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CalChamber Urging Fiscal Committees to Keep Job Killer Bills on Hold
The California Chamber of Commerce is asking legislative fiscal committees to stop a number of job killer bills from moving on in the legislative...
CalChamber Welcomes Leah B. Silverthorn to Policy Team
Leah B. Silverthorn, an experienced environmental litigator, joined the California Chamber of Commerce policy team on May 14. As a policy advocate Silverthorn will...
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: List Features 32 CalChamber Members
Thirty-two California Chamber of Commerce member companies were selected by Fortune as among the 100 best companies to work for in 2018.
This year, Fortune changed the methodology for...
Job Killer Update: CalChamber Secures Amendments, Removes Job Killer Status
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer has been amended to remove the job killer tag.
Before AB 1761 (Muratsuchi; D-Torrance) was amended on May...
Services Tax Job Killer Bill in Committee Today
A recently identified job killer bill that would impose a 3% tax on services purchased by businesses in California will be considered as a...
CalChamber Urges Congressional Action on NAFTA Agreement
The California Chamber of Commerce is urging Congress to approve a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) quickly in the face of multiple...
State Economy Draws Strength from Trade
As the Trump administration and the 115th Congress now are into their second year, the California Chamber of Commerce continues to communicate its international...
Job Killer Update: CalChamber Identifies 28th Bill
The California Chamber of Commerce today added SB 993 (Hertzberg) to its job killer list, bringing the total number of job killers to 28....
CalChamber Joins Secretary of State in Unveiling Online Business Filing Tools
California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg joined Secretary of State Alex Padilla at a CalChamber news conference on May 8 to...
Remembering Governor George Deukmejian
Former California Governor George Deukmejian passed away yesterday at age 89. Deukmejian was Governor from 1983-1991 and served on the CalChamber Board from 1992-2000.
CalChamber...
CalChamber-Sponsored Bill Protecting Victims/ Employers from Serial Harassers Passes Assembly
A California Chamber of Commerce-sponsored job creator bill that will enable businesses to avoid hiring repeat sexual harassment offenders, ending the cycle of harassment...
Voting Season Begins Today; Key Dates to Remember
CalChamber Recaps Positions on June Ballot Measures
Today is the first day to vote by mail in California’s primary election.
Five counties in Northern California will...
California-Mexico Partnership Luncheon Features Innovations in Energy, Education
Energy projects that are helping foster innovations in California and Mexico were highlighted this week at an international luncheon forum co-hosted by the California...
Job Killer Update: Four Bills Miss Critical Deadline; One Bill Amended to Remove Job...
Four California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills are likely dead for the session having failed to advance to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for...
Three Job Killers in Committees Today
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee today will consider three California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills.
AB 1761 (Muratsuchi;...
Legislative Preview: Votes to be Cast Today on CalChamber-Sponsored Bill, CalChamber-Opposed Measures
Legislative committee hearings today will give lawmakers a chance to cast votes to protect sexual harassment victims and employers from being sued for defamation,...
Job Creator Bill Promoting Career Training Education in Committee Today
The Senate fiscal committee will consider today a California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill establishing a public-private partnership program to help prepare students...
Five CalChamber Members Creating Jobs with Help from Tax Credit
Five California Chamber of Commerce member companies have been selected by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) as recipients of the...
CalChamber-Supported Regulatory Reform Bills Pass Committee
Three California Chamber of Commerce-supported regulatory reform bills passed the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee yesterday with bipartisan support.
AB 2087 (Waldron; R-Escondido) enhances...
Assembly Judiciary Passes Two CalChamber-Opposed Employment Bills
California Chamber of Commerce policy advocates yesterday highlighted for the Assembly Judiciary Committee problems with two employment-related bills. Even so, the committee approved, 7-3,...