CRA eJournal
Meeting and Event News
  
CRA's 4th Wednesday Rental Workshop will be featured via Zoom on August 27, 2025, from 2:30-4 p.m.
 
Presented by Charlie Petersen Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)...  A general overview of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and diving into some of the tools used within the EOS framework. It will be a bit of where are we going (owners), and how will we get there (managers)?
 
Training for the FREE MEMBER BENEFIT runs an hour. Participants have a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card during the drawing held at the end of the workshop. 

 
Join Us for the Inaugural Lock & Load with the CRA!
Get ready to take aim and shoot some clays at our exciting Clay Shooting Event! Whether you're a
seasoned shooter or a first-timer, this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow members, enjoy
the outdoors, drawing for prizes, and have some friendly competition. A selected winner will receive a prize valued up to $2,000, redeemable at Birds Landing Shooting Sport only, through an authorized firearms dealer in accordance with all applicable laws.
 
Date: September 5, 2025
Location: 2099 Collinsville Rd, Birds Landing, CA 94512
Time: 8 am to 4 pm
Cost: $225 (must be 18+) Includes: gun rental, ammunition, pushcart, and lunch
RSVP: Fax (916) 570-1384 • Info@CalRental.org • Call (800) 272-7400
 
Sponsorships are available! CRA is extending an invitation to individuals and businesses to support our exciting event through sponsorship. 
 

  
 
Join us September 19th – 21st, 2025, on the Lee Vining Creek, a 16.2-mile-long stream in Mono County, CA, which flows into the basin of Mono Lake. Enjoy fishing and camaraderie while raising funds for CRSIF! The tournament runs from the Big Bend Campground to the Junction Campground. It’s all stream fishing, with prizes for the biggest fish by weight determined by the judges.

KATO Compact Excavator Sales, LLC
Rental Center News
 
At The Utility Expo, you’ll get the ability to try new equipment, talk to manufacturers, and get ready for the future of your utility business. The Utility Expo is an affordable, interactive way to discover new equipment and make the connections that matter. Figure out how many team members you are bringing, register early, and have a plan.
The Utility Expo · October 7 - 9, 2025
Kentucky Exposition Center · 937 Phillips Ln · Louisville · KY · 40209
Hours: Tues - Wed: 8:30 AM - 5 PM · Thursday: 8:30 AM - 2 PM
 

 
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) hosted its 2025 Annual Conference in July, bringing together industry leaders, actuaries, medical experts, and fraud investigators to explore the most pressing issues shaping California’s workers’ compensation system. Held virtually, the event offered a forward-looking view of cost trends, regulatory shifts, and emerging risks.
 
Here are the key highlights from the conference:
“State of the System” Report: Cost Pressures Mount
The WCIRB’s flagship session, State of the System, revealed that California’s workers’ comp system continues to face rising cost pressures, driven by various factors.
Vendor News
  

What started as a business run by a single person, Emiel Lietaer, has now grown to become a family-run business that is becoming larger and larger and influences the markets around the world. Emiel was born in 1947 into a family of 8 successive generations of blacksmiths. He grew up around farm machinery, and he built up broad technical experience during practical training in a number of French and German machinery factories. Due to the revival of the garden culture in the 1970s, an expansion to the sale of garden machinery was quickly made. Emiel Lietaer came to realise that there were no tailor-made solutions at hand for many gardening problems, and, thanks to his creative mind and technical skills, the first ELIET machines were produced around 1980. The foundation for the machinery factory was in place. The great breakthrough came in 1986 with the participation in the International Agricultural Week at the Heysel in Brussels. The continuously growing demand for Eliet machines quickly obliged ELIET to make investments and to expand buildings and the headcount, a trend that continues.
  
Dedicated to providing innovative solutions for the rental industry... For more than 40 years, MCS Rental Software has been making life easier for rental companies across the globe. Championing customer service excellence, we pride ourselves on developing lasting partnerships with our customers, helping them to achieve their goals and ambitions for growth.
   All-in-one rental software, enhanced with AI... MCS Rental Software gives you full control of your hire business. It offers a comprehensive suite of AI-empowered rental software solutions designed to improve performance and drive business growth. From managing your sales pipeline to streamlining operations and logistics, our rental systems are here to help.
  
Since 1995, Instrument Technology Corporation (ITC) has remained a valued supplier to the utility locating community and leak detection industry. Whether it is locating equipment, pipeline video inspection cameras or water leak detection, ITC has a complete inventory including: sewer camera systems, pipe and cable locators, ground penetrating radar (GPR), water and gas leak detection equipment, sondes and marker balls, metal detectors, duct rodders, valve exercisers and much more. ITC represents many leading brands used by subsurface utility professionals and is proud to carry the most innovative products as well as equip some of the most experienced technicians in the field. They also provide knowledgeable and experienced-based training, with two locations, Cotati, CA, and Lacey, WA, where they provide sales, service and support to Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. In addition, both locations are fully staffed with repair technicians and knowledgeable sales representatives.
  
Georgia Expo MFG produces and sells trade show and event equipment. Their products run the gamut on all things exhibition related, however, their most popular product by far is Pipe and Drape—it has been for the past 30 years, and it is still an inexpensive, efficient, and remarkably elegant way to stylize any affair. Georgia Expo is able to handle the needs of just about every event or floor plan, and they also carry an extensive line of related products, such as velour drape panels, easels, crowd control stanchions paired with velour rope, exposition tables, table skirting, stage skirting, storage solutions, photo booths, telescoping uprights, and much more! Their products offer both the highest quality standards and unbeatable low costs. With their factory and main office located in Suwanee, Georgia, they are just about 30 minutes north of Atlanta. Being located close to a large metropolitan area and having a dedicated freight specialist on hand enable them to get products to you economically and conveniently... and in time for your event.
 
Instrument Technology Corporation
P.O. Box 1944 Sebastopol, CA 95473
(707) 793-0673
https://instecorp.com/
 
Red-D Manufacturing
18565 Soledad Canyon Rd 129, Canyon Country, CA 91351
(818) 515-3286
https://reddmfg.com/
https://yanmarce.com/
Point of Rental Software
Business News
On August 1, the California Department of Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw officially certified that beginning January 1, 2026, California’s minimum wage will increase to $16.90 per hour for all employers, regardless of size.
   Under California Labor Code section 1182.12, the California Director of Finance must determine on or before August 1 of each year whether to adjust the minimum wage for inflation and, if so, calculate the increase.The director calculates the increase by applying whichever of the following two options would result in the smaller increase:
   A 3.5 percent increase; or
   The actual rate of change per the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI).
For the 12-month period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, the department’s calculations showed that the CPI increased by 2.49 percent compared to the 12-month period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, meaning the minimum wage will increase by 2.49 percent — to $16.90 per hour — on January 1, 2026.
CRA UPDATE
  
Contact Jeff, Katie, and Connie with questions or ideas for the continued growth of our association. Visit the CRA website at www.calrental.org and see the opportunities available to help sustain and grow your business. Stay engaged with CRA!
 
Jeff Roberts, Executive Director
Cell: (909) 821-5998
 
Katie Marrs, Executive Assistant
 
Connie Roberts, Controller
 
Address: P.O. Box 757, Upland, CA 91785
Phone Number: (800) 272-7400