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CRA President and CEO Speaks with ABC7 Eye Witness News in Los Angeles about California’s Statewide Mask Order and Latest Economic Shutdown

CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin: “I don’t know how businesses survive. This is my biggest fear. When we had our businesses shutdown we walked through the process to get businesses open. This dimmer switch- on and off- is really going to put businesses out of business. The challenge is we get very little notice […]

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Speaks with KCBS Radio in San Francisco about Major Retailers Including Best Buy and Starbucks Requiring Masks in Stores Nationwide

As the push to wear masks and face coverings continues, retailers are often finding themselves in the middle.   Starting today Best Buy and Starbucks will require masks in stores nationwide, even in states or cities that don’t require them to do so. For more KCBS Radio’s Stan Bunger talked with Rachel Michelin, President and

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Speaks to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered: “Left To Enforce Local Mandates, Front-Line Retail Workers Face Threats”

July 11, 20204:50 PM ETHeard on All Things Considered NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Rachel Michelin, the president and CEO of the California Retailers Association, about the role of retail workers in enforcing masks within their stores. LISTEN AND READ THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT HERE

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CRA’s President and CEO Rachel Michelin Speaks to Associated Press Again re: How California went from success story to virus hot spot

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press JULY 2, 2020 — 6:25PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California’s mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were starting to decline and restaurants and most other businesses had reopened. As July 4th approaches, the mood has soured. Infection rates and hospitalizations

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Responds to Associated Press Story on Expectation for Governor Newsom to ‘tighten things up’ as Coronavirus Cases Rise

by ADAM BEAM Associated PressTuesday, June 30th 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that he plans to “tighten things up” when it comes to the state’s stay-at-home order ahead of a busy Fourth of July weekend. California has confirmed close to 223,000 infections, a nearly 50% increase over

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in GVWire: Newsom Mask Order Takes Pressure off Retailers, but Debate Rages

Nancy Price  June 22, 2020 Who would have thought that something as insignificant as a few square inches of cloth could cause such a big brouhaha? But the debate over whether they should be required in the first place rages on. Prior to Newsom’s order, businesses and their employees found themselves on the front lines of

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