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Panel advances bill to fund security upgrades for small retailers hit by theft
Summary
AB 949 would create a Small Business Retail Theft Solutions Grant Program to help small retailers install security equipment and other measures to reduce retail theft; the subcommittee advanced the bill to Appropriations, 8-0.
Assemblymember Schiavo presented AB 949, proposing a Small Business Retail Theft Solutions Grant Program within the Office of the Small Business Advocate to provide grants for security enhancements aimed at preventing retail theft.
Schiavo said small stores and sole proprietors can experience repeated thefts and lack the resources larger chains use to prevent losses. "A couple…
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