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2022 Positions 

GCVCC Board Oversight
Julio Figueroa, AT&T, Business Legislative Advocacy Chair
Jeff Levine, Asher & Asher, Business Legislative Advocacy Co-Chair

Staff 
Diana Soto, Director of Public Policy
Chris Collier, Chief Policy Advisor

SUPPORT

Agriculture

Economic Development and Business Regulation
STATE – AB 87 State Budget HERE
STATE – SB 113 State Budget HERE

Education and Workforce Training

Labor

STATE – AB 2570 Unemployment Insurance: Unemployment Fund HERE

Transportation

Environment

Infrastructure

OPPOSED

Economic Development and Business Regulation
STATE – AB 1192 Worker Metrics Program HERE

Health Care and Social Services
STATE – AB 1400 Guaranteed Health Care HERE
STATE – SB 213 Workers Compensation HERE

Labor

Environment

2021 Positions 

GCVCC Board Oversight
Julio Figueroa, AT&T, Business Legislative Advocacy Chair
Jeff Levine, Asher & Asher, Business Legislative Advocacy Co-Chair

Staff 
Diana Soto, Director of Public Policy
Chris Collier, Chief Policy Advisor

SUPPORT

Agriculture
STATE – AB 778 Buy Local CA Agriculture HERE

Economic Development and Business Regulation
FEDERAL – Coalition Letter Supporting COVID Liability Protection for Small Business HERE
FEDERAL – American Rescue Plan (ARP), Key Provisions and Feedback HERE
STATE – AB 62 Tax Credit (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Standards Compliance HERE
STATE – SB 74 $2.6 Billion to Help Small Businesses and Non-Profits (COVID-19) HERE
STATE – SB 336 CDPH Publication Requirements HERE
STATE – SB 102 Saving California Business Act HERE
STATE – Request to Unify Federal and State PPP Tax Policy HERE
STATE – SUPPORT IF AMENDED the budget proposal to pay down a portion of the outstanding unemployment insurance (UI) HERE
STATE – AB 106 (Salas) Regions Rise Grant Program HERE

Education and Workforce Training
STATE – AB 230 Employment – Flexible Work Schedules HERE
STATE – AB 927 Community Colleges: Statewide Baccalaureate Degree Program HERE

Labor
STATE – AB 25 Restore Multi-Factor Test for Independent Contractor HERE
STATE – SB 657 Telecommuting: Employee Notices and Acknowledgements HERE
STATE – AB 230 Flexible Work Schedule HERE
STATE – AB 513 Telecommuting and Employee Notices HERE
STATE – AB 530 Labor Code Notice Requirements HERE
STATE – AB 1025 Telework Flexibility HERE
STATE – SB 657 Telecommuting: Employee Notices HERE

Transportation
LOCAL – City of Coachella’s Community-Wide Plans Application HERE
LOCAL – City of Indio Active Transportation Plan HERE
STATE – AB 220 Classic Car Exemption HERE

Environment
STATE – AB 1261 greenhouse gas emissions: incentive programs HERE

Infrastructure
LOCAL – Date Palm Drive Rehabilitation from Ramon Road to Gerald Ford Drive HERE

OPPOSED

Economic Development and Business Regulation
STATE – Coalition Letter on Policy Driving Jobs from State HERE
STATE – AB 71 $2.4 Billion-A-Year Tax Increase HERE
STATE – Prop 65 Proposed Changes HERE
STATE – SB 324 Unreasonable Restrictions on Mail HERE
STATE – AB 1001 Unnecessary and Overlapping Regulations HERE
STATE – AB 1003 Wage Theft HERE
STATE – SB 499 Land use element: uses adversely impacting health outcomes HERE
STATE – AB 1074 HERE

Health Care and Social Services
STATE – SB 213 Additional Financial Burden on Employers in the Healthcare Industry HERE
STATE – AB 650 COVID-19: Hazard Pay Retention Bonuses HERE
STATE – AB 1179 Employer Provided Benefit: Backup Childcare HERE
STATE – SB 213 Workers’ Compensation: Hospital Employees HERE

Labor
LOCAL – City of Coachella Hero Pay HERE (note, position updated to opposed)
STATE – AB 84 COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Mandate HERE
STATE – SB 95 COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Mandate HERE
STATE – AB 995 Sick Leave Accrual HERE
STATE – AB 1074 Retroactive and Unworkable “Right of Recall” Provisions HERE
STATE – AB 1119 Adverse Employment Action HERE
STATE – AB 995 Paid Sick Days: Accrual and Use HERE
STATE – AB 1119 Employment Discrimination and Accommodation HERE
STATE – AB 1041 Leave HERE
STATE – AB 701 (Gonzalez) Warehouse Distribution Centers HERE

Environment
STATE – SB 31 Building decarbonization HERE
STATE – AB 1395 (Muratsuchi): California Air Resources Board HERE