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Petitioner Douglas C. Bray asks Structural Pest Control Board to reinstate applicator license; decision deferred
Summary
At a Feb. 25 hearing before the Structural Pest Control Board, petitioner Douglas C. Bray testified about health problems and rehabilitation and asked that his applicator license be reinstated. The board admitted the petitioner’s exhibit book, closed the record and will mail its written decision after closed-session deliberations.
Douglas C. Bray asked the California Structural Pest Control Board on Feb. 25 to reinstate his applicator’s license, testifying that major health events and subsequent rehabilitation have changed his life since a 2010 conviction prompted the board to revoke his license.
At the hearing, Administrative Law Judge Christopher Dietrich outlined procedures, and Deputy Attorney General Stephanie Lee summarized prior discipline. Lee told the board that Bray’s license was originally issued in 2008, that an accusation was filed after a Contra Costa County conviction dated Nov. 17, 2010 (a single felony count under Penal Code §503, described as embezzlement related to sports equipment at the Antioch Youth Sports Complex), and that a default revocation took effect Oct. 22, 2011. Lee said the board’s exhibit book included Bray’s petition, rehabilitation evidence, an order dismissing the conviction, certificates of course completion and the prior disciplinary documents; the exhibit book was admitted as Exhibit 1. She also noted an outstanding cost recovery amount of $595 that would be a condition of reinstatement if the board chose to reissue a license.
Bray, who was sworn and identified himself on the record, described suffering a heart attack and stroke about 10 years ago that left him hospitalized and in a coma for roughly 30 days. He said those events have left him with limited mobility and dexterity but that he has taken training and would be willing to retake licensing examinations if required. “This will never happen again,” Bray told the board, apologizing for his prior conduct and saying he had tried to rehabilitate himself.
During questioning, Lee asked about employment since the conviction, continuing education and whether Bray had any court-ordered restitution; Bray said he had not paid restitution and had not held long-term employment since the conviction and his subsequent medical events. Board members pressed him on the pathway to an operator branch 2 license, noting that branch 2 operator applicants typically must hold a branch 2 field representative license for a minimum period or otherwise satisfy field-experience requirements before qualifying for an operator license. Bray said he had taken pre‑operator and field representative courses and named two companies he expected might hire him.
After questioning by the deputy attorney general and board members, the hearing record was closed and the board took the matter under submission. The board announced it would go into closed session under Government Code §11126(c)(3) to deliberate on disciplinary matters; a written decision will be mailed to Bray and no final action was announced at the meeting.
The hearing record lists Office of Administrative Hearings case number 2026010601 and Structural Pest Control Board case number 201129. The board accepted the recommendation that, if a license is reissued, any outstanding cost recovery of $595 be included as a condition of issuance, per the deputy attorney general’s submission.
The board’s next formal public step on this item is to return from closed session and announce any decision in a future open meeting or via the mailed written decision to the petitioner.
