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HCR Wealth Advisors Wins Multiple Awards in the Los Angeles Business Journal and Los Angeles Times

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HCR Wealth Advisors, a comprehensive financial planning and investment management firm known for focusing on all aspects of their clients' financial well-being, recently won multiple awards within the Los Angeles community. Three senior executives – Greg Heller, CFP®, Founder and CEO; Steve Weinberger, Senior Managing Director; and Michelle Katzen, CFP®, CDFA®, Managing Director – were named "Leaders of Influence" among Wealth Managers in Los Angeles in the Los Angeles Business Journal, as well as "Finance Visionaries" in the Los Angeles Times' Banking & Finance Magazine. In addition, Katzen was listed among "Women of Influence" in Finance in the Los Angeles Business Journal.

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  • In addition, Katzen was listed among "Women of Influence" in Finance in the Los Angeles Business Journal.
  • The Los Angeles Business Journal highlighted 34 individual financial advisors, focusing on how these professionals contribute to the financial services industry and the Los Angeles community.
  • "There are some truly outstanding professionals making up the Los Angeles wealth management landscape," the Los Angeles Business Journal said in a statement.
  • Established in 1988, HCR Wealth Advisors provides financial planning, investment management, and other financial services from its Los Angeles location.

California Public Utilities Commission Unanimously Votes to Approve Largest LGBT Economic Equality Measure in United States History

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Friday, April 8, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BuildOUT California is happy to announce that the California Public Utilities (CPUC) today, by unanimous vote, approved a historic measure that will set an aspirational goal of 1.5% for the inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) certified businesses in the competitive contracting process with California-based utilities like AT&T, PG&E and Southern California Edison Company. This development will be an update to the CPUC's Utility Supplier Diversity Program, known as General Order 156, which was created by a 1983 law (Assembly Bill 3638), under the leadership of late Assemblywoman Gwen Moore, a prominent civil rights advocate. Ms. Moore served in the California Assembly from 1978 through 1994, representing the 47th District. 

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  • "The modern-day LGBTQ economic equality movement started here in California in 1974 with the founding the Golden Gate Business Association (GGBA)," stated Paul Pendergast, President of BuildOUT California and a former president of the GGBA.
  • "California is once again leading the way with the establishment of an aspirational goal for utilities to utilize qualified, cost effective, experienced LGBT owned/certified businesses.
  • The Commission's bold action today represents a defining moment statewide, nationally, and internationally when it comes to LGBT economic vitality" Pendergast added.
  • The Commission's action will result in over $600 million per year in competitive contracts with LGBT businesses in California.