
California repair shops hold Right to Repair lobby day

On Tuesday, dozens of repair shops are taking their message to the Statehouse as part of a virtual lobby day, calling for the state Senate to advance Right to Repair reforms (Senate Bill 983, Eggman). As part of the efforts, CALPIRG is releasing a new survey of 63 local repair shops from across the state to highlight the urgency of the issue. Perhaps most jarring of the survey findings is that 59% of the repair shop workers who took the survey indicated that if Right to Repair does not become law, they might have to close their doors. Read more from CALPIRG.
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