Standards Board Delays Vote on Bar Owners’ Smoking Petition

WEST COVINA -- The Standards Board delayed voting on a petition by bar owners that would allow smoking again in their businesses, at its June 17 meeting in Oakland. Nonetheless, the petition appears to have little chance of gaining approval.Tavern Owners United for Fairness (TOUF) had petitioned the board to adopt a new air quality standard for bars under Construction Safety Order 1716.1(b) and (f)(1) in order to accommodate smoking. The group says electrostatic precipitation filtering technology clea