SSI Industry Hall of Fame Class of 2021
The SSI Hall of Fame announced their five inductees for 2021 and each person has contributed significantly to the growth of professionalism in the electronic security industry.
Read MoreCAA Virtual Board Meeting | February 2021
Legislative Update: 2.26.21
February 19 marked the passage of the deadline for legislators to introduce bills for the 2021 session. The Legislature struggled throughout 2020 to meet legislative deadlines. With only a few hearing rooms large enough to allow social distancing, legislators were forced to conduct their business with fewer hearings. Hundreds of bills failed to pass given…
Read MoreCOVID Relief: Sorting it All Out Webinar Presentation
On February 3rd 2021, the CAA / OCAA sponsored a webinar: “COVID Relief – Sorting It All Out” with special guests Alyson Pattie, Principal & CPA at Barkin, Perren, Schwager & Dolan LLP and Mitch Reitman, Managing Principal at Reitman Consulting Group. The latest coronavirus relief bill includes a 2nd round of PPP with $284 billion…
Read MoreLegislative Update: 2.16.21
This week, proponents of the effort to recall Governor Newsom announced that they have surpassed the 1.5 million signatures required to qualify the recall election. They acknowledged, however, that more signatures are needed to ensure that there are enough verifiable signatures to qualify.
Read MoreLegislative Update: 1.29.21
Californians have had the right to recall elected officials for 110 years. In that time, 54 attempts to recall a California Governor have been launched. Only one of these has been successful. In October 2003, Californians voted to recall Governor Davis. When the recall effort got started in 2002, it was underfunded and easy to…
Read MoreLegislative Budget Update
Last week, Governor Newsom unveiled his proposed $227 billion 2021-2022 budget. As the Governor noted himself, the last 12 months have been a financial roller coaster for the state. Coming into 2020, the Governor enjoyed a large budget surplus and healthy reserves. Soon after the state’s response to the pandemic intensified in March, revenues were…
Read MoreLegislative Update: January 2021
With all eyes turned, understandably, to Congress this week, it would be easy to miss recent developments in Sacramento. Governor Newsom released his 2021-2022 proposed state budget today. We will report on the budget more thoroughly in a separate report when we have had a chance to review it in detail. The Governor was proud…
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