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News and analysis on the legislation, court decisions, and regulations affecting California employers, from the California Chamber of Commerce.
News and analysis on the legislation, court decisions, and regulations affecting California employers, from the California Chamber of Commerce.
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Growing personal income tax collections have been a “bright spot” in the state’s fiscal outlook in recent months, California Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek told the CalChamber Board of Directors last week.
California’s landmark 2024 reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) are already showing positive results for employers and employees, according to a new report released by four of the state’s leading employment law firms.
California voters don’t think their representatives in Sacramento are spending enough time addressing some of the key issues related to making the state more affordable, according to a survey commissioned by CalChamber.
The Educational Results Partnership (ERP), a nonprofit organization that applies data science to accelerate student success, has released the 2025 Honor Roll list of California’s top performing schools, in partnership with state business leaders, including the California Foundation for Commerce and Education (CFCE).
This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to pause enforcement of Senate Bill 261, a climate disclosure law, while a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups remains on appeal.
California’s landmark 2024 reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) are already showing positive results for employers and employees, according to a new report released by four of the state’s leading employment law firms.
Legislators are listed in descending order according to how often they voted in accord with the California Chamber of Commerce position (first number) versus how often their votes were not in accord with the CalChamber position (second number) in 2025. Total votes may not match the vote record chart because the tally for absences is not included in this list. Votes when a legislator was absent are not included in calculating percentages.
The California Chamber of Commerce submitted public comments on November 3, as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is starting a public consultation process in advance of the Joint Review of the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) on July 1, 2026.
This report for the first year of the 2025–2026 legislative session focuses on California legislators’ votes on California Chamber of Commerce priority bills.
Diving into some of the tough issues facing California sparked spirited and often amusing exchanges at the 2025 CalChamber Public Affairs Conference in Orange County last week.
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to raise tariffs on trading partners.
During his recent trip to Asia, President Donald Trump agreed to cooperate on shipbuilding with South Korea and Japan — and agreed with China to a one -year pause on the imposition of fees on Chinese and China-built vessels calling at U.S. ports and vice versa.