Senate Bill 1327 & Assembly Bill 2943

Please join us via Zoom for the June Government Affairs Meeting. 
We will be joined by two presenters this month.

Senate Bill 1327

Jen Hodgkins will be presenting on SB 1327. Jen Hodgkins is the Director of Public Affairs for Summit Strategy Group. Her team is partnering with the Connected Commerce Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting small business success. The Connected Commerce Council advocates for tech policies that consider the unique needs of small businesses.

The California Legislature is considering a new law that would make digital advertising and marketing far more expensive for small businesses. SB 1327 (Glazer) would impose a new 7.25% tax on digital advertising and is intended to target tech platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Google. However, it's the advertisers—businesses of all sizes—that will ultimately bear this financial burden when the taxes are passed through. Additionally, the California Law Revision Commission is considering a proposal that would upend the way small businesses utilize free digital tools to promote their business.

Assembly Bill 2943

Our second speaker is the California Retailers Association President/CEO Rachel Michelin.

The California Assembly has introduced a comprehensive package of seven bills aimed at addressing retail theft across the state. Last month we heard about Initiative 23-0017A1, which aims to reform Prop 47. This month, we will hear about Assembly Bill 2943, which introduces a new crime with penalties of up to three years behind bars for possession of stolen property with intent to resell. It also allows for the aggregation of similar thefts from different victims to charge grand theft, under specific criteria. 

The Los Altos Chamber Government Affairs Committee studies, analyzes & formulates positions on issues affecting the Los Altos business community, makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on public policy positions, monitors government actions & communicates chamber positions to appropriate officials to encourage positive actions, attends city council or commission meetings and expresses chamber opinions.