California IATSE Council Applauds Governor Newsom Signing AB 1775IATSE has issued a statement following Governor Gavin Newsom's signing of the bill known as AB 1775. The statement reads, "On behalf of the 52,000 members of the California IATSE Council who work in the film, television, stage, and live events industry across the state, we thank Governor Newsom for signing AB 1775 into law. We also thank the bill's author Assemblymember Christopher Ward for his steady leadership and the California Assembly for its passage. This landmark legislation will set workplace safety training and certification standards for companies that produce events at publicly owned and operated venues." According to the publication Deadline, "The legislation, AB 1775, requires contracting entities to require entertainment event vendors at publicly owned and operated venues 'to certify for its employees, and employees of its subcontractors, that those individuals have complied with specified training, certification, and workforce requirements, including that employees involved in the setting up, operation, or tearing down of a live event at its public events venue have completed prescribed trainings of the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration'." The IATSE statement adds, "The workers that set up, operate, and tear down the temporary staging, lighting, video and sound systems, and many other elements at these venues face serious workplace hazards. AB 1775 is a first step toward setting a live event industry-wide health and safety standard. The workers setting up these outdoor ventures, the performers on the stage, and the public sitting in the audience will now be safer thanks to AB 1775." 
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