Bill to Boost Diverse Small Businesses Has 1st Hearing Tuesday
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media@greenlining.org danielle.bell@greenlining.orgAB 962 Would Track Major Hospitals’ Contracting with Businesses Owned by Women, People of Color, Veterans and LGBTs
Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 415-846-7758 (cell)
SACRAMENTO — On Tuesday, April 2 the Assembly Health Committee will consider AB 962, introduced by Assemblymember Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood) and coauthored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland). The measure would use reporting and transparency to encourage California hospitals – a $230 billion industry in the state – to boost their contracting with businesses owned by people of color, women, veterans and LGBT people. The measure, sponsored by The Greenlining Institute, is modeled on a successful program overseen by the California Public Utilities Commission, which over three decades has sparked massive increases in contracting with Minority Business Enterprises by California’s regulated utilities, as well as a similarly successful program that was administered by the Department of Insurance.
WHAT: Assembly Health Committee hearing on AB 962
WHO: Assemblymember Autumn Burke, Greenlining Institute Health Equity Director Anthony Galace, members of the committee
WHERE: State Capitol, Room 4202
WHEN: Tuesday, April 2, 1:30 p.m.
For further background on the bill, see Anthony Galace’s recent blog post.
