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Board hears public comment on AB 825, ticketing challenges and notification-center updates
Summary
Public commenters and industry representatives told the board that AB 825 and high ticket volumes will require clearer regulations. Regional notification centers reported ticket-volume increases and introduced an automatic no-response feature; USA North and Dig Alert outlined outreach and Spanish-language education efforts.
At its July 14 meeting the California Underground Safety Board heard public comment on pending state legislation and received updates from the regional notification centers (Dig Alert/Big Alert and USA North). The board also completed routine business including election of a vice chair and assignment of a member to the ticket-processing committee.
Public comment focused on AB 825 and operational burdens that may follow if the Legislature enacts requirements for additional ticket types and tribes' pre-excavation access to information. Mike Donlin, a consultant for United Contractors, told the board that the legislation "sounds like it's gonna make there'll be cases where contractors will have to pull a ticket more than 48 hours prior to digging" and urged clarity to avoid excessive complexity for small excavators: "we gotta make this clear or it's just not gonna work." Todd Bloemstein of the Southern California Contractors Association described the bill as having "essentially 3 parts": tribal…
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