Cosmetic Ban Bill Shelved After Getting Job Killer Tag
An Assembly policy committee this week postponed action on a cosmetic product ban identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer.
The...
Committee Votes to Hike Transportation Costs, Discourage Investment in Cleaner Technology
The Senate Environmental Quality Committee this week approved a job killer bill based on misconceptions of the diesel freight industry.
SB 44 (Skinner; D-Berkeley) will...
Job Killer Bills Imposing Targeted Taxes Pass Policy Committees
Three California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bills that seek to impose unfair targeted taxes passed Assembly policy committees this week.
Sweetened Beverages Tax
AB 138...
New Podcast Focuses on Men and #MeToo Movement
The latest episode of the California Chamber of Commerce The Workplace podcast focuses on men and the #MeToo movement.
As more publicity is being given...
CalChamber Releases 2019 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce this week released its annual job killer list, which includes 24 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and...
CalChamber Seeks to Restore Flexibility for More Workers
The California Chamber of Commerce and a broad-based coalition is continuing to seek amendments to pending legislation that makes a start toward restoring flexibility...
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Focus of Pending Legislation
A number of California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bills placing various restrictions on sweetened beverages will be considered by legislative committees next week.
Four bills, including...
CalChamber-Backed Housing Relief Bills Advance
Two California Chamber of Commerce-supported bills aimed at helping ease the state’s housing crisis won approval this week from the Senate Housing Committee.
Sent on...
Coalition Seeking Changes to Plastic Recycling Bill
Legislation raising serious questions about California mandates on recycling numerous products containing plastics is advancing in both the California Senate and Assembly.
The California Chamber...
Fight for Flexibility Continues
As the constant buzz about Dynamex continues around the State Capitol, we repeatedly hear about how employees can have the same flexible work schedules...
California Electricity Prices: No. 7 in U.S.
The annual U.S. electricity price map released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute shows California average electricity retail prices are among...
Newly ID’d Job Killer Bill Passes Senate Committee
A Senate policy committee this week passed an environmental standard bill identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer because of...
Anti-Arbitration Job Killer Bill Moves Again
An anti-arbitration bill identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer passed through a second Assembly committee this week.
The Assembly Judiciary...
Hyperpartisan Housing: A Common Crisis with Very Different Solutions in Hopper
Despite bipartisan recognition of California’s unprecedented housing crisis, legislative solutions being introduced this session remain hyperpartisan.
On the Democratic side, with some exceptions, legislation being...
CalChamber Outlines Subjects for Carbon-Based Sales Tax Study
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed-unless-amended bill that will increase costs and place regulatory burdens on businesses passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee this week.
SB...
Film/TV Tax Credit Lures TV Series, Jobs to State
The next season of SHOWTIME’s “Penny Dreadful” will be relocating production to Los Angeles with help from the state’s film and television tax credit...
Defining Wetlands: Process Leaves Questions Unanswered
It was clear toward the end of the March 5 workshop on the proposed controversial wetlands regulations that the State Water Resources Control Board...
