Senate Ir Passes Sanitation Bill

SACRAMENTO - On April 20, the Senate Industrial Relations Committee voted 4-0 for SB 1689, a tough bill by Santa Barbara Democrat Gary Hart that would require that agricultural field sanitation facilities required by Cal-OSHA be registered with the local county health officer or other appropriate officer. It also states that Cal-OSHA violations by the same employer anywhere in the state in the previous five years will be considered repeat violations, and also evidence of willfulness for purposes of Lab