Firm Updates and Announcements
“The State of California's budget situation is in really murky waters,” says former Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Finance, Tom Sheehy, Principal and Founder of Sheehy Strategy Group. “When the country gets a financial cold, California gets a severe case of influenza. We are very sensitive to changes in the economy.”
Read MoreAs seen in National Review. A vote last week by the Bay Area’s air-pollution regulators to phase out and eventually ban the sale of new gas furnaces and water heaters in the Northern California region will be costly for residents, will further burden an already stretched electric grid, and will have minimal environmental impact, energy experts and economists told National Review.
Read MoreThe Sheehy Strategy Group has released two brochures to help potential clients determine whether SSG is the right choice for their strategic needs. Both brochures highlight SSG's personnel, credentials and decades of experience.
Read MoreThere are many new state officials you need to get to know if you are regulated or doing business in California. These new legislators present a great opportunity for your organization to build new relationships and political alliances that will benefit you.
Read MoreRead the Sheehy Strategy Group report on California-related election results.
Read MoreThe Sheehy Strategy Group has released two new brochures to help potential clients determine whether SSG is the right choice for their strategic needs. Both brochures highlight SSG's personnel, credentials and decades of experience.
Read MoreIn testimony before the California Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Tom Sheehy warns against the dangers of overzealous regulatory enforcement agencies like the Employment Development Department.
Read MoreTom Sheehy, principal and founder of the Sheehy Strategy Group, recently testified in favor of local control before the Assembly Education Committee.
Read MoreTom Sheehy recently testified before a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights advisory panel regarding the civil rights implications of California’s #AB5 legislation. Other panelists included AB 5 author Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, and Assemblyman Kevin Kiley.
Read MoreThe California Senate and Assembly have agreed upon a two-party budget proposal, and they sent a bill (SB 154) down to the Governor on Monday June 13th. This budget is really just a placeholder to make sure that the legislature meets it is June 15 constitutional deadline and so that the state controller continues to pay lawmakers, while they hash out more specific details with Governor Newsom.
Read MoreCalifornia has an unimaginable $97 billion state budget surplus. Now is the time to be doing business with the State of California and local government agencies.
Read MoreOn April 4, 2022, Tom Sheehy, testified before the California State Assembly’s Revenue and Taxation Committee in support of Assembly Bill 2065. The measure, authored by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio, will help California’s businesses to recover from COVID by reinstating the net operating loss (NOL) tax deduction for the 2020 and 2021 tax years.
Read MoreTom Sheehy, Principal and Founder of the Sheehy Strategy Group, recently sat down with GovReport’s Christina Gagnier to discuss California’s massive unemployment insurance (UI) debt and possible solutions.
Read MoreThings are really changing quickly in Sacramento. We have now almost a dozen members of the Legislature who are either retiring immediately or choosing not to run for another term in office.
Read MoreIf not, now is the time to get started. And if you're already doing business with state and local government, do you want to do more?
Read MoreEverything is changing rapidly in Sacramento. If you are not fully leveraging your digital assets, you may lose you set at the table.
Read MoreThere is no better way to quickly frame public opinion or push back on legislative issues you care about than utilizing social media platforms and digital advocacy tools.
Read MoreCalifornia’s legislative session has just wrapped up and the Governor’s recall election is now behind us. With the failure of the recall of Governor Newsom now behind us, there is less political turbulence in Sacramento.
Democrats still hold supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, making it much easier to pass highly progressive majority vote bills in the labor, environmental, and consumer protection areas.
And that means you need to have a solid strategy for navigating California’s political landscape.
SB 1383 leaves (no pun intended) a huge loophole between state and federal family leave laws. Employees can get nearly six months of leave, at great cost to California businesses.
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