Standards Board Consensus Is “No” on Advisory Committee Reform

GLENDALE -- The Cal/OSH Standards Board made quick work of a proposal from one of its members to radically change the mission of ad hoc advisory committees.With the proposal's author, Dr. Robert Harrison, missing because of a flight delay, the board voted 4-0 to dismiss the plan. Earlier in the meeting, speaker after speaker criticized it as misguided and contrary to the democratic process. Speaking of advisory committees, t