Advocacy Alerts

Reliable electricity is an essential part of our lives, so making it affordable should be a top priority of California’s elected officials. Unfortunately, lawmakers keep introducing proposals that make the affordability crisis worse.

In keeping with World Trade Month, the California Chamber of Commerce is highlighting its long-held support for a national free trade agenda and the significance of international trade in maintaining economic growth.

The campaign in support of the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) announced this week that it has begun submitting nearly 1 million signatures to county elections officials across California—more than enough to qualify the measure for the November 2026 statewide ballot.

Just two months before the United States, Canada and Mexico are to complete the joint review of their trade agreement, the California Chamber of Commerce has written to encourage the California congressional delegation to support the original July 1 review deadline of the pact.

A report released this week shows how tourism continues to support the California economy and communities throughout the state.

Public affairs executive Donna Lucas will serve as chair of the California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, after being selected April 24 to fill a vacancy for the remainder of the year.

A California Senate committee has rejected a deeply flawed plan to change the state’s antitrust laws, one that would trigger sweeping consequences for businesses and consumers alike and was identified as a Cost Driver on CalChamber’s annual Affordability Agenda.

The California Chamber of Commerce is opposing legislation that will increase taxes for international businesses.

State agencies will be required to consider the fiscal impacts of regulatory proposals on the cost of living before moving them forward if a California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill becomes law.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will launch the first phase of the tariff refund process on Monday, April 20.

The California Chamber of Commerce is opposing legislation that will increase taxes for international businesses.

Five proposals that would overregulate and possibly ban the use of cost-effective, beneficial artificial intelligence tools by California businesses were added this week to CalChamber’s Affordability Agenda, an annual assessment of legislation that could either cut business and consumer costs or accelerate the state’s high cost of living.