Ok after a few more hours of research, I found out that yep

the Ca BRN was abolished, but was then

reinstated Feb of this year.

Hi Teresa, it's the Sunset provision of the California BRN.

And if you go to: http://www.rn.ca.gov/index.shtml

under the What's New box, you will see this:

Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 98 on February 14, 2012, which restores the Board of Registered Nursing and establishes a sunset date of January 1, 2016.

Based on my research (I stand corrected if I misunderstood anything=),

there was a point in time (Nov 2011-Feb 2012) when the CA BRN was dissolved.

I am thinking whether the licensing & enforcement functions of the CA BRN, which were transferred temporarily to the Department of Consumer Affairs brought about these licensing application inconsistencies? Or if it was the reason that stricter enforcement of licensing regulations are now being implemented by the reinstated CA BRN?

I am also wondering if the higher authorities of CA BRN are aware of these inconsistensies brought about by their being "lax" prior to November 2011 vs them being more strict after? It's a huge institution, it's possible that the higher (highest!) ups are not even aware of these inconsistensies because no one had the time & guts to bring these to their attention? This is why I am researching on this extensively. I am planning on appealing to the higher ups of the CA BRN and if I don't get an impartial response, I will be compelled to escalate this to an Office above CA-BRN. It's not a matter of whining and crying foul, but finding a solution to an impartial & inconsistent enforcement of established rules which adversely affects HONEST foreign graduates.

Any information will be greatly appreciated.