February 15, 2020 - SACRAMENTO - As women continue to earn less than men on average yet far too often pay more for the same products, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) will be joined by Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), business owners, and social justice advocates to raise awareness of the so-called “pink tax” in which many women’s products cost more than the same products marketed to men, and announce legislation to ban gender-based price discrimination in the sale of consumer goods. 

(Left) Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson

WHAT:             Stop the Pink Tax press conference with display of real gender-based price discrimination examples

WHEN:            Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11 a.m.

WHERE:           California State Capitol, Room 1190

WHO:              Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)

                        Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14)

Hilary Lentini, National Association of Women Business Owners, California

Richard Holober, Consumer Federation of California

Surina Khan, Women’s Foundation of California

LIVESTREAM: https://sd19.senate.ca.gov/multimedia/2020-02-18-sb873-press-conference

VISUALS:         Side-by-side comparisons of men’s and women’s products with price tags

Later that day, upon adjournment of Senate Session (estimated for 3:00 pm) in the state Capitol room 4203, Senator Jackson will convene a Joint Informational Hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families, and the California Legislative Women's Caucus on the pink tax entitled The Pink Tax: How Gender-Based Pricing Discrimination Undermines Women’s Economic Opportunity and What to do About it. The agenda is available here.

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Jackson represents the 19th Senate District, which includes all of Santa Barbara County and western Ventura County.
Source: Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson