Public Affairs / Politics

12 Job Killer Bills Await Action by Legislative Fiscal Committees

The fate of 12 bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as job killers depends on decisions today by fiscal committees in the...
Loren Kaye

Robust State Budget, Key Programs Rely on Private Sector Success

Taxes continue to pour into the state treasury, like spring snowmelt into Lake Oroville. Thanks to the engine of California’s private economy – the...

Gavin Newsom’s California Budget Spends Big and Saves More in ‘Extraordinary Moment’

America’s long economic expansion is still filling California tax coffers, enabling Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more money on homeless aid and emergency preparation...

One-Year Countdown to Census

In just one year, the U.S. government will fulfill its once-a-decade duty to count every American. April 1, 2020 is Census Day. Armed with a...

Senate Health Committee Moves Beverage Warning Bill

The Senate Health Committee yesterday moved a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed mandating a state-only labeling requirement for sugar-sweetened drinks. CalChamber is opposed to SB 347...

CalChamber Welcomes Robert Moutrie to Policy Team

Robert Moutrie, an experienced litigator, joined the California Chamber of Commerce policy team on March 11. As a policy advocate, Moutrie will specialize in...
The Workplace Podcast

California Leads Presidential Election Landscape in 2020

California voters have achieved a new milestone: the distinction of being an early presidential primary state due to the Legislature moving the date up...
The Workplace Podcast

Dynamex—The Elimination of Independent Contractors?

The California Supreme Court’s April 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles completely changed the way in which...
The Workplace Podcast

CalChamber Launches The Workplace Podcast: First Episode Discusses Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Today the California Chamber of Commerce launched The Workplace, a podcast that provides expert and entertaining commentary on issues critical to California employers and...

Assembly Committee to Hold Hearing on Privacy Act Today

California Chamber of Commerce Policy Advocate Sarah Boot will address the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee today at an informational hearing to discuss...
2019 Business Issues and Legislative Guide

2019 Issues Guide Available on Website

The California Chamber of Commerce 2019 Business Issues and Legislative Guide is available now on the CalChamber website at www.calchamber.com/businessissues. This easy-to-reference publication presents ways to make progress...

‘America Needs California’: Gavin Newsom Promises ‘Bold’ Approach During Inauguration As Governor

Gavin Newsom is now the 40th governor of California’s nearly 40 million people. The former lieutenant governor and San Francisco mayor took the oath...

Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom Sworn In Today

Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom (D) will be sworn in today as California’s 40th Governor. Newsom, 51, has been the 49th Lieutenant Governor of California since 2011...

Assembly Speaker Announces Leadership and Committee Assignments

Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) recently announced assignments for Assembly leadership positions and the membership of standing committees for the 2019–2020 legislative session. The...

Senate Leader Announces Committee Assignments for the 2019-2020 Legislative Session

California Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), has announced the Senate’s leadership positions and committee assignments for the 2019-2020 legislative session,...

California Ranks as No. 1 ‘Judicial Hellhole’ in Nation

California has landed atop the “Judicial Hellholes” list again, according to the latest ranking of the “most unfair” civil litigation courts by the American...
Grace Evans Cherashore, 2019 Chair of the CalChamber Board of Directors

CalChamber Elects 2019 Board Officers

The California Chamber of Commerce today announced the election of its new board officers, including Grace Evans Cherashore as 2019 chair of the CalChamber...
President George H.W. Bush speaks at CalChamber Gala Centennial Dinner, March 1, 1990.

National Day of Mourning: Remembering President George H.W. Bush

The California Chamber of Commerce joins the nation in mourning and remembering President George Herbert Walker Bush, who passed away on November 30 at...
2019 Legislative Freshman

Newly Elected State Legislators Make Debut at CalChamber Public Affairs Conference Panels Examine Mid-Terms,...

An opportunity to get better acquainted with members of the 2019 legislative freshman class was among the agenda items at the California Chamber of...