CLCID Goes to Sacramento
Left to right:
Carmen Olsson-Rigdon, CLCID President
G.V. Ayers, Consultant to the Senate Committee on Business, Professions & Economic Development
Rayne Sherman, CLCID VP Legislation
Linda Johnston Panattoni - CLCID Board of Director
Mary Swift, CLCID VP Financial Development
Betty Noll Wood, CLCID Past President and Executive Director
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CLCID's New Lobbyist
CLCID has retained David G Ackerman, President DGA Associates as our lobbyist.
Mr. Ackerman can be reached at
1201 K Street, Suite 750, Sacramento, CA 95814
His telephone is (916) 444-9601
E-mail at
dackerman@theapexgroup.net
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CLCID Legislative Issues
The Road to a Practice Act
by Rayne Sherman, VP Legislation
Winston Churchill, said it the best, "Political ability is the ability to foretell what is going
to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."
CLCID has been
portraying its vision for the improvement of the Interior Design Law in California for more than three years. The current law is almost 17 years old, and in that time period the statute has been improved (amended)
several times. The legislative coalition that has been consistently pushing for improvement of the current law is CLCID.
We have been working with the State to educate legislators and staff as to the
health safety and welfare issues of interior design as it relates to the built environment. This is a deliberate process, that to an outsider appears stagnate in action. As California's population, economy
and problems are larger than most countries, the significance of our profession is sometimes a hard sell. But sell we must, if we are going to be successful in obtaining a practice act in this state.
The fundamentals of being successful are in essence quite simple:
- A unified Interior Design Profession with a single legislative strategy
- Consistent funding source(s)
- Incremental strengthening of the existing law
CLCID'S vision for strengthening the existing law is:
- Identification of Interior Design
- To be consistent with International Building Codes (IBC) language for Registered Design Professional
- To have uniform standards
- To assure standards are clear by definition (Occupational Title Standard)
- To not prohibit Interior Decorator Services or Retail Activity
Education/Experience/Examination
- Require accredited education program(s) that are determined by the United States Department of Education (USDE)
- Require diversified interior design experience
- Require examination(s) that meet or exceed the California State Psychometric Criteria
A Required Client Contract which must include
- Description of Services
- Description of Compensation
- Description of Additional Services
- Termination Procedure
- Three-day Right of Recession Clause
Stamp and Seal
- Right to Submit Interior Design Plans to Building Departments and State Agencies
- Identification of Interior Design Plans
- Distinct Design
Enforcement
- Misuse of the Title/Practice
- Complaint System
- Citation Enforcement
Consumer Protection
- Clear choice of who to hire
- Clear standards to protect the consumer
There is currently a faction of our profession which would, to state an old proverb, "throw the baby out with the bath water." This
approach is counterproductive to the evolution of interior design in California.
CLCID has been and will continue to be an advocate for an inclusive
profession. We believe that the State of California is correct by including all practitioners who meet the professional standards established 17 years ago. If you agree, please join the CLCID
in its efforts to improve the California Interior Design Law.
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