2021 Policy Briefings
Cap and Trade
(February 19, 2021) Moderated by Leah B. Silverthorn, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured a presentation by an expert on cap-and-trade, discussion about the history of the program, and explanation of the new rules that went into effect in January 2021.
Speaker
Rajinder Sahota, Division Chief, Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
Single Use Packaging and Recycling
(February 12, 2021) Moderated by Adam Regele, CalChamber policy advocate, the discussion featured the perspectives of a food manufacturer/packager; a chemical engineer; and a waste disposal/recycling professional.
Topics and Speakers
Food Packaging & Recycling
Patrick Keenan, R & D Principal Engineer, Annie’s
Advanced Recycling
Prapti Muhuri, Manager of Recycling and Recovery, American Chemistry Council (ACC)
Circularity in Recycling
Susan Robinson, Sr. Director of Sustainability & Policy, Waste Management
COVID in the Workplace
(February 9, 2021) Moderated by Robert Moutrie, CalChamber policy advocate, the discussion focused on the CalOSHA emergency regulations and the most recent changes to them, including the January FAQs from Cal/OSHA.
Speakers
Anthony Melo, Director of Global Quality and Safety for Blue Diamond Growers
Dhruv Patel, President & COO for Ridgemont Hospitality
Karen Jones, Director of Advancement for the Aerospace Museum of California
Transportation Infrastructure and Fueling
(February 5, 2021) Moderated by Leah Silverthorn, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured a presentation by an expert on electric vehicles and the transportation infrastructure needed to recharge them.
Speaker
Eileen Wenger Tutt, Executive Director
California Electric Transportation Coalition and Electric Transportation Community Development Corporation
Workers’ Compensation – Beyond COVID
(January 29, 2021) Moderated by Ashley Hoffman, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured presentations by experts on workers’ compensation and how presumptions on whether a worker contracted COVID-19 at work would affect California business.
Speakers
Matt O’Shea, Hearing Representative, Workers’ Compensation Department, Albertsons/Safeway
Dr. Chang R. Na, Occupational Medicine, Kaiser Permanente
Jeremy Merz, Vice President, Western Region, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
Tax Fatigue
(January 22, 2021) Moderated by Preston Young, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured presentations by experts on state and local tax impacts, plus a study on how a services tax would affect Californians.
Topics and Speakers
Tax Increases and Their Impact on Our Employers
Carl Joseph, Principal, Indirect and State and Local Tax, Ernest & Young LLP
Ali Vahdat, Principal, West Region State and Local/Indirect Tax Leader, Ernest & Young LLP
Services Tax: California’s Answer to Volatility?
Justin Adams, PhD, President and Chief Economist, Encina Advisors
Consumer Privacy and Innovation
(January 15, 2021) Moderated by Shoeb Mohammed, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured presentations by experts on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the voter-approved California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), data privacy and artificial intelligence.
Topics and Speakers
An Inside Look at Privacy Compliance
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner Privacy & Security,
Co-Chair Ad Tech Privacy & Data Management
An Inside Look at Innovation
Angela Saverice-Rohan, EY America’s Leader for Privacy (All Sectors)
Joined by Jay Imhoff, Sr. Consultant, Data Privacy and Protection and Sebastiano Rupp, Privacy Consultant
California’s Pathway to More Housing
(January 8, 2021) Moderated by Adam Regele, CalChamber policy advocate, the briefing featured experts on California’s Pathway to More Housing, a major issue for the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions.
Topics and Speakers
Residential Redevelopment of Commercially Zoned Land in California
David Garcia, Policy Director, UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Missing Middle Housing
Denise Pinkston, President, The Casita Coalition
CEQA 101
Shahiedah Palmer, Associate, Arent Fox