California Chamber of Commerce

08/21/2026

Housing, clean energy and drinking water, improved public safety facilities and hospitals, wildfire prevention, schools and transportation.

These are the much-needed projects California struggles to build. An outdated approval process has stood in the way of progress for decades.

Prop 45 will create fair, predictable deadlines to help get these projects moving forward and prevent costly delays.

Read the commentary by CalChamber CEO and President Jennifer Barrera:

YES on Prop 45 - Building a More Affordable California

08/21/2026

In this week's news from the CalChamber Alert:

⦁ Affordability Agenda Recap Following Key Fiscal Hurdle
⦁ CalChamber Remains Opposed to AB 1776 Despite Changes
⦁ The Three Lies Prop 45 Opponents Keep Telling and Telling
⦁ CalChamber Helping Shape Workplace Violence Prevention Rule

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08/20/2026

Learn the truth about the three lies Prop 45 opponents keep telling. The bottom line: They want to distract voters from the fact that Prop 45 is about improving government PROCESS, not changing environmental protection.

"Don't let them fool you," writes CalChamber President & CEO Jennifer Barrera in a new commentary


YES on Prop 45 - Building a More Affordable California

08/20/2026

The special interests that have manipulated the process to build essential projects in California and oppose Prop 45 "know if affordability wins, they lose," writes CalChamber President & CEO Jennifer Barrera in a new commentary.

"But few could have imagined the depths of deceit embraced by these groups in their cynical campaign to confuse and frighten voters about how Prop 45 works," says Barrera, "ignoring the consequences if we do nothing to help build a more affordable California."

YES on Prop 45 - Building a More Affordable California

When our coalition drafted Proposition 45, a commonsense plan to modernize California’s approval process for building essential projects, we knew it would

08/18/2026

In this week's news from the Trade Update:

⦁ US and Canada hold last-minute talks to stop Trump’s 50%
⦁ Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole
⦁ Relief for , others as US Senate extends duty-free trade pact till 2028
⦁ presses US to cut auto tariffs
⦁ Panama Canal marks 112 years of operations with a forward-looking vision

Canadian minister says Canada, US far apart on draft trade deal, source says, Canadian American Business Council (CABC) Launches New Economic Report on the Impacts of US-Canada Tariff Escalation and USMCA, Trade court upholds Trump’s closure of ‘de minimis’ loophole, Relief for Nigeria, others...

08/14/2026

In this week's news from the CalChamber Alert:

⦁ Budget Writers: Will Worsen State Deficit
⦁ Capitol Weekly Names Zaremberg to Hall of Fame
⦁ CalChamber Execs Ranked Among California’s Top Political Influencers
⦁ Court Reduces Penalties by 99%
⦁ New Funding Available for California Grants

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08/11/2026

In this week's news from the Trade Update:

⦁ Export-Import Bank of the United States Announces Return to Profitability, Putting Money Back in Taxpayers’ Pockets
⦁ Trump admin refunds $100 billion in ‘liberation day’
⦁ Global goods trade resilient in the first quarter of 2026 despite war in Middle East
⦁ Lieutenant Governor led a California delegation to the Farnborough International Airshow
⦁ Trump extends Jones Act waiver, with limits, in bid to tamp down prices

Trump Administration Announces $58M in Major New Critical Mineral Deals at White House Roundtable, EXIM Announces Return to Profitability, Putting Money Back in Taxpayers’ Pockets, Trump admin refunds $100 billion in 'liberation day' tariffs, Tariff refunds split companies as consumers demand shar...

08/10/2026

The concerns continue to mount over , a dangerous effort to rewrite California’s antitrust law.

The state Dept. of Finance now officially OPPOSES the bill. And even with recent amendments, the economic impact would be devastating.

CalChamber has identified AB 1776 as a .

Two new estimates — including one from the California Department of Finance — affirm what experts have been saying for months: legislation to rewrite the

08/07/2026

In this week's news from the CalChamber Alert:

• Chamber Urges Committee: Reject Risky Plan ( )
• Setting the Record Straight on : Myths vs. Facts
• CalChamber Policy Advocate Corianna Miller Sworn in as Member of State Bar of California

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08/07/2026

🚨ICYMI: Ruben Grijlava, former State Fire Marshal and Director of CAL FIRE, pens his support for Prop 45 in an op-ed in the Orange County Register.

Prop 45 creates a faster, more predictable, and more accountable approval process—while fully maintaining California’s environmental, labor and tribal protections. By reducing unnecessary delays, will make it easier to build projects that reduce wildfire risk, protect the environment, and bring down the cost of everyday essentials.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4xeZHo0