Issues
CalChamber Status Update Report on Major Legislation for Business
The following list summarizes top priority bills for the California Chamber of Commerce and their status as of July 2, when the Senate began...
Tips for Fostering Workplace Diversity
In Episode 76 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg and Albertsons Companies Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Chief...
2020 State Budget Depends on Borrowing, New Taxes and Action by Congress
The new state budget went into effect on time last week, after Governor Gavin Newsom signed 20 bills enacting hundreds of pages of new...
Conditions Right for Delay in Minimum Wage Increase
The 2016 legislation setting up the schedule to increase the minimum wage, SB 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco), enabled the Governor to postpone by a...
CalChamber Announces Leave Mandate as Job Killer
The California Chamber of Commerce this week announced that SB 1383 (Jackson; D-Santa Barbara) has been identified as a job killer bill. The bill...
Assembly Rejects Job Killer Housing Bill
The Assembly has narrowly rejected a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed job killer bill that would have limited financial opportunities for Californians, further harming the...
CalChamber-Opposed Bills Held in Senate Fiscal Committee
Well-intentioned but flawed legislation dealing with commercial tenancies and telecommunications has failed to pass the Senate fiscal committee following opposition by the California Chamber...
CalChamber Urges Congress to Help Childcare Providers
California’s economy is slowly reopening, indicated by increased sales, fewer unemployment claims, and more traffic. But many residents who cannot work from home may...
Lighting Regulation for Outdoor Agriculture Coming Into Effect in July
California businesses are struggling to adapt their markets and workplaces to a post-pandemic world. Like other state regulators, Cal/OSHA is still working on business...
Newest Job Killer Imposes Headcount Tax on Employers
Legislation that will discourage hiring and job growth by imposing an employee “headcount tax” on certain employers has been added to the California Chamber...
