Cal-OSHA Advisors Told of Hiring Freeze, – Other Austerity Measures (Part 1)

LOS ANGELES - "First the bad news," Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard told the Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee on January 4. "There is no federal money although the fiscal year is three months old." This will have a big impact on field operations, which gets $17 million or 50% from the Feds; and on consultation, which gets $3 million or 90% from the Feds. Both the Standards and Appeals Boards are 50% federally funded, so they, too, will be heavily impacted. (Over the following weekend, Congress relented and enacte