BizFed delivers wins on supermajority of bills we worked in 2015!
Sunday was the deadline for Gov. Brown to act on bills coming out of this year’s state legislative session, and we are pleased to report that more than two-thirds of the bills BizFed mobilized either to support or oppose resulted in our desired outcome. Please see below for a full list of our bills and […]
BizFed CEO Tracy Rafter gives keynote address at 4th Annual California Asian Business Summit
CalAsian Chamber’s mission is to help grow and empower the API business community throughout California. Representing the interests of API businesses in the state, CalAsian Chamber is working to ensure these businesses are equipped with tools necessary to be successful and connect them with all opportunities available to help their businesses thrive, and grow California’s economy. See photo […]
GO-Biz Receives 341 Applications from Businesses Seeking $75 Million Available for California Competes Tax Credit
Sacramento, Calif. – The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced that it received a total of 341 applications with a combined tax credit request of $269 million for an available $75 million for the most recent California Competes Tax Credit application period which closed on August 17, 2015. This fiscal year, […]
State Receives Federal Funding to Help California Small Businesses Export Globally
(Editor’s Note: The following release from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) offers information important to small businesses and entrepreneurs.) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) today announced that California received a $747,781 grant from the federal government to help small businesses boost trade and export abroad. “California is […]
BizFed Leadership Roundtable with Asm. Matt Dababneh, Chairman, Committee on Banking and Finance
On Monday, July 27, a diverse group of BizFed members traveled to the Van Nuys Government Center to meet with Assemblymember Matt Dababneh, Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance. Dababneh was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2013, in the class of post-term limits legislators who have the potential to serve […]
Update on Small Business Initiative and Minimum Wage Work
Last week, BizFed members turned out in force to support the Small Business Initiative motion put forward by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Don Knabe and to make their voices heard on LA County’s effort to raise the minimum wage. Many thanks to the following BizFed members who were there and testified: Regional Black Chamber of […]
L.A. Sups vote to raise minimum wage in unincorporated areas
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage in unincorporated areas over the next five years, reaching $15 an hour by 2020. Supervisor Hilda Solis, initially hesitant about the possible impact on small businesses, joined Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas in backing the ordinance. Supervisors Michael Antonovich and […]
L.A. mayor hopes others do not adopt $15 minimum wage
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that while he thought a new $15 minimum wage would be a boon for the city, it wasn’t necessarily a good idea for other places to adopt that rate. He added that it would be good for the city if the surrounding Los Angeles County, which is mulling […]
