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The ASCCA Public Relations Committee has kicked off the second annual countertop display contest and added that entrants can get a bonus point for submitting a photo that shows last year's display along with this year's display. Other rule changes give 3 points for submitting your entry before April 1, so that's 4 points overall you can get if you submit an entry as soon as you get your countertop display in the mail. We are still awaiting the first contest entry so the tension is mounting as to who will take the early lead.

Flyer on the contest

Send contest entry photos to pboerner@amgroup.us

The Bureau of Automotive Repair in conjunction with the Foundation for California Community Colleges recently launched a resource website that has been long in the making.  The  website is a community for California smog check professionals connecting professionals/ students/auto techs/shop owners in the industry.  This website, www.californiaarc.org,  includes free educational forums, ask and answer forums, training centers and a career forum (job seekers and employment).  The BAR plans on doing an outreach campaign to promote participation.  The website also provides an opportunity to include links to training, education (i.e. scholarships), association websites, etc.

The governing board for California's community colleges approved four-year degree programs at 15 community colleges, which will start in the next three years. Among those approved was a bachelor's program for automotive technicians at Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier. Changing technology and educational expectations, combined with a shortage of trained workers, led to creating these programs.

Sacramento Bee article

Go to ASCCA.com to learn about the bills ASCCA's Government Affairs Committee is following. The deadline for bill introductions is February 27 so the list is not complete yet. Over 2,000 bills are introduced each year so it's a lot to go through and figure out what might affect ASCCA members. The two key bills so far are SB 3 (Leno) about raising the minimum wage and SB 8 (Hertzberg), which seeks to extend the sales tax to services.

Bill List at ASCCA's website