Advocacy Alerts

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.

Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a request with the Office of the Attorney General for title and summary on a ballot measure to modernize the 55-year-old law governing environmental review of infrastructure projects vital to the state’s future prosperity.

Jennifer Barrera, president and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce, this week announced the promotion of several team members for their outstanding work on behalf of CalChamber members.

It’s politically popular these days to talk about making the Golden State more affordable, perhaps because we can no longer ignore the impossibly high hurdles standing in the way of the California Dream.

The following list summarizes the final status of top priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce.

On Oct. 13, Gov. Gavin Newsom took his final actions on the 917 bills sent to his desk over the course of the year — actions that, in a large number of instances, aligned with the top priorities of the California Chamber of Commerce.

Chambers of commerce are front-line advocates for communities and the entrepreneurs who keep our economy strong. CalChamber is a proud supporter of these vital partners, and celebrated “Support Your Local Chamber Day” on Oct. 15.