Help Small Businesses Get the Protections they Need to Thrive
Join us in demanding transparent and fair commercial tenant practices to prevent small businesses in California from getting displaced.
SB 1103 will expand protections for commercial tenants throughout California.
Across California, small businesses and nonprofits are being forced out of business and displaced from their communities at alarming rates. Commercial tenants have far fewer protections than residential tenants, leaving them vulnerable to rent increases, unclear and unfair lease terms, exorbitant added fees, and complex commercial lease agreements. It’s time for California to provide more protections and ensure that community-serving small businesses and nonprofits have a fighting chance to stay in business in their neighborhoods!
SB1103 will help commercial tenants remain in place, by eliminating hidden fees, increasing notice periods, and requiring in-language leases.
SB 1103, The Commercial Tenant Protection Act of 2024, is authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar (D - San Fernando Valley) and co-sponsored by Inclusive Action for the City, Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Small Business Majority, and the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity (CAMEO).
SB 1103 Sponsors
What is SBAEC?
The California Small Business Alliance for Equitable Communities (SBAEC) advocates for underserved, BlPOC, and women-owned small businesses and micro-entrepreneurs.
Commercial Tenant Empowerment
Advocacy for protections and rights of commercial tenants in underserved communities
Inclusive Processes And Resources
Advocacy for inclusive and equitable funding, programs, and policies to strengthen underserved small businesses
Alternative Ownership Models
Advocacy for community land and real estate stewardship, ownership and control