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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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The federal infrastructure bill signed by President Joe Biden this week will provide much-needed funding to help California improve its roads, bridges and ports.
Earlier this month, Alert reported about California voters’ deep concerns over an increasing cost of living and the fear of falling further behind.
“There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”
Increasing cost of living and fear of falling further behind add up to California voters apprehensive about their future. The seventh annual CalChamber poll, The People’s Voice, 2021, found that voters remain focused on economic security, personal safety, and bread-and-butter issues.
This report for the first year of the 2021–2022 legislative session focuses on California legislators’ floor votes on California Chamber of Commerce priority bills.
In a letter this week to Governor Gavin Newsom and members of the California Legislature, the California Chamber of Commerce offered a series of practical steps the state can take to ease the supply chain crisis and alleviate congestion at California ports.
CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg (left) moderates as Jim DeBoo, executive secretary to Governor Gavin Newsom, and Ana Matosantos, Cabinet secretary, talk about what it’s like to work in the Governor’s office at the CalChamber Public Affairs Conference on October 27. More photos. Photo by Matt Lara
Dubai is the gathering spot this fall for the World Chambers Congress, scheduled for November 23–25.
An afternoon session on October 26, the first day of the CalChamber Public Affairs Conference this week, gives attendees a chance to learn more about some of the new legislators. From left are CalChamber moderator Adam Regele, Assembly Member Suzette Valladares (R-Santa Clarita), Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), Assembly Members Akilah Weber, M.D. (D-San Diego), Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel) and Megan Dahle (R-Bieber), and Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa). Watch for more photos in the next edition of Alert. Photo by Matt Lara
Governor Gavin Newsom last week announced that the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) in the Department of Conservation released a proposed regulation curbing new oil and gas development and requiring extensive retrofitting of existing wells.
Easing port congestion was the focus of an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last week and a federal partnership announced this week.