Pub. 19 2020-21 Issue 2

Auto dealers here in New Jersey, following a sales drop of as much as 80% in the second half of March and early April, are recovering faster than many expected. 2020 was expected to see a dip in sales, and that will undoubtedly be the case, but it’s encouraging to see the economic recovery that our industry has been able to produce.

It has long been the case that what happens in California, legislatively, tends to spread across the country. There are numerous examples where the state has been a catalyst for legislation introduced in other states and has prompted discussions at the federal level. But California is not alone in this policy incubator phenomenon. California, Oregon,