California Governor Jerry Brown signed 2 bills that create new legal structures for social entrepreneurs, at the eleventh hour on Sunday, October 9th, 2011.With a few days for the blogosphere and twitterverse to react and inform, here’s a list of blog posts and resources about the new social innovation legislation.(Note: feel free to add on in the comments section)List of Blog Posts About AB 361 (Benefit Corporations) and SB 201 (Flexible Purpose Corporations):
- Want to Create Jobs? Make People a Priority [HuffingtonPost]
- California’s new B Corp law eyes social, environmental interplay [LATimesBlog]
- Social Enterprises: California Benefit Corporation & Flexible Purpose Corporation (slides) [Nonprofit Law Blog]
- The Profitable Side of Nonprofits – Different Legal Structures [Nonprofit Law Blog]
- Forms of Organization Review [PDF] [LawForChange]
- The Benefit Corporation: Can Business Be About More Than Profit? [SocentLaw]
- The Freedom to Choose — California May Be the First State to Offer a Choice to Social Entrepreneurs [BusinessforGood]
- California’s Bold Move to Legitimize Sustainable Business [Joel Makower]
- Fact Sheet for AB 361 (California Benefit Corporation) [Innov8Social]
- Is the Benefit Corporation Really Such a Big Deal? [LawForChange]
- For Love or Lucre [Stanford Social Innovation Review]
- Governor Brown Signs Flexible Purpose And Benefit Corporation Bills – Confusion To Follow [JDSupra]
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Flexible Purpose Corporation (And Then Some) [BusinessforGood]
- California Benefit Corporation and Flexible Purpose Corporation [Nonprofit Law Blog]
- 2 Social Enterprise Bills in California: Key Features of AB 361 and SB 201 [Innov8Social]
- New California Law Will Boost Social Entrepreneurship [Good.is]
- California Passes Benefit Corporationand Green Business Legislation! [Cultivating Capital]
- Breaking: Governor Brown Signs California Benefit Corporation Legislation [care2]
- California creates new corporation types that reward doing good (FAQ) [VentureBeat]
- California OKs new type of corporation [Central Valley Business Times]
- Signed Into CA Law: AB 361 (Benefit Corporations) & SB 201 (Flexible Purpose Corporations) [Innov8Social]
- Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Spur Creation of High Quality Jobs; U.S.’s Largest Economy Accelerates National Benefit Corporation Movement [CSRwire]
- Social Innovation, Evolving to Law [Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog]
- Can I Get a Witness?! The Evolution of Capitalism [HuffingtonPost] by BLab co-founder
- Amen! Jerry Stands Up for California [HuffingtonPost] by BLab co-founder
- Revolution for Good! [SocialEarth]
- Social Enterprise/Public Benefit Corporation Movement Gaining Momentum in the U.S. [Barnhart Law PLC]
- New York Times Report on the Flexible Purpose Corporation [businessforgood]
- Social Businesses Come in Many Legal Forms [LawForChange]