SB 666 Vote Delayed One Week

At the request of CALSAGA, Senator Maldonado and the Assembly Business & Professions Committee has delayed the vote on SB 666 by one week.  The bill will now be heard in committee on July 3.

CALSAGA will be making two technical amendments to SB 666 to address the reasons that Staples Center owner/operator AEG claims is the basis for their opposition.

1. AEG claims that CALSAGA only sponsors SB 666 so that our members get to train Staples' officers.  This is not true, but to address it, we are making it clear in SB 666 that Staples can train their own officers, just like PPOs can train their own officers.
2. AEG claims the AB 2880 training curriculum is too narrow and is more appropriate to contract officers but not the site-specific duties of a proprietary officer.  Again, we feel the flexibility built into AB 2880 allows customized training programs for sites, but to address this concern, SB 666 will now require BSIS to adopt a separate curriculum for proprietary security after consulting with subject matter experts, just like they did for AB 2880.  Our only requirement is that the 8 hours pre-employment training of PTA and WMD be given to all officers.

Frankly, we think Staples just doesn't want any state regulation of their security operation at all, but we will address the reasons why they claim they are opposed, show we are reasonable, and then watch as they create a new reason to be opposed.