Advocacy Alerts

Nobody would have been surprised if Governor Gavin Newsom had presented his new state budget wearing a neck brace. The whiplash from budget boom to bust to recovery must have been intense.

The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Consul General Dirk Janssen, Consulate General of the Netherlands in San Francisco.

Despite enjoying a record $34 billion budget surplus and prudent reserves from burgeoning but one-time tax revenues, California budget officials expect to see fiscal deficits in the next three years, state Finance Director Keely Martin Bosler told business leaders during a California Chamber of Commerce webinar on January 12.

It’s trending toward a dry water year. Long-range weather forecasts aren’t pointing to heavy precipitation in the coming months.

On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed a second stimulus package addressing the economy and the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many issues resolved in the new stimulus package, Congress didn’t extend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave mandate, so employers were no longer required to provide leave under the FFCRA starting January 1, 2021, but Congress did extend the tax credits available to employers who voluntarily provide FFCRA leave.

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom released a preview of his budget plan to help California businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Ambassador Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad, Consul General of India, Consulate General of India in San Francisco.

Since the last edition of Alert, announcements from the Governor’s office have revealed changes to come in the lineup of statewide officials and the Governor’s staff.