Solving California Challenges Requires Collaboration – Grace Evans Cherashore at Sacramento Host Breakfast
Collaboration is the key to finding solutions to the tough challenges facing the state, California Chamber of Commerce Chair Grace Evans Cherashore told attendees at the 94th Annual Sacramento Host Breakfast yesterday. Cherashore, executive
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Job Creator Housing Bill Narrowly Passes Senate Committee
Legislation identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job creator because it will minimize frivolous litigation that blocks infill housing projects won bipartisan approval from a Senate policy committee and is headed
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CalChamber-Backed Housing Relief Bills Advance
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills aimed at helping ease the state’s housing crisis won approval this week from the Senate Housing Committee. Sent on for consideration by the Senate Governance and Finance Committee were:
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Hyperpartisan Housing: A Common Crisis with Very Different Solutions
Despite bipartisan recognition of California’s unprecedented housing crisis, legislative solutions being introduced this session remain hyperpartisan. On the Democratic side, with some exceptions, legislation being introduced to address housing has been focused on rent
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Budget Plan: Fiscal Stability Now, Future Search for New Funds
In his recently released state budget proposal, Governor Gavin Newsom made two important and supportive statements on California’s business and economic climate. First, he reinforced the need for state fiscal stability. While enjoying the
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Governor Unveils Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Boost Housing Production
“The number one driver of cost of living is housing – housing is the issue. Unless we get serious about it, the state will continue to lose its middle class and the dream will
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Voters Say: Solve Housing Crisis or We’ll Leave
California’s housing crisis is the worst threat to our middle class lifestyle since the recession. Our median home listing price is nearly twice the national average, and besides Hawaii is higher than any other state. Voters
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Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported CEQA, Land Use Bills that Help Relieve Home Building Red Tape
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills that will help expedite home building, one dealing with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reform and another with land-use improvements, have been signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown
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Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported CEQA Reform Bill
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that improves environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CalChamber supported AB 2782 (Friedman; D-Glendale) because it represents a prudent
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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 23, 2018.
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Governor Signs CalChamber-Supported Bills to Ease Housing Crisis
On Friday at a bill signing ceremony in San Francisco, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed three California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills to encourage local governments to approve new housing projects. The CalChamber-supported bills either
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CalChamber-Backed Bills to Ease Housing Crisis Go to Governor
Several bills supported by the California Chamber of Commerce to encourage local governments to approve new housing projects passed the Legislature on the last day of the session and are on their way to
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Housing Crisis at Top of Legislative Agenda
California’s housing crisis is a big focus of attention at the State Capitol as studies highlight two elements of the crisis that are inextricably linked—supply and affordability. The Department of Housing and Community Development
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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.
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Job Killer Update: 2 Bills Stopped, 6 to Senate Floor
Two California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills were held yesterday in the Senate Appropriations Committee but five others were released to join a sixth that already awaits action by the entire Senate. The
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Job Killer Could Enact Significant Barrier to Housing and Development
The Senate Appropriations Committee today will consider a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer that could create barriers to housing and economic development. SB 224 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) directs the Office of Planning and
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Assembly Policy Committee to Hear Job Killer Housing Bill
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee today will hear a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that could exacerbate the already-problematic housing affordability crisis in California. AB 199 (Chu; D-San Jose), if passed,
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Job Killer Bill Will Worsen Housing Affordability Crisis
The California Chamber of Commerce is opposing a job killer bill that will further exacerbate the already-problematic housing affordability crisis in California. If enacted, the bill, AB 199 (Chu; D-San Jose), will drastically raise
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CalChamber Names Environmental Law Policy Advocate
The California Chamber of Commerce has hired Louinda V. Lacey, an experienced attorney in environmental law, to serve as a policy advocate for environmental policy, housing and land use, and product regulation issues. Before
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CalChamber Survey: California Voters Cite Roads, Jobs, Housing as Top Concerns
View PowerPoint Sideshow The Second Annual CalChamber Survey, released this week, indicates that the state’s voters believe there are some homegrown issues that deserve the attention of California legislators. Among the top priorities for
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