New bill would require California agencies to award 25% of state contracts to small businesses
New bill would require California agencies to award 25% of state contracts to small businesses FacebookTwitterEmail 2of2 Assemblyman David Chiu stands for a portrait on Friday, February 22, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less State Assemblyman David Chiu is introducing a bill Thursday that would require agencies to award 25% of state contracts to small businesses, in hopes of amplifying equity efforts for the business sector left reeling by the pandemic. Chiu, D-San Francisco, introduced AB 915, which asks that all of California’s state agencies, depart...