Category Archives: Clients in the news
-->Lost at the ballot box, lost at the City Council
Last night the Alameda City Council voted to not extend SunCal’s exclusive right to Alameda Point. This is the end result of an insular and bullying community outreach style.
Suncal’s style can be seen in the meeting itself, threatening a lawsuit if the results did not turnout its… >> More Updates
Get Oregon Rolling
This commercial we produced for Bill Bradbury in Oregon started running today.
Bill has MS and has some difficulty walking, so we took the Segway he uses to get around, and used it as a metaphor for finding a solutions to problems.
Small Business California Survey Indicates Economic Recovery Being Slowed By Lack of Small Business Purchases and Access to Capital
A survey conducted annually by Small Business California shows that lack of access to capital and delayed purchases are slowing the economic recovery in California.
Of the 2,721 small businesses that responded to the survey, 78% said they were “delaying purchases or other expenditures” to control costs… >> More Updates
Small Business Survey
Since 2004, we have worked with Small Business California on their annual survey. If you own a small business we would like to get your thoughts and opinions.
Implement Proposition I
Melissa Griffin reports, that the study on streamlining City government mandated by Proposition I, which passed in November of 2007, has not been completed or even started. Our firm ran the campaign to pass Proposition I to create the Office of Small Business and the study that they are… >> More Updates
Stories of the decade in Oregon
The Oregonian’s Political reporter, Jeff Mapes is running down his top 10 political stories of the decade and today he highlights Governor Kulongoski’s reelection.
Kulongoski’s Rebound: At the beginning of 2006, you could get decent odds betting against Kulongoski’s reelection. Kitzhaber was thinking of running again. The unions,… >> More Updates
A community based movement
Since March of this year, we have been working with a citizen’s group in Alameda to stop a fundamentally flawed and unfair ballot measure in their community. This measure would give complete control of Alameda Point to a developer, while sticking the community with most of the bill for… >> More Updates
Thoughts on the California Governor’s Race
With Mayor Gavin Newsom’s announcement that he is officially entering the race for Governor I received several calls about my thoughts on why my former client was getting into the race now and how it might effect his governing of San Francisco.
Here is a San Francisco Examiner
Large Majority of California Small Business Owners Believe They Will Weather Economic Downturn.
Of those responding to Small Business California Survey 84% predict they will be in business three years from now.
San Francisco—Today, Small Business California (SB-Cal) released the results of its 5th Annual survey of businesses in California. Despite the deepening economic crisis, 84% of small business owners believe they… >> More Updates
Small Business Survey Results Are In
The 5th annual Small Business California survey has been completed. You can find the complete results at www.smallbusinesscalifornia.org
A few points that should be of interest:
When asked, “What steps are you taking to control or reduce costs for your business?”
78% of small business owners responding said… >> More Updates