CalChamber Welcomes Legislators to State Capitol
As the California Legislature began its two-year term this week, the California Chamber of Commerce was pleased to co-host a reception on December 2...
Analysis: California Primary Election Moving Closer to Completion
The California Primary Election months (yes, months) are finally nearing completion. All that remains is the final certification of the vote on April 12...
Election 2022: First Look at Open Senate Seats as Ballot Counting Continues
An old idiom, “It’s all over but the shouting,” may have found an election corollary in California: “It’s all over but the counting.”
The November...
Registration Opens for Post-Election Public Affairs Conference
Registration is open now for the CalChamber Public Affairs Conference, set for November 29–30 at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel.
As they gather just three weeks...
June Primary Shows Encouraging Trends for CalChamber Members
Tuesday’s California Primary Election results are still a work in progress. There are more than a million ballots left to count plus 30 days...
Citizens Redistricting Commission Delivers Updated Political Maps in Record Time
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission completed its once-every-decade constitutional duty on December 27, 2021, when it submitted final maps to the Secretary of State...
Agenda to Cover Redistricting, 2022 Ballot, Legal Reform and More
New and veteran legislators, pollsters and experts on elections and hot policy topics will gather at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa on October...
Fall Public Affairs Conference Opens Registration
Registration is open now for the CalChamber Fall Public Affairs Conference on October 26–27 at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Senate President Pro Tem...
CalChamber Emphasizes Need to Listen to Regions in Redrawing Political Districts
Comments by representatives of regional groups, including local chambers of commerce, are critical to the process of redrawing political boundaries, the California Chamber of...
Brief Look at 10 New Assembly Members
In the last issue of Alert, we gave brief profiles of the eight new members of the California State Senate. Now it is the...
Incoming Senate Features 8 New Members
A new two-year legislative session begins on Monday, December 7, which means 120 members will take the oath of office. As always after an...
Trends in California Legislative Races
This election is one that seems like it will never end. While a significant number of ballots are still left to be counted—and perhaps...
CalChamber to Offer Post-Election Webinar
The California Chamber of Commerce will be presenting its first Post-Election Webinar on Tuesday, November 17.
Planned for the opening segment of the two-hour webinar...
California Vote by Mail in Safe Hands; Remember to Exercise Your Right to Vote
Democracy’s most sacred right, voting, is already underway in California with all 21 million registered voters having received a mail-in ballot.
While voting by mail...
Politics During a Pandemic Leads to Victories for GOP Candidates
California held two runoff special elections on May 12 that produced lopsided wins for the Republican candidates in districts where voter registration, at least...
California Primary Election: An Initial Review of Results
California’s grand political experiment to become relevant in the Democratic presidential primary process appears to have worked.
With California as a Super Tuesday state, California...
Citizens Redistricting Process Begins Soon; Apply Online to Help Shape State’s Future
A little known and often forgotten truth is that not all political change in California comes via the ballot box.
Once a decade, the demographers...