Issues
Fair Pay Initiative Moves Closer to Qualifying for November Ballot
The effort to stop frivolous lawsuits against employers by replacing the state’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) continues to advance.
The campaign supporting the California...
We’ve Reached Peak Budget
The Legislative Analyst has cried “last call” for the state budget bash.
Even as the State Legislature enjoys the prospect of spending record budget surpluses,...
CalChamber Releases 2022 Job Killer List
The California Chamber of Commerce this week released the first wave of bills to be included on its 2022 job killer list. The preliminary...
New Job Killer Bill Passes Senate Policy Committee
A newly identified California Chamber of Commerce job killer bill that is opposed by more than 60 organizations passed the Senate Labor, Public Employment...
Appeals Court Sides with CalChamber in Prop. 65 Ruling on Acrylamide in Food
Last week, California businesses won another victory in the continuing debate over whether the Proposition 65 warning requirement applies to acrylamide in food and...
CalChamber Opposes Tax on Plastic/Goods Packaging
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors last week voted to oppose the California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative, which proposes a new...
Flexible Work Schedule Bill Gets Support from Chambers
The California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition including numerous local chambers of commerce are supporting legislation that allows for an employee-selected flexible work...
Revenue Windfall Provides Opportunity
California’s mighty work-from-home economic engine continues to create massive value for workers, employers and entrepreneurs — and not incidentally for the state treasury.
The nonpartisan...
Bill Proposes New Tax Despite Huge State Surplus
Governor Gavin Newsom’s January budget proposal forecasted another historic surplus estimated to be approximately $45 billion. As 2022 marches on, that surplus continues to...
CalChamber Urges Members to Support Fair Pay Initiative
Replacing the state’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) will help California workers and businesses. That’s a key message at the website providing updates on...
