Advocacy Alerts

The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Ker Gibbs, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

In recent weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed five California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills that will increase housing production in the state.

Starting October 1, Jennifer Barrera is the new president and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce.

Days after vetoing a California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill on forced unionization of agricultural workers, Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed a job killer bill increasing the burden on nonunionized employers in the garment manufacturing industry.

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed legislation co-sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce that streamlines procedures in the small employer family leave mediation program under the California Family Rights Act.

Seema Mehta, political writer for the Los Angeles Times, shares with the CalChamber Board of Directors in a virtual presentation on September 2 her thoughts on how the pandemic has changed the logistics of covering political campaigns, including reporters’ ability to chat with candidates and voters.

The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has appointed Jennifer Barrera as the organization’s next president and CEO, effective October 1, 2021.

Legislation that would have limited technological development and hurt the state’s ability to meet its carbon neutrality goals failed to move out of Senate in the closing hours of the session thanks to opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and bipartisan assistance from senators.

The following list summarizes top priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce and their status as of September 10, when the Legislature began its interim recess.

California Chamber of Commerce policy advocates working alongside advocates from allied business groups succeeded in stopping seven CalChamber-opposed bills from advancing for the year, while negotiating amendments that allowed CalChamber to remove opposition from four other pieces of proposed legislation.

California voters said “no” to recalling Governor Gavin Newsom in this week’s historic election.

On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. Department of Labor through its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is working to create an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that their workers are fully vaccinated or to require any remaining unvaccinated workers to produce a negative COVID-19 test result on a weekly basis in order to enter a worksite.