CPRA: If You Buy an Elephant, You’ll Also Have to Feed It
Imagine if COVID-19 never happened and I asked you whether California could afford a new multimillion dollar enforcement agency, would you agree? Now imagine...
CalChamber Board of Directors Votes to Support The Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act...
The California Chamber of Commerce today announced that it is in support of The Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act Initiative following a vote...
Amid COVID-19, Businesses Ask Attorney General for More Time to Comply with Unfinished CCPA...
While Californians struggle to shoulder the economic impacts of COVID-19, business owners are being asked to spend money and resources on compliance with new...
Governor Issues Order to Help Meet Deliveries, Suspends Some Layoff Notice Requirements
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed an executive order to ease restrictions on commercial drivers supporting emergency relief efforts, and suspend certain existing laws for...
Job Killer, CalChamber-Opposed Bills Stall Ahead of Key Legislative Deadline
A California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that expands rent control and discourages housing production has stalled in the Assembly and is likely...
New Privacy Initiative Aimed at November Ballot
A new consumer data privacy initiative backed by the proponent of the measure that led to adoption of the state’s broad privacy law will...
CalChamber, Coalition in Support of Plan to Fix Aging Water Delivery Infrastructure
A broad coalition that includes the California Chamber of Commerce, and labor, business, environmental, community and water leaders announced the formation of Californians for...
Disaster Preparedness in the Workplace – It’s More Than Duck and Cover
Recent earthquakes in California have highlighted the fact that employers must be prepared for emergencies and natural disasters. In this week’s episode of The...
Smoke, Fire, and New Legislation Approaching
In California, where there’s smoke, there may be a wildfire – and new legislative action.
Starting with smoke: on Thursday June 27th, the Cal/OSHA’s Standards...
Amendments Put Balance in Former Job Killer Bill
Legislation that began as a targeted mandate increasing transportation costs has been amended at the urging of the California Chamber of Commerce and its...
CalChamber-Backed Housing Relief Bills Advance
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills aimed at helping ease the state’s housing crisis won approval this week from the Senate Housing Committee.
Sent on for...
Governor Unveils Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Boost Housing Production
“The number one driver of cost of living is housing – housing is the issue. Unless we get serious about it, the state will...
Voters Say: Solve Housing Crisis or We’ll Leave
California’s housing crisis is the worst threat to our middle class lifestyle since the recession. Our median home listing price is nearly twice the national average,...
Think Tank: Policies Allowed by Prop. 10 Cause More Harm Than Good
In the long run, rent control “decreases affordability, fuels gentrification, and creates negative spillovers on the surrounding neighborhood," according to a recent report published...
Newspapers Statewide Support Propositions 1 and 2
Newspapers statewide are recommending that voters pass California Chamber of Commerce-supported Propositions 1 and 2, which authorize funding for housing-related programs for veterans and...
Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported CEQA, Land Use Bills that Help Relieve Home Building Red Tape
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills that will help expedite home building, one dealing with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform and another with...
Federal Legislation Eases California Water Shortages
California’s water future will get brighter with the passage of the bipartisan, comprehensive federal legislation, America’s Water Infrastructure Act 2018 (AWIA). The bill passed...
Ripped from the headlines… BOTS
From the #MeToo movement and the Equifax data breach to allegations of Russia meddling in our elections we have seen a virtual tsunami of...
Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported Bills to Ease Housing Crisis
On Friday at a bill signing ceremony in San Francisco, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed three California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills to encourage local...
CA Legislature Passes Gov. Brown’s $52B Plan to Fix Roads, Hike Gas Taxes
The California Legislature has approved Gov. Jerry Brown's $52 billion plan to fix the state's roads through an increase in gas taxes and other...