Tag: Top Stories
Sacramento Snapshot: What to Watch for in the Legislature This Year
From a looming budget deficit to tackling AI, here's what lobbyists in Sacramento are looking at in 2024
There’s a heavy cloud over Sacramento when...
Combating Organized Retail Crime: California Highway Patrol Increases Operations by Over 310%
As part of Governor Newsom’s Real Public Safety Plan, in the first 11 months of the year alone, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) —...
Fix PAGA, There’s a Better, Fairer Way for Workers
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) is broken, ineffective and inefficient for workers and unfair for thousands of businesses. Under the lawsuit-first system, workers...
Consumer Spending, Labor Market Cool; Inflation Pattern Seems Similar to 1970s
Return Drivers in S&P 500
AI excitement has affected performance and valuation. The 7 Tech Titans have produced an average return of 88% in 2023...
CalChamber, Water Coalition Affirm Support of Delta Conveyance Project
On the heels of last week’s release of the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the Governor’s Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), organizations representing thousands...
Kaiser Foundation Executive to Chair CalChamber Board in 2024
Janet A. Liang, executive vice president, group president and chief operating officer (COO), care delivery, for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals, has...
What They’re Saying: Water, Labor, Business, and Equity Leaders Support Proposed Delta Conveyance Project
After the Department of Water Resources released the Final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project, leaders from across the state are...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Advances Water Tunnel Project Amid Opposition From Environmental Groups
A long-sought and disputed project in drought-prone California aimed at capturing more water during heavy rain storms reached a key milestone on Friday when...
CalChamber Supports Prop. 1 to Finance More Housing to Address Mental Health, Homelessness Crises
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted on Friday to endorse Proposition 1, a key element of Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to...
New Report Summarizes California’s Water Year, Urges Better Water Management
In 2023, California experienced whiplash weather events — successive atmospheric rivers at the beginning of the year, an epic snowpack and a rare summer...
California Was Just Named One of the Worst Judicial Hellholes in the Nation –...
California was named one of the worst “Judicial Hellhole®” in the country again, coming in third place, according to a new report from the...
California Revenue Shortfall Tagged at $58 Billion, May Worsen Next Year
California’s famously volatile tax machine has delivered another dose of unpredictability. According to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the state suffered a $26...
Next California Competes Tax Credit Application Period Starts Jan. 2
The next application period for the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) program is opening on January 2, 2024 and will close on January 22,...
Federal Framework, Not Patchwork of State Rules, Best Way to Foster AI Potential
The California Chamber of Commerce has joined the U.S. Chamber and a large coalition of chambers of commerce across the country to promote a...
Standards Board Keeps Moving on Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Standard
What is the status of Cal/OSHA’s indoor heat illness prevention standard?
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will soon hear the second revision of...
2024 California Employment Law Updates Seminars, Webinars
Register now for CalChamber’s 2024 Employment Law Updates seminars and webinars before they sell out! California Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related legislation in 2023,...
What Employers Should Know About California’s New Workplace Violence Regulation
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts sits down with Bianca Saad, CalChamber general counsel, labor and employment,...
Stanford Study Details State’s Road to Net-Zero Emissions
California has adopted the most ambitious climate goals in the nation, if not globally, requiring, most notably, that the state achieve carbon neutrality economy-wide...
CalChamber Releases Annual Vote Record
The California Chamber of Commerce has released its annual vote record, summarizing key votes of legislators on proposals affecting the well-being of employers and...
California Officials, CalChamber Members Highlight State Innovations at Asia-Pacific Leaders Summit
A busy, weeklong and successful series of events from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is concluding today.
During the summit, President Joe Biden held...