SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Patty Berg received the highest rating of support from the California Small Business Association and the California State Sheriffs’ Association on Jan. 29 for what both organizations called her dependable commitment to issues affecting small businesses and public safety.

“I am honored to receive such recognition from small businesses and sheriffs,” said Berg, D-Eureka. “Rural districts, like mine, depend largely on small businesses to survive and sheriffs to keep us safe.”

The California Small Business Association recognized legislators in one of three categories – Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude. Berg received the Summa Cum Laude recognition, the organization’s highest honor.

Association members based their designations on the votes and positions of lawmakers on a range of issues including health care reform, adequate workforce training and educational needs, budget reform and affordable technology services and training.

Berg is one of 12 assemblymembers to receive an outstanding assemblymember recognition from the California State Sheriffs Association.

She was chosen for her support of law enforcement programs such as Rural and Small County Law Enforcement funding and Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant Funding.

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