Introduces bill to boost California brick and mortar retail floral stores and eliminate consumer deception
Sacramento - Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) introduced legislation today, proposed by a Fremont florist through Wieckowski’s annual “There Ought to be a Law” contest, to crack down on out of state floral companies who misrepresent their geographic locations to lure customers to their websites.
AB 1581 will require floral retailers who choose to use local phone numbers or a local name to include their address and notice of their place of business in their advertisements.
Dirk Lorenz, the owner of Fremont Flowers, proposed the bill to combat companies that falsely portray themselves as a local floral shop.
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Monday, January 23 2012
Hundreds Gather at Capitol to Protest Citizens United Ruling, Support State ResolutionSacramento - Hundreds of critics of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United ruling, rallied at the state Capitol Saturday afternoon to support an Assembly Joint Resolution urging a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision. The resolution, AJR 22, jointly authored by Assemblymembers Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) and Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) seeks to overturn the controversial ruling that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money from their treasuries to influence elections. The ruling came…
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Thursday, June 02 2011
Assembly Approves Wieckowski Bill For Mediation Before Municipal Bankruptcy FilingsSACRAMENTO – A bill by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) to require local government agencies to engage in mediation overseen by a neutral third-party evaluator before filing for municipal bankruptcy passed the state Assembly this morning on a 43-0 vote. The bill now heads to the Senate. AB 506 will help public entities avoid a protracted, expensive bankruptcy process. It establishes a “good faith” negotiation process that has the potential to provide a less costly and…
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Wednesday, May 18 2011
Wieckowski Bill To Boost Manufacturing In California Passes Key Assembly CommitteeSACRAMENTO - The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee approved a bill late Monday by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) that could help spark manufacturing jobs in California by placing a measure on the ballot to exempt manufacturing equipment from the state share of the sales and use tax.Currently, California is one of only three states that impose a sales tax on manufacturing equipment. AB 218, the Job Retention and Economic Recovery Act, would improve the state's…
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Tuesday, May 10 2011
L.A. Times Supports Wieckowski's Bill Targeting the Release of Dangerous Chemicals in "Fracking" ProcessContact: Jeff Barbosa (916) 319-2020 Editorial Cites AB 591 as "Too important to be overlooked" Fremont, CA — Assemblymember Wieckowski announced today that the LA Times has written in support of AB 591, Wieckowski's landmark legislation that would enable public disclosure of dangerous chemicals being released into the environment in the hydraulic fracturing process. "AB 591 is a forward-looking bill to ensure that Californians are fully aware of the chemicals being used in the drilling…
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