Small business killer issues are those issues that the SBAC
supporters have identified as killing small businesses,
forcing them to close or move. Take a look at what we are
facing today and how you can get involved.
The Need for a Business Friendly California
In a keynote presentation on Oct. 15 at the 40th annual Ventura County
Economic Development Association business outlook conference,
Fox said
reforms take place in waves that can take decades to
enact. Fox, the
former head of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,
said property
tax issues surfaced for decades before Proposition
13 passed in 1978.
Pension Reform
Despite Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's success in negotiating some
concessions from state unions on the pension front,
heated action in the
battle for pension reform is happening in California's cities.
Reforming Regulations
Regulations
placed on the business community as a whole and individual
businesses
lead to
increased costs on goods and services and can help
to undermine certain
businesses and the economy.
That is not to say that some regulation is
necessary.
However, excessive regulation is costly and can hurt
competitiveness.
Keeping A Watch on Workers Compensation -- Fighting to Keep Reforms
Workers’ Comp reform passed the State legislature in 2004, and the
reforms have had a positive effect.
Rates are down more than 55%.
Small businesses are finally seeing relief on insurance
rates. However,
the State Legislature and trial lawyers have openly
proclaimed that one
of their top goals is to "revisit" the workers' comp reforms made in
2004. In Sacramento-speak, "revisit" often means "gut" the reforms and
go back to the dark days of highest-in-the-nation premiums.
California
small businesses cannot afford to go back to stifling
rate hikes.
AB 32 on Greenhouse Gases
AB 32 is a law to limit and control greenhouse gases in
California.
The measure
has
generated heated discussion of what AB 32 will do to the state's
economy.
Issue Advocacy and Small Business Heroes
In addition to reaching out with our website, SBAC
advocates on issues
in Sacramento and conducts Issue Advocacy education
efforts on many
issues in various areas of the state.
