Advocacy Alerts

The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted formally last week to oppose two proposed ballot measures that would inflict lasting damage on the state’s economy.

The California Chamber of Commerce joined more than 500 chambers and associations from all 50 states last week in signing a coalition letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Jamieson Greer in support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Relations between the United States and Europe are in a transition phase, Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told a breakfast gathering of the CalChamber Council for International Trade (CCIT) on December 5.

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.