Inland Empire Chamber Legislative Alliance
From The California Chamber of Commerce
Increased Construction Jobs
SUPPORT AB 1846 (M. Perez; D-Coachella) JOB CREATOR: Expedited Environmental
Review — Streamlines the CEQA approval process for certain projects by
allowing industries subject to compliance with greenhouse gas regulations
under AB 32 to go through an expedited environmental review through a
focused environmental impact report. Senate Environmental Quality Committee
hearing June 14.
Costly Workplace Mandates
OPPOSE AB 2187 (Arambula; I-Fresno) JOB KILLER: Expanded Employer Liability
— Creates a significant disincentive to locate jobs and operations in
California by potentially criminalizing almost any legitimate wage dispute
with a terminated employee that takes longer than 90 days to resolve. Senate
Labor and Industrial Relations Committee hearing June 23.
Economic Development Barriers
OPPOSE AB 846 (Torrico; D-Fremont) JOB KILLER: Anti-Business Cost Increases
— Significantly increases the cost of doing business in California by
placing an automatic increase on fines and penalties without legislative
review and requires state agencies to levy, at a minimum, a fine at a level
that recovers the alleged “economic benefit” derived by the business from
the violation. Senate Governmental Organization Committee hearing June 22.
OPPOSE SB 1275 (Leno; D-San Francisco) JOB KILLER: Delays Residential
Construction Industry Recovery — Hinders recovery of the residential
construction industry by reducing the availability of credit due to delays
in resolving delinquent loans by requiring lenders to determine a borrower’s
eligibility for a loan modification prior to the filing of a notice of
default. Assembly Banking and Finance Committee hearing June 21.
Expensive, Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens
OPPOSE AB 2578 (Jones; D-Sacramento) JOB KILLER: Inappropriate Price Control
— Reduces health care choices, access and quality by creating additional
bureaucracy to impose price controls on health insurance policies while
failing to address the major cost drivers of rising medical costs. Senate
Health Committee hearing June 23.
Health
OPPOSE SB 1200 (Leno; D-San Francisco) Increases premiums by requiring
health plans to provide reimbursement for school-based medical care.
Assembly Health Committee hearing June 22.
Workers’ Compensation
OPPOSE AB 933 (Fong; D-Cupertino) Utilization Review — Increases the cost of
performing utilization review (UR) on medical treatment requests by
requiring all doctors who make UR decisions to be licensed in California.
Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee hearing June 23.
Labor and Employment
OPPOSE AB 2340 (Monning; D-Carmel) Expansion of Leave Requirements —
Potentially makes the management of overlapping leave requests unfeasible or
unfair and could create staffing shortages that temporarily halt operations
by requiring every employer to provide every employee with up to 3 days of
unpaid bereavement leave per year. Senate Labor and Industrial Relations
Committee hearing June 23.
OPPOSE SB 1304 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) Expansion of Leave Requirements —
Potentially makes the management of overlapping leave requests unfeasible or
unfair and creates staffing shortages that temporarily halt operations by
requiring employers to provide paid leave of up to 30 days for organ
donations and 5 days for bone marrow donations. Assembly Labor and
Employment Committee hearing June 23.
IECLA members:
Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce
Fontana Chamber of Commerce
Highland Chamber of Commerce
Montclair Chamber of Commerce
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Rialto Chamber of Commerce
Upland Chamber of Com
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