State Leaders Hit the Road for California
With two years of dealing with nothing but the broken state budget behind him, for now, Governor Brown at long last has shifted his attention to economic development. Leading a small army of state bureaucrats and business leaders on a long march through China, the Governor has declared his single focus is on economic issues: […]
When You Go to Sacramento to Ask for Money, Dress as a Basketball Team
On a plane to Sacramento last week, a bunch of SEIU folks were also on the flight. But they were dressed wrong. They chose purple T-shirts, and explained they were there to lobby for more money for a variety of programs and bills. I wished them luck, but didn’t have high hopes for them. Don’t […]
Creating Jobs and Economic Stability While Protecting the Environment
A bipartisan group of legislators and an unprecedented coalition of varied stakeholder groups have come together to advance a legislative package (Senate Bill 11 and Assembly Bill 8) that provides regulatory relief and certainty to our business community, while also protecting the environment by providing grants to offset the purchase of new agricultural equipment, clean […]
CEOs and Business Leaders for Prevailing Wage? The Truth about SB 7
I am a bottom line, hard-nosed, results oriented, fiscally conservative CEO. And I represent hundreds of business leaders with the same profile. And what do we all have in common? We all support prevailing wages as a way of building California infrastructure. Prevailing wage laws provide a stable platform for attracting and retaining professional construction […]