of doing so will begin to crowd out funding for every other
critical public service. So, there is a true sense of urgency to
this and, to the extent that we can get everyone to feel that
sense of urgency, I think we’re just all better off.
We’re nearing tax season. Any words of advice to Califor-
nia’s small business community?
I come from a small business background: My parents had
a laundry and dry cleaning business when we were grow-
ing up. There are actually a lot of points of assistance for
small businesses with respect to taxes. There are a lot of tax
incentives for California through the Governor’s Office of
Business Development that I hope our small business owners
are availing themselves of, as well as a number of grant and
loan programs that get awarded through various financing
authorities in the State Treasurer’s Office. So I would real-
ly point business owners to those entities. I’m happy to say
that the California earned income tax credit, which will be
entering its third year next year, has been expanded to allow
self-employed individuals to be able to claim the credit, which
we think allows small business owners to realize a real boost
of money in their pockets. So definitely take advantage of
those programs. n
Rich Ehisen is the managing editor of State Net Capitol Journal.
His work has appeared in Sunset, San Francisco Magazine,
California Journal, Sacramento Magazine and the Lexis Legal
Network. On Twitter @WordsmithRich.
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