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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 connections, hard work and mutual support behind the success of women leaders were on display this week at the second annual Women’s Leadership Forum & Reception presented by the California Chamber of Commerce.
CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera has joined a state advisory panel to help shape a new, multi-year water plan for California — a plan that will provide both clear water supply targets and benchmarks to ensure both action and accountability.
CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera was inducted into the California State University, Bakersfield Alumni Hall of Fame last week. With Barrera (second from right) at the February 26 awards ceremony are (from left) CalChamber Board members Jennifer Haley (Kern Energy); Raji K. Brar (Countryside Corporation); Board President Maryam S. Brown (SoCal Gas); and Seth Oster (The Wonderful Company). See the CSU Bakerfield profile of Barrera.
California, despite the current uncertainty around last year’s tariffs, remained a top exporting state in 2025, according to trade statistics released in February by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Scholarships to support future women leaders of California will grow thanks to $50,000 raised through the CalChamber Women’s Leadership Council.
CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera explains how the Building an Affordable California Act initiative will expedite construction on housing and other essential projects during a panel discussion at the housing conference presented in Sacramento on February 24 by Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center. Later in the program, Assembly member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), former chair of the Assembly Housing Committee, declared her support for the ballot measure. Photo by Joha Harrison, Capitol Weekly
Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce joined a broad coalition representing nearly every sector of the California economy in criticizing a newly introduced bill as an extreme proposal to amend the state’s antitrust law.
Sacramento attorney Andrea N. Lynch joined the California Chamber of Commerce last week to lead the organization’s advocacy on labor and employment and workers’ compensation issues.
Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that his administration does not have authority to impose tariffs under a national security law, President Trump turned to a different mechanism as other federal agencies explained the timeline for ending the rejected tariffs.
The FixPAGA Coalition, first formed in 2021 to support needed reforms to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), issued a statement this week after the release of draft regulations to modify the filings of claims with the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
Last week, the Building an Affordable California Act campaign notified the California Secretary of State that it has surpassed the 25% signature threshold required to qualify the measure for the November 2026 ballot — reaching the milestone weeks ahead of schedule.
Last week, President Trump signed legislation that reauthorizes the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program through the end of the year. This was a part of the $1.2 trillion spending package that also reopened the government after a brief partial shutdown.