Sacramento, CA January 30, 2026 The coalition of business advocacy organizations that came together almost two years ago to reform California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) today released the following statement on the failure of Senate Bill 310 to meet the legislative deadline for Senate passage: “The decision to not move forward on SB 310 […]
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CRA ADVOCACY DAYS Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12, 20259:00AM PSTCitizen Hotel in Downtown Sacramento 926 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814 Join the members of the California Retailers Association for our 2025 Legislative Advocacy Days in Sacramento, CA as we meet with policymakers to discuss issues including: Advocacy Days is open to CRA members only.
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The California Retailers Association (CRA) announces Danielle Hohos, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as the 2024 Chair of the Board. HoHos will lead a diverse board of directors on important issues facing the retail industry including retail theft, PAGA, environmental sustainability and many other issues impacting retailers large and small. CRA also welcomes new team member Erica V. Quarles who brings a decade
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December 18, 2023 The following statement can be attributed to Rachel Michelin, President and CEO of the California Retailers Association. “The California Retailers Association joins Union Pacific Railroad in urging the Eagle Pass and El Paso border crossings be reopened immediately. These locations represent 45% of cross border Union Pacific Railroad business and include goods critical
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September 26-27The Lodge at Sonoma The CRA Annual Membership Meeting will be held- IN PERSON- Monday, Sept. 26 – Tues. Sept. 27. CRA Members will have an opportunity to hear from industry leaders and policymakers on a variety of issues impacting the retail industry including supply chain and retail theft. There will also be a
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Website and Conference are Part of Collaborative between CalORCA and Cal Retailers Formed to Address the Growing Organized Crime Crisis for Businesses Statewide Sacramento, CA– The California Organized Retail Crimes Association (CalORCA) unveiled its new website today providing an enhanced and responsive user experience and highlighting the growing partnership between retail and law enforcement in
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AB2390 Would Have Strengthened Prop 47 As Part Of A Comprehensive Solution To Retail Theft That Protects Customers, Retail Employees, And Neighborhoods SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After Assembly Bill 2390 was pulled by the author from consideration in the Assembly Public Safety committee, California Retailers Association (who is a co-sponsor of the bill) President and CEO,
CRA President and CEO Rachel Otte Michelin spoke with KTVU Fox 2 about AB 2390, authored by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi and co-sponsored by CRA and California Hotel & Lodging Association. AB 2390 brings back aggregation while adding diversion programs and job training programs for a measured, balanced approach to solving serial retail theft. Rachel: “Whenever
BILL WOULD STRENGTHEN PROP 47 AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO RETAIL THEFT FOR CONSUMERS, STORES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D – Torrance), in partnership with the California Retailers Association and the California Hotel and Lodging Association, has introduced Assembly Bill 2390, which would strengthen existing Proposition 47 (2014) provisions by allowing separate
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