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Past 2010 News Articles:
LA Times, May 26, 2010 -
Health insurance rate hikes hitting
California small businesses
LA Times, May 17, 2010 -
Healthcare overhaul's tax provisions have
small firms crying foul
SFExaminer, May 3, 2010 -
Small-biz leaders ask supes to proceed with
caution
Portfolio.com, April 19, 2010 -
Hunger for Information
LA Times, April 19, 2010 -
Firms find cost of earthquake insurance too
big a jolt
Phoenix Business Journal, April 16, 2010 -
Health tax credit could help some small
companies
Fresno Bee, April 12, 2010 -
Bill Challenges Monopoly Over Prison Goods
San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 2010 -
Business leaders' thoughts on health care
bill
Sacramento Business Journal, March 19, 2010
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Seeking a more level playing field
SF Examiner, March 15,2010 -
San Francisco seeks stiff fines for unpaid
taxes
Cal Watchdog, March 12, 2010 -
21% of Small Businesses on Brink
San Francisco Examiner, March 9, 2010 -
Local businesses still worried about future
San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 2010 -
Glimmer of hope for small businesses
Record Searchlight, March 7, 2010 -
We need access to capital
San Francisco Examiner, March 4, 2010 -
Green jobs are good; green careers are
better
dBusinessNews, March 3, 2010 -
Small Business California Survey Indicates
Economic Recovery Being Slowed By Lack of
Small Business Purchases and Access to
Capital
BusinessWire, March 2, 2010 -
Small Business California Survey Indicates
Economic Recovery Being Slowed ...Businesses
continue to struggle with cost and access to
healthcare
California ApparelNews.net, Feb. 26, 2010 -
Merchants' Credit Card Fess Becoming
Political Issue
San Francisco Examiner, Feb. 22, 2010 -
Businesses complain about footing OT tab for
Jobs Now
Capitol Weekly, Feb. 4, 2010 -
Chicken Little Attacks on AB32
San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 31, 2010 -
Overhaul of San Francisco business tax eyed
San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 24, 2010 -
Bad year for small businesses in San
Francisco
San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 18, 2010 -
Small Businesses Push For Internet Tax Rules
Lansing State Journal, Jan. 11, 2010
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Health Care Overhaul Could Save Money and
Boost Jobs
Los Angeles Time, Jan. 8, 2010
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Healthcare overhaul could save money and
boost jobs
San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 7, 2010
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Jobs plan meets strong support
Past 2010 Healthcare Articles:
From
Day One: Immediate Benefits of Health Reform
Immediate
Benefits of Health Reform
March
22, 2010 -
Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care
Reform Proposals
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/housesenatebill_final.pdf
Feb.
12, 2010 - An Effective Workforce Health
Program Can Provide a Competitive Edge
An Effective Workforce Health Program Can
Provide a Competitive Edge
Past 2009
Healthcare Articles:
December 23, 2009 -
Side by Side Comparison - Final House and
Senate HCR Small Business
December 4, 2009 -
Treasury's Geithner hears ideas on easing
credit crunch
Congressional Health Reform Proposals By:
Adam Dougherty. Insure the Uninsured Project
Sept. 2009
http://www.itup.org/Reports/UniversalCoverage/Health%20Reform%20Comparisons%20II.pdf
May
7, 2009: House Small Business
Committee Hearing -
Testimony by SB-Cal President Scott Hauge
Past 2009 News Articles:
Spending
Stimulus Funds must not happen. We
should only use funds wisely...An Op-Ed by SB-Cal Executive Director, Hank
Ryan
San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 18, 2009
Consumer input in health reform would be a
true path to overhaul
December 4, 2009
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Stimulus act’s loan program proves a
small-business boon
November 24, 2009 -
Obama Alert: Restore Funding For Small
Business
November 23, 2009 -
State: California DIR Raises Overall
Assessments More Than $115 Million: Top
November 23, 2009 -
SBA Runs Out Of Gas On 7a and 504 loans -
Capital - Portfolio.com
Please see article pertaining to small
business energy issues that Scott Hauge
testified to the Senate ERIS Committee about
in Washington, D.C. on June 10th. We
work in partnership with Byron Kennard and
the CSBE on this issues.
"Climate
Debate Overlooks Small Businesses" by
Ben Block
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 10, 2009
Poizner
rejects proposal for workers' comp insurance
rate hike
Workers' Comp Executive Newsdesk - Nov. 10,
2009
Insurance
Commissioner's Rate Decision Ignores Own
Actuaries...Again
New York Times, Nov. 7, 2009
City's JobsNow Program Also Benefits Newsom
Sacramento Bee, Nov.5,2009
"CIT
filing may
tighten credit for Sacramento-area small
firms"
Nov.4, 2009
"California -- Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to
Thwart Those Without Comp Coverage"
NBC News Los Angeles - Nov. 2, 2009
"Under the Microscope: Health Care
Reform"
Seven part video series including segments
with Scott Hauge on "Insuring the Uninsured"
and "What If You Have Insurance"
Los Angeles Times - Oct. 13, 2009
Figuring out the true cost of complying with
California regulations
Atlanta Business Chronicle - Sept. 10,
2009
Obama's health care speech gets mixed
reviews
Reuters
- USA Sept. 9, 2009
Head of Small Business California Available
for Comment on ...
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
Sept. 9 2009
Business
lobbyists give mixed reviews to Obama's
health-care speech
IBA West Weekly Inside, August 14th, 2009
"WCIRB Recommends 22%
Increase in Pure Premium Rates Effect
January 1, 2010"
Los Angeles Business Journal, August 10th,
2009 "Workers'
Comp Rates May Climb on Back of Budget Plan"
by Howard Fine
The Huffington Post, August 18th, 2009,
"Five Ways
California's
Climate Law Will Boost the
Economy"
by Frances Beinecke
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, July 26, 2009
"Main Street Loan
Defaults Soar" by Frank Bass & Rita
Beamish
California Progress Report, July 22, 2009
"Delaying Actions on
State Climate Change Regulations Would
Undermine California's Small Businesses"
by Scott Hauge
The Examiner, July 20, 2009
"Survey finds small
business owners would offer health insurance
if they could afford it" by Katie Worth
Sacramento Business Journal, July 10, 2009
"State ask employers
to kick in cash to fund some agencies"
by Kelly Johnson
Press Release, July 15, 2009,
"New
Anti-AB 32 Reports Ignores Benefits to Small
Businesses; Assumes No Innovation in
California"
Sacramento Business Journal, July 10, 2009,
"State Fund board
says no to proposed sale"
by Kelly
Johnson
SF
Weekly Blog, July 1, 2009,
"Did City's
Goof Cause Tax Collectors to Overcharge San
Francisco's Small Businesses?"
by Joe
Eskenazi
Los Angeles, June 25, 2009,
"Plan to sell part of California worker's
comp insurer State Fund faces opposition"
by Marc Lifsher
Press Release, May 21,
2009...."California
Department of Transportation and U.S. Small
Business Administration Partnership
Announcement"
San Francisco Examiner, May 18, 2009...."Bill
would bounce credit card fees"
by Andres Koskey
California Executive, April 23, 2009 ...
"Bill Seeks to Level
Playing Field for the Self Employed"
by Steve Tanner
LaJolla
Light, April 21, 2009....
"Energy
efficiency initiative announcement for small business"
by
San Diego Suburban News
San Francisco Examiner, April 16,2009...."Small
businesses are big community boost" by
Andrea Koskey
California Executive, April 10, 2009...."Legislation
Loosens Up Alternative Work Week Schedule
Rules" by Steve Tanner
San Francisco Examiner, April 3, 2009..."Loan
program boosts small businesses" by
Brent Begin
Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2009..."Access
to COBRA healthcare subsidy may expand"
by Cynthia Zwahlen
San Jose Business Journal, March 27,
2009..."Businesses
uncertain about extended COBRA benefit plan"
by Cathy Wesellby
Sacramento Business Journal, February 27,
2009..."New
COBRA subsidy helps former employees, bites
business" by Kathy Robertson
Forbes.com, February 24, 2009..."Where's
The Stimulus For Small Business ?" by
Melanie Lindner and Maureen Farrell
San Francisco Chronicle, February 12,
2009..."S.F.
Mayor in San Jose during budget huddle"
by Marisa Lagos and Erin Allday
Ecopreneurist, January 21, 2009..."What
Can You Do To Green The Country?" by
Jennifer Kaplan
Past 2008 News Articles:
U.S. News, December 8, 2008..."To
Help Bail Out Small Businesses, Regulate
Global Warming?" by Matthew Bandyk
CNBC.com, November 19, 2008...."California
Dreamin' With The Spirit Of Small Business"
by Jane Wells
nc.com, October 30, 2008...."Survival
tips from the Governator" by Kelly
Faircloth
Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2008..."Reforms
on tap at workers' comp insurer State Fund"
by Marc Lifsher
BizJournals, October 17, 2008..."Small
Business Owners' Guide to the Election"
by Kent Hoover
Capitol Weekly, October 9, 2008...."California's
landmark greenhouse gas law benefits small
business" by Scott Hauge
Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2008..."Credit
freeze puts businesses on thin ice" by
Marla Dickerson
Workcompcentral.com, September 18, 2008...."California
-- New Assessment Proposals Have Employees
Reeling" by Jim McCaffrey, Western
Bureau Chief
Sacramento Business Journal, August 15,
2008..."Businesses'
loss could be state's gain: Budget
Proposal would suspend net operating loss
tax deduction" by Tanya Roscorla,
Correspondent
Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2008...."California
plan could be major boon to subprime
lenders" by Evan Halper
Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2008..."Workers'
compensation enforcers widen focus on
employers" by Marc Lifsher
San Francisco Examiner, August 6, 2008..."A
retirement plan that works for small
business" by Scott Hauge, John
Arensmeyer and Thomas Martin
IBA West Weekly Insider, July 25, 2008...."Small
Business California Honors Poizner and
Others"
Business Wire, July 23, 2008..."California
Tax Measure Adversely Impacts Small
Business"
California Executive, June 10, 2008...."Employers
Should Update Rules for Unscheduled Time
Off" by Steve Tanner
San Francisco Business Times, June 6,
2008...."State
targets employers evading workers' comp"
by Chris Rauber
Insurance Journal, June 6, 2008..."California
Launches Workers' Comp Enforcement Program"
Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2008.... "California
regulators seek to expand utilities' loans
for small business" by Cyndia Zwahlen
California Executive, May 1, 2008...
"Legislation to Ease Confusion of
Return-To-Work Procedures" by Steve
Tanner
California Executive, May 1, 2008...."How
to Return an Injured Employee to Work
Without Getting Sued" by Steve Tanner
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 28, 2008..."Health
care worries grow among voters" by Bill
Ainsworth
California Executive, April 22nd, 2008....."Misclassification
of Independent Contractors" by Steve
Tanner
Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2008....
"Independent contractor status scrutinized"
by Cyndia Zwahlen
Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2008....
"An IRA for the
rest of us" by Marc Lifsher
Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2008..."Social
Policy on the Menu: San Francisco
eateries are angered by a healthcare law.
Diners eat some of the cost" by Marc
Lifsher
SF Examiner, March 14, 2008..."Economy
cools small-business climate" by David
Smith
SBA News Release, Washington, January 8,
2008..."Business.gov
Unveils State and Local Search Features
Google, Web 2.0 Search and Expanded Content"
Sacramento Bee, January 2, 2008..."State's
minimum wage hits $8: Lowest-paid
workers say the boost helps a bit while
restaurateurs fear extra costs may lead to
job cuts" by Darrell Smith
Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 1,
2008..."New
minimum wage takes effect today" by
Jondi Gumz
Past 2007 News Articles:
San Francisco Chronicle, December 26,
2007...
"Health care plan means only 1% tax for
small business" by Ilana DeBare
The Fresno Bee, December 17, 2007...
"California
employers must provide notices about tax
break" by Robert Rodriguez
California Executive, December 13, 2007....
"Small
business crusader discusses California
healthcare reform" by Steve Tanner
Small Business Review, October 3, 2007..."Small
Business Feels the Credit Crunch" by
John Arensmeyer
San
Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 2007...
"PG&E shifts
rate increase away from big businesses"
by David R. Baker
Forbes.com, September 27, 2007...
"California's Health Care Dreams" by
Maureen Farrell
Glendale News Press, September 12, 2007...
"Session eyes health care" by Ryan
Vaillancourt
Fortune Small Business, September 6, 2007...
"Who will win
the entrepreneurial vote?" by Richard
McGill Murphy, FSB editor
Pittsburgh Business Times, Aug. 31-Sept. 6
issue...
"States, not Congress, are taking lead on
health care reform" by Kent Hoover
San
Francisco Examiner, August 31, 2007...
"Businesses can't shoulder entire burden of
health care reform" by
Steven B. Falk and Scott Hauge
Stockton Record, August 24, 2007...
"Small
Businesses Share Big Goals" by Joe
Goldeen
San
Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2007...
"New
business coalition takes on health care" by
Ilana DeBare
San Francisco
Examiner, August 23, 2007: Small
Business California's op-ed piece..
"How California
can help make a difference with emissions
law" by Hank Ryan
Governor
Schwarzenegger's plan for fixing our
healthcare system, website link...
click here
NSBA
Business Journal, August 2007...
"Golden (State) Advocacy and Education:
Small Business California makes impact in
unique environment"
by Rob
Yunich
Los Angeles Times,
August 4, 2007...
"Rules on illegal workers stir fears"
by Jerry
Hirsch and Kimi Yoshino
Sacramento
Business Journal, July 13, 2007... "Legislation
Looms: Healthcare, workers' comp bills
pending in the Capitol could have big
consequences for small businesses"
by Kathy
Robertson
Oakland Business Review...
SB-Cal's Health Care Proposal Overview by
Scott Hauge
Sacbee Article...
"Advocate for
Small Business named: Marty Keller led
Consumer Affairs Department for state"
by Darrell Smith
SF Chronicle article, June 23,
2007...
“Dueling Health Proposals:
How Democrats’ new plan differs from governor’s”
by Victoria Colliver
Sacbee Article, June 21,
2007...
"Democrats
advance health care plan"
by
Aurelio Rojas
Business Week Article
"Altered States:
California, Illinois, and Pennsylvania take up
the push for universal coverage"
by
Joshua Kendall
Contra Costa Times Article...
"Companies that shirk workers'comp obligations
are likely to get caught by aligned information
systems through SB 869"
by Marton Dunai
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