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| Association Manager Report -- September |
It’s hard to believe, but the 2011 CALSAGA Annual Conference is less than two weeks away! Our staff is busy putting the final touches on what will unquestionably be our best conference to date. If you haven’t registered yet, call our office today and secure your spot. It’s not too late!
This year’s conference, “Bridging the Gap, Securing Our Future”, will offer attendees the tools they need to continue to grow the security industry, increase professionalism and sustain our industry’s future. Confirmed speakers include Mike Dayton, Secretary, California Emergency Management Agency, Assemblyman Isadore Hall (D-Compton) who will discuss CALSAGA’s sponsored legislation, AB 811, and the state of the Capitol, and BSIS Chief Jeffrey Mason.
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| Support for AB 350 fades in the waning hours of the legislative session |
In what could be categorized as a dramatic shift in fortunes, Assembly Bill 350 by Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana) failed to get the 21 votes needed to pass out of the Senate in the closing hours of the legislative session on Friday, September 9.
Existing law (Displaced Janitor Opportunity Act) requires contractors and subcontractors that are awarded contracts or subcontracts by an awarding authority to provide janitorial or building maintenance services at a particular job site or sites, to retain, for a period of 60 days, certain employees who were employed at that site by the previous contractor or subcontractor. AB 350 would have extended the existing provisions to licensed security, among other property service industries, and renamed the Act to the Displaced Property Service Employee Opportunity Act.
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| New regulatory changes would give BSIS increased enforcement authority |
On July 21, the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services (BSIS) held a public hearing on proposed regulatory changes that would give BSIS increased enforcement authority as it pertains to unlicensed activity.
As most of you know, the BSIS has very restricted enforcement authority over unlicensed activity, with options limited to issuing an educational letter or forwarding case findings to the local district attorney to pursue.
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| Members in the News: G4S Secure Solutions new OneFacility software |
This week at the ASIS 57th Annual Seminar and Exhibits Conference, CALSAGA member company G4S Secure Solutions launched its new OneFacility software and its capabilities of improving visitors' experiences, increasing site security as well as supporting audit and compliance mandates for commercial real estate buildings, manufacturing facilities and corporate, healthcare and higher education campuses.
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| Under the Dome |
Now that the legislative session has adjourned, Governor Jerry Brown has roughly 600 bills on his desk awaiting his signature or veto. While the Governor has promised to veto the majority of what is before him – saying lawmakers will be facing the “Veto Blues” – there are a couple of bill CALSAGA will be keeping a close eye on:
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