​2013 Business Issues and Legislative Guide

New - 2013 Business Issues Interactive Digital Edition

The CalChamber prepares this guide annually to provide comprehensive overviews of our priorities and the data to support our positions.

There is an executive summary of priority issues and then in-depth analysis of state and federal issues the CalChamber considers crucial to a strategy for economic recovery.

Premier Sponsors: Wells Fargo Bank
                            Chevron

Premium Sponsors:
                            Goddard Claussen
                            Enterprise Rent-A-Car 

Special thanks to our CalChamber Cornerstone Members: AT&T, Automobile Club of Southern California, Bank of America, Chevron, Edison International, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Safeway, Sempra Energy, Verizon and Wells Fargo Bank

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State Issues

• Solutions for a Strong California
• Budget Overview
• California Environmental Quality Act
• Climate Change
• Consumer Product Ingredient Regulation
  (Green Chemistry)
• Education
• Energy
• Health Care Coverage
• Labor and Employment:
  Classifying Employees
• Legal Reform
• Managing Employees: California Leaves of Absence
• Taxation
• Unemployment Insurance
• Water
• Workers’ Compensation 

• International Trade

• Endangered Species

• Disability Access Reform

• Cleveland National Forest Foundation
  v. San Diego Association of Governments
• Proposition 65

• Board of Equalization Sets 2013 Agenda
• Expanding Sales Tax Base to Services

• Health Care Tax
• Workplace Wellness Incentive Programs

• Tourism

• Export Control Reform
• Trade Promotion Authority
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
• U.S.-European Union Free Trade Agreement
• World Trade Organization

• Federal Transportation Funding
• High-Speed Rail in California
• California Ports

• ​Alternative Workweek Schedules
• Expanding Protected Classifications in California
• Immigration
• Social Media in the Workplace