Issues
Innovation Centers Get Committee Nod
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill that promotes increased innovation and entrepreneurship won approval from the Senate Education Committee this week.
AB 2664...
Career Technical Education Bill Moves in Assembly
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that will help the state meet future workforce needs passed an Assembly policy committee this week with unanimous...
Assembly Committee Delays Vote on Job Killer Bill
The Assembly Judiciary Committee this week delayed voting on a job killer bill that if passed, will expose businesses to costly litigation when goods...
Loan Access for Small Business Moves in Assembly
An Assembly committee this week gave unanimous approval to a California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill expanding loan access for small businesses.
SB 936...
CalChamber Opposition Helps Stop Job Killer Leave Mandate
A job killer bill that would have overwhelmed small businesses with administering a new protected leave of absence and subjected them to threats of...
Committee Rejects Flexible Workweek Bill
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill providing employers with the flexibility to accommodate employees’ needs was rejected by the Senate Labor and...
Assembly Committee Advances Bill Eroding Housing Availability
The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee this week moved California Chamber of Commerce-opposed legislation that erodes housing availability.
SB 1150 (Leno; D-San Francisco) has been...
Legislature OKs Budget
The California Legislature sent to the Governor this week a $123 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Negotiations between the...
CalChamber Supports Governor’s Plan to Expedite Housing Development
The California Chamber of Commerce supports language proposed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in a budget trailer proposal that allows new market-rate housing...
Flexible Workweek Bill Set for Hearing
A California Chamber of Commerce-supported job creator bill providing employers with the flexibility to accommodate employees’ needs is scheduled to be considered by the...
