Advocacy Alerts

The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Ana López Mestre, Vice President and General Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Mexico.

Nearly 25 years ago, California and New South Wales, Australia declared themselves as sister states in light of their many social, economic and cultural ties.

The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups are urging state legislators to restore the net operating loss deduction and business incentive tax credits that were suspended and capped by AB 85 last year.

A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that increases costs and liability for nonunionized employers in the California garment manufacturing industry passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee this week.

The United States and the European Union have created a council to provide a forum for coordinating approaches to key global trade, economic and technology issues.

This pandemic created unprecedented unemployment, which was not only devastating to thousands of Californians and their families, but also drained the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) fund.

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom staged a series of events to highlight the end of the stay-at-home order he issued last March and the state’s move beyond its tiered framework to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On the heels of California’s June 15 reopening, Visit California will convene an industrywide Zoom call on Monday, June 28 at 2 p.m. (Pacific Time) to celebrate the return of travel and tourism and to discuss next steps toward recovery.

There isn’t a politician, economist, social justice advocate or journalist who hasn’t viewed with alarm the unrelenting climb in housing prices and rents, the dwindling supply of affordable housing, and the promise of homeownership receding out of grasp for young or middle-class residents.

The Legislature fulfilled its constitutional obligation this week by approving a state budget just ahead of the June 15 deadline. But meeting the formal requirement is merely an intermediate step in negotiations to finalize the comprehensive state spending authority.

This week, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted revisions to the COVID-19 emergency workplace rules.

Following last Friday’s deadline for legislation to move out of the house in which it was introduced, just three of the 25 job killer bills the California Chamber of Commerce identified this year are still moving.