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General »View all CMTA tweets this week  Aug. 20   Biz relocation expert on FoxNews yesterday on real exodus of jobs and opportunity from CA » More Bills move off appropriations suspense file  Aug. 13 As we move into the last weeks of the two-year legislative session, many bills have been held in appropriations committees in each house due to ... » More		Tax »View all Tax incentive programs attacked  Aug. 27 As the legislature nears the end of session, three bills attacking state tax incentive programs passed legislative hurdles on the floor this week ... » More State IOUs to start in about two weeks  Aug. 20 This week, State Controller John Chiang warned that California will likely begin ... » More		Energy »View all Cap-and-trade auction revenue bill moves to Senate floor  Aug. 27 A bill buried in the paperwork from last year has been dusted off and will be put up for a vote in this last week of session. AB 1405 (Kevin De ... » More Bill to regulate electricity for cars  Aug. 20 CMTA has concerns with SB 1435 (Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima) that would expand CPUC ... » More
Workers' Comp »View all Almaraz/Guzman decision to result in work comp increase  Aug. 20 Thursday, August 19th, the Sixth District Court of Appeal released their decision on the Almaraz/Guzman case.  It affirmed the ... » More WCIRB recommends 29.6% pure premium hike  Aug. 13 On Wednesday this week, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) voted to recommend a 29.6% increase on California’s ... » More		Corp. Counsel »View all Bill to curb corporations political activities fails vote  June 18 On June 16th of this week, the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee failed to pass of a bill aimed at curbing corporate involvement in ... » More Tort reform bills fail Assembly committee  May. 14 Last week, two tort reform bills failed to pass the Assembly Judiciary Committees despite the fact that the measures were a part of a tort reform ... » More		Environment »View all Bisphenol A ban close to passing  Aug. 27 CMTA, and many others, oppose SB 797 (Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills) to ban the use ... » More Annual Environmental Excellence Awards  Aug. 20 Environmental Excellence Awards Applications are now being accepted in conjunction with the California Manufacturers & Technology Association, ... » More
Labor and employment »View all Slave labor bills create nightmare of record keeping and fines  May. 21 Last year, Senate President pro Tempore Darrel Steinberg (D-Sacramento) introduced and moved a bill, SB 657, to mandate that manufacturers and ... » More California's unemployment hits 12.2 % in August  Oct. 2 At 12.2%, California now has the fourth highest unemployment rate in the nation - a post-World War II record.   This means that 2.2 ... » More		Education »View all CTE bill to cause harm rather than good  June 18 On June 23 the Senate Education Committee will hear AB 1223 (Marty Block, D-San Diego) which defines “linked learning programs” in ... » More CTE given as choice for HS graduation  April 16 A bill to add career technical education (CTE) as an option for pupils to fulfill their high school graduation requirement has passed its first ... » More		Infrastructure »View all Regional water quality control board changes contemplated  Feb. 6 Staff for the State Water Quality Control Board (SWQCB) will hold a meeting in conjunction with their Water Quality Improvement Initiative with ... » More Mandated Water Usage Reduction  Aug. 15 This year, Assemblymember John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) introduced AB 2175, Water Conservation, initially as a four-page bill directing the ... » More
Safety »View all Cell Phone Labeling  March 19 Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has introduced SB 1212, Cell Phones: Specific ... » More Senate passes Universal Health Care  Jan. 29 The lack of progress on Health Care Reform on the Federal level has reinvigorated the discussion here in California. Last week Senator » More