Usually, the name of the game is “Change.” This month it is not. The two bills that PCOC sponsored, AB 2452 (Chen): the Fumigation enforcement program extension and SB 1064 (Newman): Workman’s Comp for Pest Control companies, and the bill that we are following, AB 2146 (Bauer-Kahan: The Neonic ban), are all moving forward, unchanged. We support the first two bills listed here and want them continue to move along the path that they are. However, the third one we have a very different opinion on. That one has flown through the committees easily regardless of how much opposition we, ag, DPR, and county ag have thrown in its way. There is one more committee that it is being heard in and this one has the most potential for it to be held there. We will be pulling the strings that we have to see what we can do.

If it gets to a point where we need to send in “Voice Voter,” then the association will send that out to its members and we ask that you and all of your employees complete and submit it. So look out for that, if we get there. We will keep you in the loop on how things continue to progress and how we can all contribute.

Darren Van Steenwyk, M.S., BCE
Director of Learning and Technical Services
Clark Pest Control
Office: (209) 368-7152 ext. 235
Mobile: (209) 224-4629
Fax: (209) 334-5040
darrenv@clarkpest.com