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California Releases Employer COVID-19 Compliance Portal
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark, federal, state and local governments have spent the last year continually developing new laws, regulations, ordinances,...
CalChamber Members Answer Oakland African American Chamber Call to Support Resiliency Fund to Help Small Businesses
When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year and local small businesses struggled to survive, the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) launched a...
CalChamber Endorses Effort to Open Schools Safely/Soon
The time has come for the Legislature to join Governor Gavin Newsom in finalizing an agreement to reopen California public schools.
Governor Newsom has laid...
Proposed Change to Prop. 65 Warning Rules Will Increase Business Costs
WARNING: Everything in California May Cause Cancer.
That is the likely conclusion if one were to believe every Proposition 65 warning they encounter. So ubiquitous...
2021 Issues Guide Available on Website
The California Chamber of Commerce 2021 Business Issues and Legislative Guide is available now on the CalChamber website at www.calchamber.com/businessissues.
This easy-to-reference publication presents ways...
CalChamber Urges Pull Back of Emergency COVID Rules
The California Chamber of Commerce urged the California Legislature this week to correct a series of costly COVID-19 workplace mandates imposed through an emergency...
State Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Prop. 22 Independent Contractor Initiative
The California Supreme Court this week rejected an attempt to overturn Proposition 22, the voter-approved ballot initiative classifying app-based drivers as independent contractors.
A group...
ZEV Mandate Should Spur Policy Talks on New Revenues for Transportation
It’s full steam ahead for the Newsom administration’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) strategy. But this enthusiasm for a new generation of automobile technology may degrade...
Governor, Agencies Focus on Vaccine Delivery System
Speeding the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines was the goal of actions outlined by Governor Gavin Newsom and several state agencies this week.
Named to lead...
State Supreme Court Says Dynamex Decision Is Retroactive
The California Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that its April 2018 decision changing the test for determining whether a worker is an independent...
