Los Angeles, CA – The California Small Business Association (CSBA) and the California Small Business Roundtable (CSBR) announced that Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D – Oakley) was named the 2014 California State Assembly “Legislator of the Year.”
“Small business owners are the backbone of our economy,” said Assemblymember Frazier. “I am very proud to be recognized for my support of legislation that benefits the small business entrepreneur.”
Assemblymember Frazier will be presented with the award at the California Small Business Roundtable’s annual retreat in Carlsbad, CA.
“CSBA and CSBR are thrilled to honor Assemblymember Frazier and Senator Vidak as our “Legislators of the Year,” said Abdi Ahmed, Chairman of the California Small Business Association. “As current and former small business owners, Assemblymember Frazier and Senator Vidak truly understand the difficulties that small businesses are facing in this economy. In the legislature, Assemblymember Frazier and Senator Vidak are proven leaders for California’s small business community.”
With California small businesses composing 99.2% of all employer firms in the state, it is imperative that our legislators understand the issues that are most important to these employers. By enacting policies that allow small businesses to grow and create jobs will help improve California’s economy.
“We are pleased that Assemblymember Frazier and Senator Vidak received this recognition,” said Ahmed.
INFORMATION/BACKGROUND ABOUT THE AWARD
The “Legislator of the Year” Award is CSBA and CSBR’s annual award to honor one legislator from each house of the California State Legislature for their continued commitment to small business.
The California Small Business Roundtable is a unique collection of forty of the most recognized, powerful, and connected small business owners in California.
The California Small Business Association is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit, non-partisan organization that makes its mission to provide small business with a meaningful voice in state and federal governments.
To contact Assemblymember Jim Frazier please visit his website at http://www.asmdc.org/members/a11/ or call his District Offices at 707-399-3011 or 925-778-5790.
