News from the GCVCC:
Advocacy positions as of September 1, 2019
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 Outreach
Patrick Swarthout, Policy Analyst
SUPPORT
Small Business
AB 23 Office of Small Business Advocate: Deputy of Business and Workforce Coordination – Burke
AB 906 California Economic Development Strategic Action Plan – Cooley
SB 736 Creative Economy Incentive Program – Umberg
Energy
AB 491 Energy: hydrogen – Rubio
AB 1083 Energy and energy infrastructure procurement requirements: California Council on Science and Technology – Burke
AB 1293 Public Utilities Commission: reports – Levine
Environmental
AB 939 California Environmental Protection Agency: regulations – Frazier
AB1237 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: guidelines – Aguiar-Curry
SB 535 Greenhouse gases: wildfires and forest fires: air emission -Moorlach
Hospitality
SB 736 Creative Economy incentive program – Umberg
Telecommunication
AB 1366 Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications services – Gonzales
Education
SB 56 University of California, Riverside School of Medicine: expansion – Roth
AB151 Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: California Community College Transfer Entitlement Program – Voepel
(Coalition Signature) US Chamber of Commerce – Support the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
(Coalition Signature) Support Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions – Natural and Renewable Gas
OPPOSED
ACA 1 Lowers Voter Threshold to Increase Property Taxes from 2/3 to 55% for purposes of affordable housing and public infrastructure – Aguiar-Curry – Winters
ACA 14 A proposed amendment to the California Constitution, which would prohibit the University of California from utilizing, contracted workers for a wide range of support-service categories at significant costs to the campuses and medical centers. – Gonzales
AB 51 Employment discrimination: enforcement. – Gonzalez
AB 403 Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: complaint – Kalra
AB 418 Employee-Union Agent Evidentiary Privilege – Kalra
AB 516 Parking law Repeal – Chlu
AB 555 An act to amend Sections 245.5, 246, 246.5, 247.5, and 249 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. – Gonzales
AB 589 Unfair immigration-related practices – Gonzales
AB 628 Employment: victims of sexual harassment: protections –Bonta
AB 673 An act to amend Section 210 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. – Carrillo
AB 766 Unsealed beverage container portion cap – Gray
AB 882 Termination of employment: drug testing: medication-assisted treatment – McCarty
AB 1046 Increase Cost – Ting
AB 1066 Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits – Gonzalez
AB 1224 Employee leave: limitations – Gray
AB 1270 Expanding False Claims Act to Include Tax Filings – M. Stone
AB 1332 Sanctuary State Contracting and Investment Act – Bonta
AB 1478 Jury Duty – Carrillo
AB 1676 Health care: mental health – Maienschein
SB1 California Environmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019 – Atkins
SB 11 Health care coverage: mental health parity – Beall
SB 54 Unprecedented Product Regulations in California (Recycling) – Allen
SB 135 Paid family leave – Jackson
SB 142 Lactation Accommodation – Wiener
SB 171 Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to employment. – Jackson
SB 204 State Water Project: contracts – Dodd
SB 280 Older adults and persons with disabilities: fall prevention -Jackson
SB 307 Water conveyance: use of facility with unused capacity – Roth
SB 347 Sugar-sweetened beverages: safety warnings – Monning
Healthcare
AB 138 – California Community Health Fund – Bloom
AB 290 – Health care service plans and health insurance: third-party payments – Wood
Single-Payer healthcare coalition
AB 731 Amendments to Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage. – Karla
AB 744 – Healthcare coverage: telehealth – Aguiar-Curry
AB 765 – Health Checkout Aisles for Healthy Families Act – Wicks
AB 764 – Sugar-sweetened beverages: nonsale distribution incentives. – Bonta
AB 767 – Health care coverage: infertility – Wicks
SB 163 – Healthcare coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism – Portantino
SB 600 – Healthcare coverage: fertility preservation – Portantino
Energy
AB 345 – Oil and gas: operations: location restrictions – Muratsuchi
AB 40 – Zero-emission vehicles: comprehensive strategy – Ting
AB 961 – Energy programs and projects: nonenergy benefits – Reyes
SB 43 – Carbon taxes – Allen
SB 70 – Electricity: undergrounding of electrical distribution infrastructure – Nielsen
SB 246 – Oil and gas severance tax – Wieckowski
Small Business
AB 161 – Solid waste: paper waste: electronic proofs of purchase – Ting
SB 44 – Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles: comprehensive strategy – Skinner
SB 210 – Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspections and Maintenance Program – Leyva
(Coalition Signature) Oppose Single-Payer Healthcare
(Coalition Signature) Fight for Prop 13 Coalition – Oppose Property Tax Increase