Tag: Sarah Boot
Multiple Entities Could Gain Power to Increase Property Taxes with Just 55% Vote of...
Hundreds of local special districts could gain the ability to increase property taxes with just a 55% majority vote if a proposed constitutional amendment...
Reasonable CCPA Clean-Up Bills Thwarted – Future of the CCPA is Uncertain
Sure, California was the first state in the nation to pass a massive privacy bill, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). But how can...
Stayin’ Alive – Privacy Bills
Well, you can tell by the way we worked these privacy bills – we walked the halls and made time to talk – to...
New Podcast Features Discussion of Legislative Changes Needed to Fix Privacy Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a sweeping privacy law that applies to businesses of all sizes across almost every industry. Up on...
Will the Real Data Regulator Please Stand Up? PLEASE stand up?!
California just passed the most robust data protection law in the country last year. Among other things, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides...
California Film/TV Tax Credit Lures 16th TV Series
The next season of SHOWTIME’S “Penny Dreadful” will be relocating production to Los Angeles with help from the state’s film and television tax credit...
Assembly Committee to Hold Hearing on Privacy Act Today
California Chamber of Commerce Policy Advocate Sarah Boot will address the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee today at an informational hearing to discuss...
CalChamber to Participate in California Consumer Privacy Act Rulemaking Workshop Today
California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate Sarah Boot will be participating in a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking workshop that is being hosted...
A Different Kind of Carbon Tax
The “carbon tax” being contemplated this session would replace California’s Sales and Use Tax with a “carbon tax” based on the “carbon intensity” of...
California wanted to tax our text messages?! WTF?!?!
A text tax!? Try saying that three times – it’s a real tongue twister. LOL!
It’s also a mind boggler B/C affordability is one of...
Newly Elected State Legislators Make Debut at CalChamber Public Affairs Conference Panels Examine Mid-Terms,...
An opportunity to get better acquainted with members of the 2019 legislative freshman class was among the agenda items at the California Chamber of...
MacTaggart Goes to Washington – What’s Next?
Unlike Europe, with its recently implemented GDPR, the United States does not have a comprehensive law to regulate the collection and use of data....
No Time to Waste on Fixing Consumer Privacy Law
AB 375 (Chau, Hertzberg), the California Consumer Privacy Act, was passed in late June to avoid a big ballot fight in November over the...
No Time to Waste on Fixing Consumer Privacy Law
AB 375 (Chau, Hertzberg), the California Consumer Privacy Act, was passed in late June to avoid a big ballot fight in November over the...
California Film Commission Approves $52 Million in Tax Credits
The California Film Commission this week announced that 19 films have been approved conditionally for $52.2 million in tax credits. This is the fourth...
Ripped from the headlines… BOTS
From the #MeToo movement and the Equifax data breach to allegations of Russia meddling in our elections we have seen a virtual tsunami of...
Video: SB 1121 – Increased Consumer Litigation – Job Killer
CalChamber Policy Advocate Sarah Boot provides the latest information on SB 1121 at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 23, 2018.
Services Tax Job Killer Bill in Committee Today
A recently identified job killer bill that would impose a 3% tax on services purchased by businesses in California will be considered as a...
Getting Hacked: Your Business Nightmare Could Turn Into a Trial Attorney’s Dream
Cyber crime is all over the news. Data breaches have become more prevalent as cyber criminals have become more sophisticated and aggressive. Even nation...
Assembly Tax Committee to Hear Job Killer Today
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that would increase the personal income tax rate from 13.3% to 14.3% will be considered by...