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We need to consider the small businesses and employers that have been impacted by the enactment of AB 5 and COVID-19.
By Manuel Cosme Jr., Special to CalMatters
Manuel Cosme Jr. is a small business tax specialist at Vacaville-based Professional Small Business Services Inc., manuel@psbs-inc.com. He is former chair of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the NFIB California Leadership Council.
As California inches toward progress on COVID-19 vaccinations, we must face overlapping challenges of an unprecedented health crisis and an economic crisis. At the top of the list of issues we must deal with: California’s business climate; it is one of the worst in the country.