Issues
Busy Week Ahead Before Legislative Summer Break
In the final week before their summer break, legislators are scheduled to consider many priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce that could...
What Does the Building an Affordable California Act Do?
The Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) is a proposed ballot measure that modernizes California’s outdated approval process to build essential projects faster...
Affordable CA Initiative Qualifies for Nov. Ballot
The Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) has officially qualified for the November 2026 statewide ballot, a major step toward lowering California’s cost...
Cost Drivers Fail to Move; Cost Cutters Still Alive
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and allied groups stopped several Cost Driver bills from advancing beyond the house in which they...
Assembly Approves Cost Driver Bill Rewriting California’s Antitrust Law
Last week, the California Assembly passed a California Chamber of Commerce- opposed bill to rewrite the state’s antitrust law.
CalChamber identified the bill, AB 1776...
Cost Drivers Held in Assembly Appropriations
A number of bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as Cost Drivers that would have made the state less affordable for businesses...
Dangers in Rewriting California Antitrust Law
Twenty-five professors at California universities are urging legislators to reject a sweeping change to the state’s antitrust law, warning that pending legislation is a...
CalChamber Supports Effort to Prevent Abusive Data Privacy Lawsuits
The California Chamber of Commerce is part of a renewed push to protect small businesses, nonprofits and public agencies from predatory lawsuits based on...
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...
