Tag: Top Stories
CalChamber Reports on Status of Major Business Bills at Interim Recess
Numerous business priorities remain to be considered by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. once they pass enrollment, the phase of the legislative process when...
Trade Report: California Exports Slip, Ever So Slightly
California’s export trade declined modestly in the latest numbers, according to a recent Beacon Economics analysis of U.S. trade statistics released September 6 by...
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...
Legislature Sends Workforce Development Bill to Governor
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that would help increase California’s skilled workforce by authorizing a competitive grant program has passed the Legislature and...
State Economic Growth Slows; Constraints Include Labor, Housing, Uncertainty
California at Cruise Speed
Like the U.S., California’s economy continued to roll forward in the first part of 2017. The unemployment rate edged down, nonfarm...
CalChamber Stops 24 Job Killer Bills
As the 2017 legislative session came to a close early Saturday morning, 24 of 27 identified job killer bills had been effectively stopped through...
Parental Leave Mandate for Small Business Passes
A job killer bill mandating a new protected leave of absence for small businesses passed the Legislature this week and is on its way...
Assembly to Consider CalChamber-Supported Workforce Development Bill
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that increases California’s skilled workforce by authorizing a competitive grant program is awaiting a vote on the Assembly...
27th Job Killer Jeopardizes Energy Reliability
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday tagged AB 127 (Committee on Budget) as a job killer. The bill threatens energy reliability by mandating the closure of the...
Job Killer Update: CalChamber Identifies 26th Job Killer
The California Chamber of Commerce yesterday added a recently amended bill to its job killer list, bringing the total number of job killers to 26....
NAFTA Central to U.S. Global Economic Competitiveness, Security
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is at the center of the nation’s future economic competitiveness and national security, an international strategist told...
CalChamber Partner in Governor’s Lunch for Mexico Secretary of Foreign Affairs
On Monday, September 11, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in partnership with the California Chamber of Commerce, held a luncheon for Mexico Secretary of...
Dialysis Clinic Staffing Ratio Bill Stopped
Bill Could Have Increased Health Care Costs Without Improving Patient Health Outcomes and Access to Care.
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that could have...
Suspense File Recap: Many Harmful Bills Stopped, But Many Remain; Several Helpful Bills Move...
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce helped to stop numerous harmful bills from continuing past the appropriations committees on Friday to reach...
CalChamber Support for U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement Reaffirmed
The California Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed support for the U. S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) in a letter sent September 5 to members of...
Fiscal Committees to Consider Three Job Killers Today
Three bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as job killers will be considered today by fiscal committees in the Senate or Assembly....
Why Blow Up a Good Deal on Equal Pay?
What’s wrong with gathering more data about employee salaries, especially in the fight for workplace pay equity? Plenty, when the real motivation is to...
California Supreme Court Decision May Threaten Local Taxpayer Protections
A California Supreme Court decision makes it easier to raise some local taxes. But how much easier remains to be seen.
For two decades, local...
Job Killer Creates More Litigation at Expense of Job Creation
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that provides the perfect pleading pathway for class action attorneys to avoid arbitration awaits action by...
Many Harmful Bills Still Alive in State Legislature
The end of the legislative year is just a few weeks away and the California Chamber of Commerce continues to fight numerous proposals that...