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Former Finance Director Reviews Budget Cycles for CalChamber Board
Michael C. Genest, director of the California Department of Finance during the Schwarzenegger administration and founder of Capitol Matrix Consulting, walks the CalChamber Board...
Agency Official Explains How State Measures ‘Pollution Burden’
Arsenio Mataka, assistant secretary for environmental justice and tribal affairs in the California Environmental Protection Agency, explains to the CalChamber Environmental Policy Committee on...
CalChamber Takes Positions on November Measures
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently took positions on the following two initiatives proposed for the November 2016 ballot:
Oppose Prop. 30...
91st Sacramento Host Breakfast: Zigzag Business Cycles, Long-Term View Wide-Ranging Topics for Annual Gathering
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and California Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Michael W. Murphy shared their perspectives on the state’s accomplishments and challenges...
May Budget Revision: Amid Declining Revenue Growth, Governor Holds Spending Line, Makes Saving a Priority
On May 13, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. released his May Revision to the California state budget. In addition to the budget numbers, graphs...
New Laws to Expand Ban on Smoking in Workplace in June
What is the law in California about smoking in the workplace?
California employers may not knowingly or intentionally permit the smoking of tobacco products at...
Remarks by Michael W. Murphy: Engaged Leadership, Long-Term View Can Make California Very Best It Can Be
Following are remarks presented by Michael W. Murphy, 2016 chair of the California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, at the 91st Annual Sacramento...
Forum Highlights Trans-Pacific Partnership as Vehicle for Economic Integration
The importance of Trans-Pacific trade relations was the subject of a recent international forum at the California Chamber of Commerce.
More than 200 forum attendees...
Pollster Dave Sackett Covers Elections, Voting Trends at Capitol Summit
Strategic consultant and pollster Dave Sackett, The Tarrance Group, shares insight on presidential candidates and the math of voter demographics at the CalChamber Capitol...
Capitol Press Corps Veterans Assess Initiative Outlook, Elections
CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg (left) moderates as Juliet Williams, state government and politics editor for The Associated Press, and John Myers, Sacramento...
