Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”
CMAHC members have until March 30 to vote on change requests, including the addition of surf parks and swimming lagoons.
Like changes in California, the recently introduced bill would require the ABC test.
In aquatics, experts believe this will have the greatest impact on relationships with instructors.
The bill will address contractors who are unlicensed or otherwise operate illegally.
The Supreme Court has made it harder to classify workers as independent contractors in the Golden State.