Licensure
SB 803 and Its Impact Explained — Podcast Interview
Hair Game podcast host and Salon Republic founder, Eric Taylor, interviews PBFC Legal Counsel/Advocate Fred Jones about the potential implications of our beloved industry if SB 803 as currently drafted becomes law. This long-format interview answers many of your questions about this dramatic reform legislation, including not only the threatening …
SB 803 Threatens Our Professionalism
Just last week, SB 803 (Roth — Riverside County) was gutted-and-amended into a bill that would usher in major and troubling reforms. We are calling on everyone earning a living in the barbering/beauty industry to reach out to your state representatives and express your concerns. In short, please help us #StopSB803 …
Nail Salons Statewide Reopening Announcement
Since 1999, the Professional Beauty Federation of California has striven to give voice to California’s 620,000 hair/skin/nails licensed professionals and 52,000 licensed barbering/beauty establishments. In recent months, we have been very active in trying to get our so-called “non-essential” but safe businesses back in operation, including a federal lawsuit filed …
Disrespect Leads to Delicensure!
Which industry sectors were the last to reopen during the recent nationwide lockdowns? Hint: It wasn’t the multinational retail corporations, the grocers and alcohol outlets, the automobile sales/repair facilities, the home improvement stores or the dental offices. It was the personal service sectors — hair/skin/nail shops, gyms, tattoo and massage …
Governor Capitulates … again … sort of!
Here is the PBFC’s Public Statement in response to Governor Newsom’s convoluted tiered schema he just rolled out, placing 87% of our nail/skin establishments OUTSIDE, while reopening INDOOR hair/barbershops statewide (evidently without capacity limits): Since 1999, the Professional Beauty Federation of California has striven to give voice to …
PBFC Statement Re: Outside Services
The Professional Beauty Federation of California is a 501 (c)(6) nonprofit trade association that seeks to give voice to California’s 621,000 hair/skin/nails licensed professionals, as well the over 53,000 licensed barbering/beauty establishments. We have been very active in trying to get our so-called “non-essential” businesses back in operation since May, …
PBFC LAWSUIT FILED TODAY!
The PBFC has filed its Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief this morning in federal district court in Los Angeles. Click here to read the lawsuit as filed More than two months have passed since Governor Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in California, and throughout that time, he and …
PBFC Calls on Governor Newsom to Lift Shutdown
Attached below is the content of a letter the PBFC just sent to Governor Newsom’s Cabinet Secretary over our State Board of Barbering & Cosmetology (and the Dept of Consumer Affairs): Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency ATTN: Secretary Lourdes M. Castro Ramírez 915 Capitol Mall, Suite 350-A Sacramento, …
Defending Industry From Delicensure
There is a well-financed and coordinated campaign to directly undermine occupational licensing in all 50 states — funding think tanks, foundations, lobbyists and special interest groups. Their work successfully reached President Obama, resulting in a 2015 Presidential report on the subject, and they have now inspired President Trump, who …
New Laws on Booth Rental and Schools
Last month we discussed several major legal and regulatory changes that have or doubtlessly will touch the lives and business operations of every person earning a living in the world of beauty. These major policy reforms underscore the importance of a state association that can maintain an active presence at …
