weeks for the license to be sent from ILLINOIS. I called and complained that maybe they should have included (or at least mentioned) the fee in the application packet I filled out in march. The board rep stated that they are "two separate fees, the first was for the background check and processing, the $100 due now is for the actual license". I've called a California senator for help ant her office said to write a letter requesting intervention and she'll "look into it".

Sure you can add all of those fees up, but heck, it's only money. Your a Nurse, you are a willing, giving, caring, did I mention giving? Give, give, give, give. I was born and raised in good ole Cal-lee-for-ny-ay. This is a place to leave, not come to. This is the biggest bleeding heart, 9th circuit court of appeals, give away the country place that there is, plus we are a trillion dollars in debt! Gasoline in Fullerton, Ca. is $4.00/gal. A cheapo gas station is $2.40/gal for diesel! The median house cost is $361,000.00!!!! Thats a median. Are you Median? Ha! Welcome, welcome to Jurassic Park...

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[! Gasoline in Fullerton, Ca. is $4.00/gal. A cheapo gas station is $2.40/gal for diesel! The median house cost is $361,000.00!!!! Thats a median. Are you Median? Ha! Welcome, welcome to Jurassic Park...

OUTRAGEOUS!!! $361,000!!! How can an RN afford a house in Cali? That's is CRAZY!!! Can an RN actually become a home owner? When I say homeowner I mean: 3 bedrooms, 2baths, 2car garage in decent neighborhood. Man.... that just totally blows my mind!!!

WARHAWK320

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While the money is a pain. My main objection is them not including this in the initial application packet. If you tell me it takes 8-12 weeks and 131 dollars (to the california board of vocational nursing) to get my license, then after spending that and waiting that, I should get my license. I should not get a letter stating that I need to spend another 100 dollars and wait another two weeks to get my license.

Just an aside to fiestynurse: Does the RN board act this absurdly as well? I thought it was just something us LP/VNs had to deal with since CA still has separate boards.

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[! Gasoline in Fullerton, Ca. is $4.00/gal. A cheapo gas station is $2.40/gal for diesel! The median house cost is $361,000.00!!!! Thats a median. Are you Median? Ha! Welcome, welcome to Jurassic Park...

OUTRAGEOUS!!! $361,000!!! How can an RN afford a house in Cali? That's is CRAZY!!! Can an RN actually become a home owner? When I say homeowner I mean: 3 bedrooms, 2baths, 2car garage in decent neighborhood. Man.... that just totally blows my mind!!!

WARHAWK320

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Maui's median home price is $500,000; Oahu's $439,000. What you guys complaining about? I just went to store for salad fixings. Got the lettuce but can't afford the tomatoes, olives, cucumbers, etc.. LOL; just another day in paradise!

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It was the LVN Board that I wrote to. This nurse from Kansas had about $400 to her name after the expense of moving here and finding an apartment. She was only making $13/hr in Kansas and had saved up as much as she could. The LVN licensing fees are outrageous! Something really needs to be done. I think contacting a state senator was an excellent idea.

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Sure you can add all of those fees up, but heck, it's only money. Your a Nurse, you are a willing, giving, caring, did I mention giving? Give, give, give, give. I was born and raised in good ole Cal-lee-for-ny-ay. This is a place to leave, not come to. This is the biggest bleeding heart, 9th circuit court of appeals, give away the country place that there is, plus we are a trillion dollars in debt! Gasoline in Fullerton, Ca. is $4.00/gal. A cheapo gas station is $2.40/gal for diesel! The median house cost is $361,000.00!!!! Thats a median. Are you Median? Ha! Welcome, welcome to Jurassic Park...

This state can be really screwed up, like any other ... But I still love it.

I've lived in Washington D.C., New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Lousiana and Texas.

Nothing compares to California.

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