How CCPA Is Making It Even WORSE
I’ve watched smart businesses walk straight into legal disaster, not because they panicked during a crisis, but because they followed their training.
That’s the scary part.
Most crisis training gives teams a false sense of security. It’s built around generic templates, national media assumptions, and textbook PR responses. And in California’s legal environment, that can be fatal.
The last thing your company needs is confidence in strategies that violate state law or make you look composed while setting yourself up for litigation.
Yet that’s exactly what happens every day.
If your crisis communication training came from an out-of-state consultant, there’s a good chance it’s setting your business up for trouble.
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to crisis communication especially not in this state.
If your team is working off outdated corporate handbooks or generalized national training, they’re not prepared for:
California-specific disclosure deadlines
Employment law restrictions on what can and cannot be said
Media training that reflects how California journalists work
Legal review workflows built into your response process
This isn’t about being cautious. It’s about being compliant and strategic in a high-stakes environment where the wrong move costs real money, trust, and time.
The best crisis training is tailored to your actual risks and in California, those risks are more complex, more regulated, and more public than anywhere else.
So if your team feels fully confident after going through crisis training, make sure they weren’t trained on the wrong state.
Because in California, confidence without compliance can cost you your business.
Want to see how this plays out in the real world?
Here’s a recent post I shared on LinkedIn that breaks this down even further:
If you’re a California business owner and you’re not sure whether your current crisis response plan meets state-specific legal standards then it’s time to find out.
Your business deserves more than textbook advice. It deserves protection that’s actually built for California.
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