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Election Year Voter Attitudes – Home Ownership

Adam Rosenblatt, senior strategist, PSB, and Robert Green, principal, PSB, discuss voter attitudes on home ownership at the 2018 CalChamber Capitol Summit on May...

Michael Shafer -2018 Small Business Advocate of the Year Award

Michael Shafer, owner, The Depot Restaurant, was among business executives honored by the California Chamber of Commerce as a 2018 Small Business Advocate of...

Tom Lando – 2018 Small Business Advocate of the Year Award

Tom Lando, principal, Tom Lando Consulting, was among business executives honored by the California Chamber of Commerce as a 2018 Small Business Advocate of...

Mark Francis – 2018 Small Business Advocate of the Year

Mark Francis, president and CEO, Golden Valley Bank, was among business executives honored by the California Chamber of Commerce as a 2018 Small Business...

Three Receive CalChamber Small Business Advocate of the Year Award

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Chamber of Commerce honored business executives from Chico and Torrance today with its 2018 Small Business Advocate of the...

CalChamber Hosts Capitol Summit Today

The California Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual summit today for business and local chamber of commerce leaders from throughout the state. The sold...

CalChamber Welcomes Leah B. Silverthorn to Policy Team

Leah B. Silverthorn, an experienced environmental litigator, joined the California Chamber of Commerce policy team on May 14. As a policy advocate Silverthorn will...

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: List Features 32 CalChamber Members

Thirty-two California Chamber of Commerce member companies were selected by Fortune as among the 100 best companies to work for in 2018. This year, Fortune changed the methodology for...

CalChamber Urges Congressional Action on NAFTA Agreement

The California Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to approve a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) quickly in the face of multiple...

State Economy Draws Strength from Trade

As the Trump administration and the 115th Congress now are into their second year, the California Chamber of Commerce continues to communicate its international...

Job Killer Update: CalChamber Identifies 28th Bill

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Chamber of Commerce today added SB 993 (Hertzberg) to its job killer list, bringing the total number of job...

CalChamber Joins Secretary of State in Unveiling Online Business Filing Tools

California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg joined Secretary of State Alex Padilla at a CalChamber news conference on May 8 to...

Remembering Governor George Deukmejian

Former California Governor George Deukmejian passed away yesterday at age 89.  Deukmejian was Governor from 1983-1991 and served on the CalChamber Board from 1992-2000. CalChamber...

CalChamber President Statement on Passing of Governor George Deukmejian

SACRAMENTO, CA — California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg released the following statement today on the passing of Governor George Deukmejian: “I...

Voting Season Begins Today; Key Dates to Remember

CalChamber Recaps Positions on June Ballot Measures Today is the first day to vote by mail in California’s primary election. Five counties in Northern California will...

California-Mexico Partnership Luncheon Features Innovations in Energy, Education

Energy projects that are helping foster innovations in California and Mexico were highlighted this week at an international luncheon forum co-hosted by the California...

Five CalChamber Members Creating Jobs with Help from Tax Credit

Five California Chamber of Commerce member companies have been selected by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) as recipients of the...

CalChamber-Supported Regulatory Reform Bills Pass Committee

Three California Chamber of Commerce-supported regulatory reform bills passed the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee yesterday with bipartisan support. AB 2087 (Waldron; R-Escondido) enhances...

Protect Harassment Victims, Employers From Defamation Suits

Cross posted in The Ventura County Star In 2016, 554 Californians filed sexual harassment complaints with the state civil rights agency, and many other employees...

CalChamber Kills Targeted Tax Proposal in Assembly Committee

A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that would have imposed a tax on contractors for the privilege of doing business with the Department...