AGENDA

8:00 AM       Call to Order/establish quorum

• Approval of previous board meeting minutes
• September 26, 2022

• Association update
• Organized Retail Crime
• Governor Newsom
• Attorney General Newsom
• Legislative Action
• Grassroots efforts

• Old Business
• Retail Champion of the Year; Friends of California Retail
• Suggested Awardees
• CRA Legislative scorecard - Assembly
• CRA Legislative scorecard - Senate
• Regulatory recap
• CPRA comment letter
• Local government recap
• City of LA Predictive Scheduling Ordinance
• Going to pass full council; effective April 2023
• County of LA Mask Mandate – strongly suggested
• San Diego County ISR proposal
• CRA is monitoring chatter about possible ISR rule; nothing proposed yet.
• 2023 Legislative Priorities
• Telling the Retail Story - The CA Retail Industry at a glance
• Environmental Sustainability
• Privacy
• Labor/Workforce Development
• Goods Movement
• Retail Theft/ORC
• Chain Drug
• PAGA
• Other issues as suggested by the CRA Board
• 2023 Retail Advocacy Days
• Topic discussion (see priorities)
• Schedule:
• Tuesday, January 31^st
• 10 am to 4 pm – Legislative meetings/Chain Drug
• 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm – Legislative Reception
• Wednesday, February 1^st
• 10 am to 4 pm – Legislative meetings
• 5:30 pm – CRA Board dinner; special invited guests
• Thursday, February 2^nd
• 9 am to 1 pm – CRA Board meeting
• California Political Landscape
• Los Angeles County/City Elections
• Mayor-elect Karen Bass
• Supervisor-elect Lindsey Horvath
• 2022 Legislative Election Recap
• All statewide offices held by Democrats
• State Assembly: D - 62; R - 17; 1 race pending
• State Senate: D - 30; R - 9; 1 race pending
• 34 new members
• 2022 Ballot Initiative recap
• Prop. 1 (Abortion) : Passed
• Prop 26 (online gaming) - Failed
• Prop. 27 (online gaming) - Failed
• Prop 28 (Arts Funding) - Passed
• Prop. 29 - (Dialysis staffing) - Failed
• Prop 30 - (tax increase for electric vehicles) - Failed
• Prop. 31 - (uphold ban on flavored tobacco) - Passed
• Possible 2024 Ballot Initiatives
• PAGA
• Pandemic Research (high income tax measure; could be negotiated off)
• Minimum wage - $18.00 (could be removed)
• Taxpayer Protection Act (slated to qualify 1/25/2023)
• Possible additional initiatives; fundraising just starting
• High Income Tax measure to fund education - CA Teachers Assn
• Split Roll (Prop 15; 2023 version)
• PAGA
• Public Affairs Campaign update
• Budget
• Website
• Fact Sheet
• December Op-Ed; based on Labor Committee Hearing and Labor Federation Remarks (notes HERE)
• Amicus Brief - UBER V. Rudolph
• Fundraising update
• commitments coming in; both to PA campaign and issues PAC
• Next steps
• Rachel to present at NRF Big show in January
• Rachel to DC for fundraising
• Continue to outreach and raise money
• AB 257 Referendum – FAST Act; update
• Expected to qualify; formal announcement pending
• Open Discussion