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SMALL BUSINESS CALIFORNIA HONORS POIZNER AND
OTHERS
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Award recipients left to right: Insurance
Commissioner Steve Poizner, John Wilcox, Jim
Pimental, John Duncan, Christine Baker, Lach
Taylor, Jim Baird, and kneeling in front, Scott
Hauge |
San Francisco, CA -- Small Business
California, a non-partisan business advocacy
organization founded by IBA West member Scott
Hauge, Cal Insurance & Associates, Inc, San
Francisco, honored California Insurance
Commissioner Steve Poizner and seven other
Californians for having gone the extra mile to
assist small businesses in the state.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the
economy. As an entrepreneur who has started
multiple businesses, I understand the challenges
that must be overcome to move your vision
forward,” said Commissioner Poizner. “Small
businesses create jobs and are one of the most
common ways to achieve the American Dream. I am
honored to receive this award for helping the
business and job-creation climate in California,
and will continue to support small businesses in
our state.”
In addition to Commissioner Poizner, the
following people also received the Small
Business Hero Award: Christine Baker and
Lach Taylor, Executive Officer and staff judge,
respectively, of the Commission on Health Safety
and Workers’ Compensation. Jim Baird, owner of
Bay Area Development in Walnut Creek. John
Duncan, director of the California Department of
Industrial Relations. Lynn Jimenez, business
reporter for KGO radio in San Francisco.
And, John Wilcox and Jim Pimentel, publisher and
executive editor, respectively, of the San
Francisco Examiner.
"These people are truly heroes to California
Small businesses and Small Business California,"
said Scott Hague, president of Small Business
California.
Small Business California is a proactive,
non-partisan business advocacy organization
whose only agenda is the well-being of
California small businesses. Working for all
California small businesses for a better
business environment, Small Business California
is responsive to the needs of California small
business owners.
For more information about Small Business
California, please visit
http://www.smallbusinesscalifornia.org/.
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