On May 11, Small Business Majority sent a letter signed by more than 100 small business owners and organizations in support of AB 1776, the COMPETE Act, which would update California's outdated antitrust laws.
California Policy Statements
Browse the full list of our regulatory comments and legislative testimony below.
Monday, May 11, 2026 |
Thursday, April 23, 2026 |
Small Business Majority network member Paloma Corona, owner of Little Sprouts Language Immersion Preschool in Los Angeles testified before California State Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance to share her experience with predatory loans and ask the Committee to support AB 2116, which proposes to expand the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) to protect small businesses from abusive commercial financing practices.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 |
On March 10, Booksmith and Kepler's Books owner Christin Evans submitted testimony to the California Joint Assembly and Seante Health Committees on how rising healthcare prices impact small businesses and recommendations on how to make health insurance more affordable.
Monday, January 12, 2026 |
Small Business Majority has created a comprehensive state policy agenda to ensure entrepreneurship is recognized as the lifeforce of a thriving and inclusive economy in California. The state’s 4.3 million small businesses comprise 99.8% of all businesses in the state, and they employ 7.6 million residents–nearly half of all California employees.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
On behalf of a broad coalition representing over 500 for-profit financing companies and nonprofit advocates for economic opportunity, as well as thousands of small business owners, Small Business Majority, the Responsible Business Lending Coalition and CAMEO network offered strong support for SB 362 and request that California Governor Newsome sign it into law. This bill will create a fair financial marketplace where good actors compete fairly and small businesses thrive.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 |
On September 9, Small Business Majority, along with 100+ business and advocacy organizations, signed on to a California Assembly Floor Alert in support of SB 590 (Durazo), which would allow qualifying workers to use California Paid Family Leave to care for a seriously ill “designated person,” meaning that California workers could use Paid Family Leave to care for a member of their chosen or extended family.
Friday, September 5, 2025 |
On September 5, Small Business Majority signed onto a letter with 50 other organizations calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign SB 81, which would safeguard access to healthcare facilities for all Californians by protecting people’s immigration status and place of birth information from being disclosed and prohibiting healthcare providers from granting access to nonpublic areas of healthcare facilities for immigration enforcement purposes.
Friday, September 5, 2025 |
On September 5, Small Business Majority joined 25+ organizations in sending an Assembly Floor Alert in support of AB 1415 (Bonta), which ensures that the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) can fully review increasingly complex healthcare merger’s impacts on consumer access and affordability, including private equity mergers in healthcare.
Friday, August 15, 2025 |
Small Business Majority joined Rise Economy and 40+ other California community organizations and allies, in response to the agencies’ proposal to rescind the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule (“2023 Rule”).
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
Small Business Majority sumbitted a letter of request to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for AB 801, legislation that will establish a state-level Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to encourage financial institutions to meet the credit needs of all communities, including entrepreneurs in underserved communities.