About Us

The California Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization providing easy to-use and affordable compliance products and services while lobbying the state legislature to help California business do business. With more than 100 years of experience, we represent more than 16,000 companies of all types and sizes.

As your best resource, we make it our responsibility to simplify complicated California laws. We keep you informed and up to date on the latest compliance issues. It's what we do ... from offering human resources products and services to supporting California businesses through legislative advocacy.

CalChamber's full-time lobbying team works with the state Legislature, regulatory agencies and other key personnel to ensure that business concerns are considered when new laws and regulations are proposed. Backing up the lobbying staff are representatives of member companies who serve on standing committees, member trade associations and affiliated local chambers of commerce.

Members of the California Chamber of Commerce receive numerous benefits in addition to legislative representation and product discounts. We believe that CalChamber membership is a great opportunity to save money, save time and have full access to some of the most powerful state-specific compliance resources available to California employers. We have improved our membership options to fit the needs of all businesses, offering four packages with exceptional benefits.

For more than a century, CalChamber has provided businesses with something money can't buy: peace of mind. Our frontline knowledge of California's ever-changing labor laws and regulations informs everything we do, from our advocacy efforts and membership benefits to our time- and money-saving products and services. We are always looking for ways to serve California. That's why we created CalBizCentral. It's your one-stop shop for affordable compliance resources that make your business run better.

CalChamber's Board of Directors provides leadership as CalChamber pursues its aggressive agenda to protect the rights and interests of California employers. When the California Chamber of Commerce succeeds, employers throughout the state can channel more resources into strengthening their businesses while controlling costs. During the past 10 years, CalChamber has:

• Won the veto of billion-dollar workers' compensation increases that included no cost-saving measures.
• Won tax cuts for business and individual taxpayers.
• Won tax incentives to encourage research and development, investment in machinery for large and small business and manufacturers.
• Won cuts in environmental regulatory red tape.
• Defeated "job killer" bills that would have increased health care costs and encouraged frivolous lawsuits.
• Defeated legislation creating new reasons to sue employers.
• Defeated property and other business tax hikes.