Governor Brown signed into law AB-1222 unchanged from our last known edits. No real surprise there.

The following is the content of my letter to Assemblymember Quirk's and Senator Beale's offices:

There IS a surprise however that this press release makes specific reference to people/job/employment/task status and employers, which is in contrast to what representatives from related employers agreed in conference were not prudent to call out or differentiate. No surprise there would not be acknowledgement to other equivalent but as or more experienced licensed and unlicensed communications uses.

This adds to and continues the nature and existence of the very ambiguities our group of communications veterans brought to attention in February, and that the Legislative analysis and CHP enforcement documents were said to help clarify in the absence of accepting better technical definitions of the devices and actions to be regulated.

This adds further complexity to law enforcement and courts to determine/complicate whether or not employment or non-employment are involved in considering a citation.

This is clearly "bad law", and against minimal assurances that non-employment related communications use MIGHT not be cited. We realize that the nuances and significance of this are not well understood and mean little to many people or "public administrators - but it IS important to a larger public audience beyond a few large employers/lobbies and government folks.

It once again puts tens of thousands of innocent citizens/taxpayers/voters back on-guard and in fear of unintended consequences - some of those consequences obviously expensive financially and legally, and potentially life-/work-affecting.

Respectfully,

Jim Aspinwall
NO1PC - Commercial and Amateur Radio FCC licensed > 40 years

Press Release: AB-1222 Signed