Architect petitions California Architects Board to reduce probation after stipulated settlement

Jerry Hayes Don, a licensed California architect, asked the California Architects Board on Nov. 6, 2025, to shorten the five‑year probation imposed under a stipulated settlement and to recognize his compliance with the settlement’s terms.

Don told the board he first became licensed on Dec. 22, 1990, and said he had always sought to act ethically in practice. He said he accepted the stipulated settlement in 2024 during an extended period of medical treatment — including knee and hip replacements and a lengthy chemotherapy regimen — and because he was advised by physicians to avoid stress. Don said he paid the board’s required cost reimbursement in full and completed the continuing‑education and ethics training specified by the settlement. “My record is as clean as pure as the wind‑driven snow,” Don said, identifying his long career and the character‑references he supplied.

The Office of the Attorney General, represented by Deputy Attorney General Sharonda Edwards, reviewed the underlying accusation…