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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in Politico: Parents are ready to return to work, but where will their kids go?

By KATY MURPHY 06/11/2020 07:39 PM EDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The resurgence of California’s economy — the fifth largest in the world — could rest on one sector in particular that’s been shattered by the pandemic: child care. Steep revenue losses and costly new health and safety requirements are putting beleaguered child care programs out of […]

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Testifies on CPRA Ballot Initiative

CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin testified in the Assembly Privacy Committee today during an informational hearing on the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ballot initiative, which, if passed in November, would significantly expand privacy regulations and business liability in the existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). A ballot initiative is of great concern for

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in CalMatters: Collateral damage: Can small businesses survive this “double whammy”?

BY BEN CHRISTOPHER , REBECCA SOHN PUBLISHED: JUNE 5, 2020 IN SUMMARY The timing couldn’t be worse for small businesses in California just starting to reopen from the pandemic, then damaged amid anti-racism uprisings. …In a week of peaceful protest against police violence, politically motivated vandalism and arson, and opportunistic theft, Show-Anderson’s academy, like many small businesses across the state, has become

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CRA Issues Statement in Response to George Floyd Demonstrations in California

CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Issues Statement on George Floyd Demonstrations in California Sacramento, CA – June 01, 2020 – California Retailers Association President Rachel Michelin issued the following statement in response to the George Floyd demonstrations in California. This past weekend was a difficult one for California and the rest of the country. But in the

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CRA In the News: COVID-19 media coverage

CRA is at the forefront of national, statewide and local news coverage speaking with top tier media outlets including the Associated Press, Politico, San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, ABC, NBC, Fox and NPR affiliates in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Sacramento, KNX 1070AM NewsRadio (Entercom Communications), and AirTalk with Larry Mantle discussing COVID-19 impacts on California’s retailers. News

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CRA Issues Statement on Governor Newsom’s Revised State Budget

CRA President Rachel Michelin Issues Statement onGovernor Newsom’s Revised State Budget Sacramento, CA – May 14, 2020 – California Retailers Association President Rachel Michelin issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed revisions to the State Budget: “California’s retail industry is among the pandemic’s hardest hit sectors forcing store closures, job loss and

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CRA and NACDS – State and Federal Groups Representing California’s Chain Pharmacies in Traditional Drug, Grocery and Mass Retail – Commend California Governor Newsom on COVID-19 Testing Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           Contact: Chris Krese, NACDS May 12, 2020                                                                                      (703) 837-4650  CRA and NACDS – State and Federal Groups Representing California’s Chain Pharmacies in Traditional Drug, Grocery and Mass Retail – Commend California Governor Newsom on COVID-19 Testing Action Sacramento, Calif. – California Retailers Association (CRA) President Rachel Michelin and National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President &

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in SF Chronicle: Coronavirus sparks new fight over California’s internet privacy law

Dustin Gardiner May 5, 2020 Updated: May 5, 2020 4 a.m. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office is gearing up to enforce the state’s landmark internet privacy law, despite pleas from business groups that say they aren’t ready because of the coronavirus pandemic. …If Becerra sticks to the law’s timetable, companies will face potential fines of up to

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CRA in Sac Bee Capitol Alert: Many California stores can reopen Friday from coronavirus lockdown, Newsom announces

BY ANDREW SHEELER AND DALE KASLERMAY 04, 2020 12:47 PM, UPDATED 3 HOURS 34 MINUTES AGO Many California retail businesses will be able to reopen with some modifications by the end of the week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday, signaling an easing of the restrictions he handed down on March 19 to slow the coronavirus

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