CalChamber Announces 2025 Affordability Agenda
This week, the California Chamber of Commerce announced its Affordability Agenda, a bold approach to highlight legislation that helps businesses and consumers by cutting...
What Supervisors Need to Know, Part II: The ‘Soft’ Skills
In Episode 220 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter...
CalChamber Small Business Awards: Nomination Deadline: April 11
The deadline is approaching rapidly to submit applications for the California Chamber of Commerce Small Business Awards, honoring four outstanding businesses with $5,000 grants....
California Leads Nation in Women-Owned Businesses
A new research brief from the University of Southern California highlights California’s national leadership in women-owned businesses, finding that the state is home to...
Rana Ghadban to Head CalChamber Small Business Advocacy
Local chamber of commerce executive Rana Ghadban will be joining the California Chamber of Commerce next month as vice president of small business advocacy.
Ghadban...
Challenges/Opportunities for California’s Trading Relationships Across the Americas
With a gross state product of over $4 trillion representing 13.7% of the U.S nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, California ranks as...
What Supervisors Need to Know, Part I: ‘Hard’ Compliance Skills
In Episode 219 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter...
CalChamber Small Business Awards to Recognize Outstanding Companies
The California Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the Small Business Awards, honoring four outstanding businesses with $5,000 grants.
Recipients will be recognized for...
Executive Orders and Their Impact on DEI
In Episode 218 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel of Labor and Employment Bianca Saad and Associate General Counsel of Labor and Employment...
Stronger Together: German-American Trade Relations in a Changing World
When you think of German engineering in America, you might picture a sleek BMW (maybe even as an EV model) gliding down a California...
CalChamber Board Promotes Barneson Galvez to CFO
Kurt Barneson Galvez, CPA, was named chief financial officer of the California Chamber of Commerce on March 7, having served as interim CFO since...
Risks to Economic Growth Trajectory Include Federal Deficit, Asset ‘Bubble’
New Administration
What does the new administration mean for the current economic expansion?
For the second time, President Donald Trump is taking the helm of a...
Guest Commentary: Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Mexico
I appreciate the California Chamber of Commerce for its invitation to share with you the Mexican perspective on the impact of the new U.S....
It’s All in the Handbook: Creating and Maintaining an Effective Company Resource
In Episode 217 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss the...