Issues

100+ Organizations Join Affordable CA Coalition

Support continues to surge for the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA), with more than 100 organizations from across California now backing the...

CalChamber Adds Bills to ‘Cost Cutters’ List

Four legislative proposals that would take aim at the kind of business costs that deepen California’s affordability crisis have been added to CalChamber’s list...

Affordable CA Campaign Submits Signatures

The campaign in support of the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) announced this week that it has begun submitting nearly 1 million...

Flawed Effort to Rewrite Antitrust Law Rejected

A California Senate committee has rejected a deeply flawed plan to change the state’s antitrust laws, one that would trigger sweeping consequences for businesses...

Chamber-Opposed Bill Seeks to Harm Int’l Businesses

The California Chamber of Commerce is opposing legislation that will increase taxes for international businesses. AB 1790 by Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) would eliminate...

Cost Cutter Regulatory Reform Bill Clears First Committee Hurdle

State agencies will be required to consider the fiscal impacts of regulatory proposals on the cost of living before moving them forward if a...

Affordability Agenda: Costly Anti-AI Bills Added to List

Five proposals that would overregulate and possibly ban the use of cost-effective, beneficial artificial intelligence tools by California businesses were added this week to...

Rate Realities Campaign Urges Legislators to Cut Mandates that Add 37% to Customer Bills

The California Chamber of Commerce this week announced the next phases of the “Rate Realities” campaign, calling on lawmakers to get serious about affordability,...

Assembly Committee Passes Cost Driver Air Legislation

A Cost Driver proposal to expand the state air board’s authority to regulate certain sources of emissions passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee this...

Clean Energy Leaders Unite Behind Building an Affordable California Act

A broad coalition of clean energy and climate leaders this week announced their support for the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA), a...