October 2010 Blog Posts (8)

GSDBA Advocacy Committee views on upcoming Ballot Measures

November 2010 Ballot Measure.pdf

Added by GSDBA on October 25, 2010 at 3:32pm — No Comments

Oral arguments for the appeal of the Prop. 8 decision will take place on December 6 at 10 a.m. in San Francisco.

Prop 8 Alert – 9th Circuit Court to Hear Case on the week of December 6th.

Added by GSDBA on October 21, 2010 at 3:08pm — No Comments

A Nice Time At Old Bamboo

Had a nice visit with the Marketing Affinity Group tonight. The staff at Bamboo as always were great and a lot of the group members had some exciting ideas. Everyone one agreed that we aren't using this website as much as we could be so I guess there is nothing stopping any of us from taking the plunge so here I am. Who knows, maybe I will learn to love Ning (the platform this website exists on.)

Added by J.M. Knowles on October 20, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

U.S. military now accepting openly gay applicants

Military recruiters have been told by the Pentagon that they must

accept applicants who identify as gay or lesbian while a federal court

judge’s ruling suspending the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is

appealed, according to the Associated Press.

Still, recruiters are also instructed to tell applicants that the moratorium on the policy could be lifted at any moment. Federal…

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Added by GSDBA on October 19, 2010 at 4:18pm — No Comments

CITY COUNCIL PASSES EQUAL BENEFITS ORDINANCE

This afternoon the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the Equal Benefits Ordinance (EBO) proposed by Councilmember Todd Gloria that ensures City

contractors provide domestic partners of employees the same benefits provided

to spouses of employees.…

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Added by GSDBA on October 18, 2010 at 4:21pm — No Comments

The SBA Has Announced Full Implementation of the Women’s Procurement Program

The Women’s Procurement Program will allow contracting officers the ability to restrict competition to women‐owned small businesses (WOSBs) if the procurement falls within one of the eighty‐three (83) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. Any woman business owner interested in participating in this program must certify her business as a WOSB.

For WIPP’s…

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Added by GSDBA on October 11, 2010 at 1:02pm — No Comments

NEW ONLINE APPLICATION MAKES LIFE EASIER FOR BUSINESSES

New businesses can now apply for their business-tax certificates online, a process that will save time for the 16,000 new businesses a year that register with the City Treasurer’s Office. Businesses can

continue to make tax payments online 24 hours a day.

The new on-line application process will:…

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Added by GSDBA on October 6, 2010 at 4:51pm — No Comments

NGLCC Declares Major Victory with Signing of Small Business Jobs Act

Small business owners across the country breathed a collective sigh of relief as President Barack Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act into law on Monday and the NGLCC was able to celebrate one of its top legislative priorities now being a reality.

With many small business owners in attendance, including NGLCC-certified business owner, Larry Poltavtsev, and NGLCC co-founders Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell, the president made clear the importance of the bill, which will help… Continue

Added by GSDBA on October 1, 2010 at 9:57am — No Comments