CalChamber-Sponsored Bill to Protect Businesses from Predatory Lawsuits Passes
Legislation sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce to help educate businesses and protect them from predatory lawsuits passed an Assembly committee last week with unanimous...
Sweetened Beverage Bill Tabled, Workers’ Comp Bill Falls Short
Two more job killer bills failed to advance this week in the face of strong concern about their negative impacts.
• The author of AB 138...
Job Killer Update: CalChamber Identifies Four Additional Bills
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday added four more bills to its Job Killer list, bringing the total number of bills to 28.
The new...
CalChamber Podcast: Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes
Even though California is enjoying its ninth straight year of economic growth and the state has a solid budget surplus and a brimming Rainy...
Pay Your Taxes? Take a Breath, More May Be On the Way
Today is Tax Day, so if you’re not up to your ears in forms and schedules, you’re probably breathing a sigh of relief.
Just don’t...
Legislative Update: Numerous Job Killers Set for Hearings This Week
Several California Chamber of Commerce-opposed Job Killer bills are set for policy committee hearings this week. CalChamber is urging businesses to contact their legislators...
CalChamber Releases 2019 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday released its annual Job Killer list, which includes 24 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and job...
New Podcast Features Discussion of Legislative Changes Needed to Fix Privacy Law
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a sweeping privacy law that applies to businesses of all sizes across almost every industry. Up on...
U.S. Growth Pace Slowing, Housing Flat; State Solutions Require Urgency, Patience
Looking back, 2018 was clearly a solid year for the U.S. economy, with vastly more positives than negatives to reflect on. Acceleration in growth...
Carbon-Based Sales Tax Study Bill to Be Considered in Senate Committee
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed-unless-amended bill that will increase costs and place regulatory burdens on businesses is scheduled to be heard in the Senate...
California Film/TV Tax Credit Lures 16th TV Series
The next season of SHOWTIME’S “Penny Dreadful” will be relocating production to Los Angeles with help from the state’s film and television tax credit...
CalChamber Identifies AB 51 as Job Killer; Full List to Come
The California Chamber of Commerce today announced its first identified job killer of 2019 -- AB 51 (Gonzalez; D-San Diego). The bill, which is scheduled...
CalChamber to Participate in California Consumer Privacy Act Rulemaking Workshop Today
California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate Sarah Boot will be participating in a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking workshop that is being hosted...
Budget Plan: Fiscal Stability Now, Future Search for New Funds
In his recently released state budget proposal, Governor Gavin Newsom made two important and supportive statements on California’s business and economic climate.
First, he reinforced...
Finance Director on State Budget: Extraordinary Times Punctuated by Uncertainty
We are in extraordinary times right now, but that is punctuated by a lot of uncertainty, California Finance Director Keely Martin Bosler commented yesterday...
Newsom Proposes $144 Billion California Budget With Focus On Education, Building Reserves
Newsom on Thursday proposed a $144 billion general fund spending plan in his first budget, a 4 percent increase. Capital Public Radio
Gavin Newsom Will Release His First California Budget Proposal Thursday. Here’s What We Know.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will propose his first-ever state budget on Thursday, just three days after being sworn in and as the state continues...
28 CalChamber Member Companies Recognized as Best Places to Work in 2019
Twenty-eight California Chamber of Commerce member companies were chosen in a recent Glassdoor survey as some of the best places to work.
The Glassdoor survey...
Economic Advisory Council: Data Showing Balanced Growth Contrasts with Public Pessimism on State of...
The outlook for the U.S. economy hasn’t changed much over the course of 2018, despite the fact that the nation is on the edge...
State-Run Retirement Savings Plan Gets OK; Mandatory Enrollment Coming in 2020
California employers that don’t already offer a workplace retirement savings vehicle will be required to either begin offering one via the private market or...