Public Affairs / Politics

Video: Susan Corrales-Diaz Remarks at 92nd Annual Sacramento Host Breakfast

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and California Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Susan Corrales-Diaz, shared their perspectives on the state’s accomplishments and challenges at...

Dean Seif – 2017 Small Business Advocate of the Year

Dean Seif, owner of AllStar Collision, Inc. in Corona, was among business executives honored by the California Chamber of Commerce as a 2017 Small...

Housing Bills Update

CalChamber Policy Advocate Louinda Lacey presents an overview of housing bills under consideration by legislators at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 31, 2017.

Government-Run Health Care Proposal Update

https://youtu.be/FSLDHjwSkEU CalChamber Policy Advocate Karen Sarkissian provides the latest information on the government-run health care proposal at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 31, 2017. SB...

Taxation, Labor Law and Arbitration Update

https://youtu.be/oL12aHjOhtQ CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Jennifer Barrera provides the latest information on taxation, labor law and arbitration bills at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May...

Mike Villines Moderates the CalChamber Capitol Summit Policy Issues Panel Session

https://youtu.be/L7H7o9Lx1lA Mike Villines, owner of Villines Group LLC and a former Assembly Republican leader, moderates the policy issues panel session at the CalChamber Capitol Summit...

Three Receive CalChamber Small Business Advocate of the Year Award

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Chamber of Commerce honored business executives from Corona, Oxnard, and San Rafael today with its 2017 Small Business Advocate...

Political Columnist Dan Walters Entertains Capitol Summit Audience

https://youtu.be/2XhZyJYXKs0 Longtime political columnist Dan Walters shares anecdotes on California and federal politics at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 31, the same day The...

2017 Capitol Summit – Washington, D.C. Update

Summit Talk Show Session Provides Insights on D.C. Politics/Policy Lanhee J. Chen of the Hoover Institution comments on political and policy aspects of federal issues,...

Health Care Costs and Subsidies – Straight Talk with Allan Zaremberg

The interplay of costs, subsidies and pre-existing conditions in the health care debate is explained by CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg at the...

Government-Run Health Care – Political Pressures – Straight Talk with Allan Zaremberg

CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg discusses the political pressures affecting lawmakers’ attitudes toward government-run health care at the CalChamber...

Immigration Reform – Straight Talk with Allan Zaremberg

CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg outlines the CalChamber position on immigration reform and how a solution could be developed...

Can a Republican Win the Governorship in 2018? – Straight Talk with Allan Zaremberg

CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg speculates on the conditions that could lead to a Republican making the general election runoff in the race...

Why Businesspeople Need to Tell Their Own Story – Straight Talk with Allan Zaremberg

“There’s no better lobbyist than you,” CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg tells the more than 200 business and local chamber leaders attending the...

Californians Rely on Our Judiciary to Ensure and Protect Access to Justice

“Separation of powers,” “judicial independence” and “rule of law” are abstract concepts with important implications. At an abstract level, most Americans cannot identify with...

CalChamber Releases 2017 Job Killer List

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Chamber of Commerce today released its annual list of job killer bills to call attention to the negative impact...

31 CalChamber Member Firms Make 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies List

Thirty-one California Chamber of Commerce member firms are among the 124 named as the 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. The institute,...

California Ranked No. 2 ‘Judicial Hellhole’ in Nation

California has once again been identified as one of the nation’s top “Judicial Hellholes,” according to the latest ranking of the “most unfair” civil...

CalChamber Elects 2017 Board Officers

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Chamber of Commerce today announced the election of its new board officers, including Susan Corrales-Diaz as 2017 chair of...

Vote Count Continuing: Moderate Dems Expand as Super Majority Returns to Assembly

An old saying, “It’s all over but the shouting” doesn’t necessarily apply to the final outcomes in a number of California legislative and congressional...