BOMA Sacramento is proud to offer annual scholarships for those interested in a career in the Real Estate field. There are two types of scholarships available. Professional Scholarships are available for working professionals interested in joining BOMA Sacramento and/or interested in taking BOMA educational courses. Student scholarships are available for students enrolled in college level Real Estate courses.

Professional Scholarship deadline is March 9, 2012
Download the Professional Guidelines by clicking here.
Download the Professional Application by clicking here.

Student Scholarship deadline is May 31, 2012
Download the Student Guidelines by clicking here.
Download the Student Application by clicking here.

BOMA Sacramento invites your company to become an annual corporate partner in 2012. As a corporate partner, your company is afforded many benefits including the opportunity to make connections and receive the professional edge to build your business in the greater Sacramento and the Central Valley. As a corporate partner, you not only receive an advertising advantage, but also you receive the visibility and reputation of being a BOMA Sacramento corporate partner.

Your participation at this level should be considered an investment in your business future. Please review the attached information detailing the many benefits of corporate partnership.

Together, we focus on protecting and enhancing the commercial real estate industry in Sacramento and the Central Valley.

Sincerely,

Ayodeji Taylor
Business Account Executive
BOMA Sacramento

Download the full 2012 Corporate Sponsorships flier.

AB 350 HAS PASSED THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR VOTE.
CONTACTING SENATORS TODAY IS IMPERATIVE. 

WHAT IS AB 350?
Displaced Property Service Employee Opportunity Act (AB 350) 

Imagine you have identified a building, ripe for upgrades, new TI’s and tenants.  The existing service vendors have become complacent, are poorly trained or simply don’t meet your standards.  The building needs a fresh approach.  With a little of the professional expertise your company can bring to commercial real estate acquisition and/or management, the building is ready to contribute revenue and help invigorate the local economy. This is where the entrepreneurial spirit of Sacramento's commercial building industry rises to the top and your company is up to the challenge.

Except if Assembly Member Jose Solorio (D Anaheim) gets his way, that is.  Solorio has introduced a bill (AB 350) that dramatically undermines your ability to replace vendors’ employees working in the building, even if you switch service providers.  You will be forced to retain potentially underperforming, poorly trained individuals even if they don’t meet your performance standards.

This bill institutionalizes mediocrity.

BOMA California has identified this bill as the single highest priority in the state impacting the commercial real estate industry, and uncharacteristically, this job killing, economically damaging bill is coming from an Orange County legislator.  

It’s time for BOMA Sacramento members to flex our muscles. 
BOMA Sacramento is asking for your direct help.

CURRENT LAW

“Displaced Janitor Opportunity Act,” [SB 20 (Alarcon; D-Los Angeles), Chapter 795, Statutes of 2001] requires contractors and subcontractors, to retain for 60 days, certain employees (janitors) who were employed at that site by the previous contractor or subcontractor.

The act requires the successor contractors and subcontractors to offer continued employment to those employees retained for the 60-day period if their performance during that 60-day period is satisfactory. The current law authorizes an employee who was not offered employment or who has been discharged in violation of these provisions by a successor contractor or successor subcontractor to bring an action in any superior court.

PROPOSED LAW

AB 350 (Solorio; D-Anaheim): renames the act to the “Displaced Property Service Employee Opportunity Act” and expands the provisions of the act to licensed security guards, landscape, window cleaning, and food cafeteria services and dietary services in addition to janitorial and building maintenance services. The bill would extend the 60-day period in the act to 90 days.

WE OPPOSE AB 350 BECAUSE IT:

1)    Unfairly forces employers to hire a predecessor’s employees,

2)    Undermines the at-will employment presumption in California, and

3)    Is designed to ensure union representation, despite any change in employers.

·         AB 350 targets the commercial real estate industry by mandating that when a property comes under new ownership/management, subsequent employers must hire the predecessor’s employees.

·         This bill would have the State of California compel employers in one sector of the economy to hire specific individuals who happened to work for a terminated contractor.

·         This incredible intrusion into the private sector and burden on employers comes under the guise of protecting jobs in a bad economy.

·         However, if that notion were true and this policy made economic sense, then you might consider amending this bill to include all jobs in the state, and not just those in the commercial real estate sector.

·         This bill will not add or save any jobs in California, but will act as another cumbersome regulatory layer on CERTAIN employers.

·         It is also “solving” a problem that does not exist. The author has shown no evidence that these workers are being “disrupted.”  We want to keep good and knowledgeable employees at building sites.

·         AB 350 will simply make it more difficult for commercial real estate managers to make personnel decisions.

·         This bill will make the transition of a property from one company to another more difficult, and may in fact cost jobs by preventing underperforming properties from taking the steps necessary to become healthy and profitable.

CALL TO ACTION – HOW YOU CAN HELP

AB 350 HAS PASSED THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR VOTE.

CONTACTING SENATORS TODAY IS IMPERATIVE.

Below are links to an example letter and background and talking points that you can use to help us defeat this measure.

Embedded in that letter is the following link (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html) which will allow you to find the name and contact information for legislators.

EXAMPLE LETTER

BACKGROUND & TALKING POINTS

WE ASK this letter to be sent to every Senator for which you are:

1)    a constituent,

2)    have significant business holding in the district, and/or,

3)    have a personal relationship with. 

 Companies should feel free to personalize the letter.

Letters will be most effective if they are faxed to both the Capitol and District offices.  They will be even more effective if followed by a phone call to discuss.

Feel free to share this letter with other allies in the other impacted industries (landscapers, security guards, building maintenance, window washers, food service workers, etc.).

Remember to send us a copy of the letter (email to dsmith@bomasacramento.org or fax to 916.443.2004) for use in advocacy in Sacramento.

Information Links
AB 350 (SOLORIO) DISPLACED JANITOR OPPORTUNITY ACT – OPPOSE 
BILL TEXT (AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY 4/27/11)
AB 350 (SOLORIO) ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS

“The Outstanding Building of the Year”

  CALL FOR ENTRIES 
The BOMA Sacramento Local TOBY Award recognizes outstanding physical structures, exceptional management systems, and community involvement. We are excited about the enthusiasm to celebrate excellence in building management in the Greater Sacramento Area.  If you believe your building(s) and management company has outstanding attributes that deserve reward and recognition, come join the fun and enter your building(s) in the BOMA Sacramento 2011/2012 Local TOBY Competition.

Entry Process
BOMA Sacramento’s Local TOBY entry requirements are easy to follow.  
You do not need to be a BOMA Sacramento member to enter your building for the local level.

*Review the Call for Entries

1. Submit your Intent to Enter Form with entry fee of $100 members or $200 non-members
2. Attend a TOBY Workshop (not required)
3. Complete Ten Easy Entry Requirements for BOMA Sacramento Local TOBY Competition and place in 3-ring binder (provided by BOMA Sacramento)
4. Deliver to BOMA Sacramento, 1415 L Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814 

Deadlines 
Intent to Enter Form – Friday, July 22, 2011
TOBY Workshop – Tuesday, July 25, 2011 – 8:30 am -9:30 am
TOBY Book – Friday, September 30, 2011
Sacramento Local Judging – October/November 2011
Local Winners Awards Presentation at Holiday Party – Friday, December 2, 2011
Regional Submission – February/March 2012
International Submission – April 2012

When your building wins a TOBY Award you are a celebrity in the industry!

Category: 250,000-499,999 sq. ft.                     
Building Name: 300 Capitol Mall          
City: Sacramento           
Company: Hines         
Name: Lisa Fitzgerald         

For a complete listing and to register, visit the "EDUCATION" tab.

2011 Education Calendar

• Real Estate Investment / Finance - March 21, 2011 – March 23, 2011 
• Design II - May 2, 2011 – May 4, 2011 
• Real Estate Budgeting/Accounting - June 27, 2011 – June 29, 2011
• Environmental Health and Safety Issues - August 8, 2011 – August 10, 2011 
• Leasing and Marketing for Property Managers - September 19, 2011 – September 21, 2011
• Fundamentals of Facilities Management - October 17, 2011 – October 19, 2011
  
  Questions? Please contact Danielle Smith at 916-443-9092.

Click the "Events Calendar" link on the website's top navigation panel to search events and for registration information.