California and Asbestos Regulations

As the national awareness about asbestos and its hazards grew and lawmakers enacted tougher regulations of the mineral, California concentrated its efforts on limited exposure. For instance, one asbestos-related regulation, Title 8, mandated employers take specific steps to ensure proper air quality and that they document all levels of potential exposure.
California school districts and institutions of higher learning also adopted new codes. State colleges and universities, acting independently, pushed through their own standards of abatement and exposure under state law. The University of California Santa Cruz in 2001 agreed to keep asbestos related records - exposure records, respiratory fit testing records, abatement records - for 30 years. It also set forth training for abatement and set certification standards.