Advocacy Alerts

California is urging business and community partners to help raise awareness on COVID-19 vaccines and inform others on how they can get vaccinated. Vaccines are key to helping Californians return to work safely, reunite with friends and family, and travel with confidence.

A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill seeking to force agricultural employees into unionizing awaits action by the full Senate when legislators return from summer recess in August.

Technology, agriculture and the California and British economies were among the topics discussed when the California Chamber of Commerce hosted a small luncheon for Britain’s trade secretary on July 14.

Proposition 65 warning rules, acrylamide in food, and small business compliance challenges are among the topics to be discussed at the virtual Prop. 65 Clearinghouse Conference on September 27.

In May, when the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) issued its annual Summer Assessment of the state’s electrical grid, I used the term “guarded optimism” about our hopes for a reliable flow of power during the hot and challenging months of July, August and September.

Summer is traditionally the most popular time for travel in California and with vaccination counts climbing and restrictions being lifted, 2021’s summer travel season is well underway.

The best guess by state leaders — and fondest hope for parents — is that California public schools will fully reopen their campuses this fall to all students. After more than a year of remote, hybrid, or blended learning — or no learning at all — everyone should welcome a return to normalcy.

Congressional authorization for the President and/or U.S. Trade Representative to enter into trade negotiations to lower U.S. export barriers expired on July 1.

A Supreme Court victory was handed down to employers on June 23 in a case filed by two California agriculture businesses who challenged a state law that allowed unions to access private property three hours per day, 120 days per year to recruit new members.

Like the rest of California society, employers are cautiously hopeful the worst of the pandemic has passed. The wreckage of human life, family health, lost learning, small business failure, and faded economic opportunity has affected every resident of the state.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Woodrow Wilson Center livestreamed a conversation with the trade ministers of the three nations on June 30. A recording of the livestream is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/event/usmca-one.

Colorado passed its Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) in June, bringing a familiar but distinct new privacy regime to the growing patchwork of privacy legislation across the United States.