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California Business Outlook Hosts Candidates for California Governor

California Business Outlook dinner attendees had the opportunity to compare the views of six candidates for California Governor participating in a June 4 panel...
Maryam Brown, 2025 CalChamber chair, presents the Chamber of the Year Award to Evan Sanford, executive director of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce.

CalChamber Names Redlands Chamber as First Chamber of the Year Award Winner

The California Chamber of Commerce has chosen the Redlands Chamber of Commerce as the inaugural winner of its Chamber of the Year Award, in...
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Networking Opportunities Aplenty at Reimagined Business Outlook Dinner & Reception

Leaders from business, the military, state and local government, and international partners will gather this evening for the California Business Outlook Dinner and Reception. The...
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California Business Outlook Kicks Off on June 4

International trade and tariffs, climate change and retail theft are among the topics to be featured tomorrow when business leaders from throughout the state...

CalChamber Joins Coalition Lawsuit to Halt Illegal Beverage Tax in Santa Cruz

The California Chamber of Commerce joined a coalition of grocers, retailers, beverage distributors and restaurant owners last week in a lawsuit filed in Sacramento...
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Trump Tariffs Remain Despite Legal Challenge

Consecutive rulings by two U.S. courts this week have left in place until later in June the global tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. On...

Employers, Don’t Overlook Your Annual Workplace Violence Prevention Obligations

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Labor and Employment General Counsel Bianca Saad and CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts discuss what...

Recap of Assembly Fiscal Committee Actions on CalChamber Priority Bills

Last Friday, the Assembly Appropriations Committee stopped a number of bills opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce because of affordability concerns, including two...
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Recap of Senate Fiscal Committee Actions on CalChamber Priority Bills

Action by the Senate Appropriations Committee last Friday showed that legislators heeded business concerns about costs in some cases, but continued to move other...
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Senate Fiscal Committee Passes Bill Undermining PAGA Reform

Legislation opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a large coalition as a Cost Driver that would undermine a historic 2024 agreement between...
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UK Ready to Do Business with California

The British Government promised to make the United Kingdom the best country to do business. We are delivering. This month, our economy received three...
Legislative staffers and AI experts at a California Foundation for Commerce and Education-hosted briefing and discussion on open source AI on May 20, 2025.

Foundation Hosts Briefing on Real-World Uses of Open Source AI

The real-world uses of open source artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, public services, national security and small business operations were the focus of...
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Travel Outlook: California Tourism Projected to Decline Following Strong 2024

May is California Tourism Month — a time to recognize one of the most dynamic engines of the state’s economy: the travel and tourism...

Furloughs, Layoffs, Reducing Work Hours During Economic Uncertainty

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter...

CalChamber Expands Executive Team with Seasoned Comms Strategist

The California Chamber of Commerce has expanded its executive team with the hiring of seasoned communications strategist John Myers as the new senior vice...

CalChamber, CMTA Back Proposed Extension of Climate Change Program

Cap-and-Trade Continues to Offer Reliable Opportunity for Economic Growth and Climate Action This week, Governor Gavin Newsom included in his revised state budget plan a...

CalChamber Comments on Governor’s May Revise Budget Proposal

Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget announcement yesterday, CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera issued the following statement: “The revised budget plan addresses a...
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May 16 Webinar to Look at Recruiting and Hiring New Employees

Recruiting and hiring new employees will be the focus of a free webinar this Friday, May 16 presented by the California Office of the...

New US-UK Trade Deal Aims to Boost Export Opportunities for Businesses

On May 8 — the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II — President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer...