Alright, so this entire California Assembly Bill AB 1754 thing is a mess.
You can read the entire bill here
http://www.makeupcertification.org/You can find a FB group against it here:
http://www.facebook.com/NOAB1754And, the reason why I 'm posting this, please sign this:
http://www.change.org/petitions/california-assembly-bill-ab-1754-oppose-this-bill#It's reeeeeeeeally close to the goal!
"This is a very stable, self-regulating industry that is not in need of legislation that would require professional, practicing makeup artists to undergo further education; certifications; being subjected to random inspections, fines and punishments which would effectively jeopardize their livelihoods driving them out of business or out of California. This bill would be expensive, ineffectual and damaging to an industry that does not require or need this. It will not create jobs, promote safety or sanitary practices, it will criminalize practitioners who already demonstrate professional and safe practices."
If you would like to do more (I'm personally a bit wary on how much impact online petitions actually have) you can contact this guy
http://asmdc.org/members/a56/ and tell him about your dislike for the bill.
Okay, now, what on earth is this? If you would like to read in detail on what is going on, and people's problems with it, you can check out this forum
http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=826337&page=1. It has really great points taken out. At the moment, it's at 3 pages.
But I'll make a summary.... which is still long. But, it's me writing so what do you expect?
( Read more... )What this bill does not do is create jobs, it just makes artists have to pay more money to unnecessary sources. It does not promote better sanitation (heck, the people I've seen neglecting sanitary precautions the most are ones who have been to a makeup school -_-.)
This is not the way to go about anything, and it's an obvious way for makeup schools and the state government to gain more money. This will seriously harm the MUAs, and does NOTHING to help them.