Minimum
Wage Will Increase
to $8.00 per hour
Effective January 1, 2008
|
April
30, 2008: Analysis: Governor's Deficit Estimate Rises to
$20 Billion
April
30, 2008: Siphoning Off Corn
to Fuel Our Cars
April
29, 2008: Public Contracting
Bill Defeated
April
29, 2008: Scientists Want to Stop Using Food to Make Biofuel
April
21, 2008: Lack of Skilled
Workers Will Lead to Fiscal Crisis, Experts Say
April
21, 2008: Contractor Status Scrutinized
April
15, 2008: Plant Near Riverside Is Said to Emit a Carcinogen
April
2, 2008: Editorial: The State
Can't Dictate Economics
March
31, 2008: Hydrogen Highway
Hits Roadblock
March
24, 2008: Air Board May Trim
Electric Car Mandate
March
20, 2008: Industry Lobbies Against Climate Change
March
19, 2008: Experts Disagree on Benefits of Global Warming
Bill
April,
2008: San Francisco Regulators Seek Greenhouse Fee
March
19, 2008: Cap-and-Trade Can Help Fight Global Warming
March
19, 2008: Mary Nichols
March
18, 2008: CEOs Engage Peers on Emissions Caps
March
17, 2008: States' Inaugural CO2 Allowance Auction Set for
Sept. 10
March
11, 2008: Carbon Capture Not
So Costly: IEA
March
11, 2008: OPINION: California's
Cap-and-Trade Won't Work
March
10, 2008: County Losing Automaker Volvo, Top Woman Executive
March
10, 2008: Survey: State Remains Bearish
March
8, 2008: Southland Air District
Limits Fireplace Use
March
6, 2008: Status of Truckers Is
a Big Hitch in Port Plan
March
6, 2008: When Is a ‘Fee’ Really
a Tax in Disguise?
March
4, 2008: State Supreme
Court Finds Supervisors Not Personally Liable for Retaliation
March
4, 2008: State Scrambles to Fund Global Warming Fight
February
26, 2008: Ethanol Fuels Fire
Concerns
February
26, 2008: Mexicans Barely
Increased Remittances in ’07
February
8, 2008: Ice Pack Belies Global Warming
February
13, 2008: With Stimulus Package,
the Big Winner Could Be Small Business
February
9, 2008: California Proposes
a Global-warming Fee on Businesses
February
8, 2008: Biofuel Crops
Increase Carbon Emissions
February
8, 2008: New U.S. Law Requires Greenhouse Gas Reporting
by All Sectors
February
8, 2008: Perata Out, Sen.
Darrell Steinberg In
February
7, 2008: State Fund Overhaul
Is Sought
February
7, 2008: Environmental Groups
Threaten to Sue Port of Long Beach over Air Pollution
December
5, 2007: Chapman: Recession,
Local Job Losses in 2008
November
30, 2007: Graveyard Shift Work Linked to Cancer
November
26, 2007: Glass Maker Shuttering
Plant
November
16, 2007: Smog Sensors Targeting
Vehicles in O.C.
November
15, 2007: Long Beach Port Traffic Declines
November
8, 2007: Suit Aims to Force
EPA Hand on Emissions Law
November
7, 2007: Supreme Court
Takes Up Arbitration Case
November
6, 2007: U.S. Solicitor General
Supports CalChamber Appeal
November 6,
2007: Dan Walters: Health Care Triple Whammy
November
6, 2007: Long Beach Agrees to Ban Old Diesel Trucks from
Port
November
5, 2007: Clean Truck Plan Backs Up at the Ports
November
5, 2007: Sexual Harassment Training Deadline Approaching
November
5, 2007: Where
Are Businesses Relocating... And What Does It Mean For Employment
in Your Part 0f California?
November
1, 2007: Security at Ports
to Tighten
October
8, 2007: Governor
Keeps Them Guessing on Environmental Issues
October 8, 2007: Big
Workers’ Comp
Savings on Way Out
October 6, 2007: Economic
Slump Will Reduce LA Port Volume
October 4, 2007: Agency
Hears More Port Plan Criticism
October 4,
2007: Brown
Turns Attention to Ship Emissions
Alliance
members: The U.S. economy has continued to demonstrate resilience in
the face of high energy prices and persistent housing market
weakness, while California is underperforming the U.S. labor
market, according to the latest quarterly report of the California
Chamber of Commerce Economic Advisory Council. Access the Special
Report here >> [members, click here]
September 21, 2007: Stop Sprawl
to Curb CO2, Environmental Group Says
September 19, 2007: CalChamber
Urges Best Practices When Social Security Numbers Invalid
September 12,
2007: Forecast
Warns of L.A. Recession
September 12, 2007: Medical
Premiums Keep Rising Far More Than Inflation, Study Says
September
10, 2007: Cooper
Cos. Largely Pulling Out of OC
September 10, 2007: Employers
Making Workers Pay the Price for Being Obese
September 10, 2007: Disney
to Test Toys Independently
September 5, 2007: Container
Fee Bill Tabled
August
30, 2007: L.A.
Mayor Won't Support Port Container Fee
August 27, 2007: EPA May Adopt
California Air Standard
August 28, 2007: Editorial:
The Doors to South Korea
August
18, 2007: State
Loses a Net 8,600 Jobs During July
August 16, 2007: Costs
of Doing Business Not as High in California
August 18, 2007: Air
Board Chairwoman Has Stock in 13 Energy Companies
August 15, 2007: China's Lead
Problems Go Beyond Toys
August 13, 2007: U.S.
Workers Will Get Small Raises, But Choice Few Will See Fat
Bonuses
August 13, 2007: Emissions
Cuts Costly
August 9, 2007: Immigration
Debate: Firms Warn of Lack of Workers
August
8, 2007: Bob
Dutton: AG's stance unfairly limits development
August
4, 2007: Rules
on Illegal Workers Stir Fears
August
4, 2007: Vote
Could Speed 11 New Southland Power Plants
August 2, 2007: Employers
Bracing for Immigration Rules
July 31, 2007: The Best States
for Doing Business
July 31, 2007: A
Regulatory Bulldozer
July 31, 2007: The Outsourcing
Upstarts
July 31, 2007: Huge Tax Credits
Ignored
July
26, 2007: POLL:
Half of California's Residents Still Want More Green Action
July 17, 2007: Appointee
Stirs Concerns
July 16, 2007: State
Set to Add Methanol to Prop. 65’s Warning List
July 16, 2007: Living Near
High-traffic Roads May Be Hazardous to Your Health
July 15, 2007: Climate
Change Debate Hinges On Economics
July
11, 2007: Peter
Schrag: Gov. Schwarzenegger Trips Over His Own Horseshoe
July 9, 2007: Container
Traffic to Reach a New High
July 6, 2007: Ousted
State Air Board Leaders, Governor's Allies Spar at Capitol
Hearing
July 5, 2007: Regulators
Want Gas Rate Decrease
July 5, 2007: Congress
Looks at Declining Visits to U.S.
July 4, 2007: New
Air Board Chief Nominated
July 2, 2007: Judge
Tells OSHA to Release Information on Toxic Exposures in the
Workplace
July 2, 2007: Another
Air Board Official Leaves
July 1, 2007: State's
Hitting Red Lights on Emissions Law
Alliance
members: We have updated the list of legislation in which the
South Coast Air Quality Management District is involved, either
actively or indirectly. To view the list >> [members,
click here]
Alliance
members: At our recent conference for civic and industry
leaders,
our keynote speaker, Jack Kyser, Senior Vice
President & Chief Economist,
Los Angeles Economic
Development Corporation, gave a comprehensive
presentation on the economy of Southern California. Those
members
who were able to attend the conference received
copies of the presentation. Because
of the interest
that was shown in the material, we are making it available
to all of our members. >> [members,
click here]
Alliance members: Access the latest survey
information
about employers and jobs leaving California -
California Competitiveness
Project. >> [members,
click here]
February
6, 2003: AQMD Lists Polluters
Online
