Governor, Legislative Leaders Announce Road Repair and Transportation Investment Package
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg joined Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and legislative leaders yesterday at a news conference at...
CalChamber Issues Statement of Support for Transportation Proposal
SACRAMENTO, CA — California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg today released the following statement in response to the road repair and...
CalChamber President Issues Statement on Governor Brown’s Infrastructure Announcement
SACRAMENTO, CA — California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg today released the following statement in response to Governor Edmund G. Brown...
Governor Brown, Most California Newspapers Oppose Proposition 53
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and newspapers statewide are recommending that voters reject California Chamber of Commerce-opposed Proposition 53, which requires a statewide election...
San Francisco Chronicle: Vote No on Prop 53: ‘A One-Man Crusade Isn’t the Way...
The San Francisco Chronicle yesterday announced its opposition to Proposition 53, warning that "the concept could be (a) fiscal disaster spawning lawsuits, delays and...
Brown Pitches Business Crowd on Infrastructure
After appealing to a conservative audience with examples of limiting government spending and returning power to local officials, Gov. Jerry Brown took a risky...
CalChamber Underscores Broad Negative Impact of November Infrastructure Initiative
Less investment in much-needed infrastructure, increased costs and more litigation are just some of the negative ramifications of the “No Blank Checks Initiative” on...
Road Repair Bill Gets OK; Foundation Laid for Mining Act Reform; Housing Bills Pass
With the exception of the signing of a job creator bill streamlining some infrastructure development, 2015 was quiet on most California Environmental Quality Act...
Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported Bill Encouraging Local Economic Development Investment
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill creating a tool that can help address the challenges faced by California’s most disadvantaged and poorest areas was...
Assembly Policy Committee Moves Job Killer Bill; May Increase Fuel Cost
SB 350 (de León; D-Los Angeles) potentially increases costs and burdens on all Californians by mandating an arbitrary and unrealistic reduction of petroleum...
Ports Increasingly Bustling Again After Tentative Labor Deal
The seaports of the West Coast went from lagging to bustling over the weekend, a process that is expected to accelerate Monday in the...
California U.S. Senators Send Letter Urging Resolution to Port Dispute
U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein yesterday sent a letter to the presidents of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific...
Capitol Report: CalChamber Voices Support for Transatlantic Partnership Agreement
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging United States and European Union leaders to advance the largest regional trading and investment relationship in the...