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General »View all CMTA tweets this week  July 23 8 reasons CA venture capital is not getting to the people who need the jobs » More This week's CMTA tweets  July 16 Uptick in #camnfg jobs in June (7,300): » More		Tax »View all Governor sues Controller over state workers pay in absence of budget  July 9 Fresh off a major legal victory on the same issue, Governor Arnold ... » More First day of the fiscal year comes and goes without a budget  July 2 Welcome to the 2010-11 fiscal year. The July 1st fiscal year “deadline” was met this week with similar ambivalence to the June 15th ... » More		Energy »View all CMTA opposes raising renewable standard to 33% by 2020  June 24 Legislation to raise the state’s renewable portfolio standard from 20 to 30% will move through assembly policy committees to meet a July 2 ... » More AB 32 Cap & Trade Program Development  June 18 This Tuesday, June 22, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is holding a workshop in Sacramento on Cost Containment and Offsets in the ... » More
Workers' Comp »View all Still time to register - Workers' Compensation Conference, July 21-23  July 9 You can still join your friends and colleagues July 21-23 at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Newport Beach for the California Coalition on ... » More Workers' Comp Conference -- July 21-23  May. 28 Early Registration Drawing If you’re planning to join your friends and colleagues July 21-23, 2010 at the ... » 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 CMTA and broad green chemistry alliance submit final comments on regulations  July 23 The Green Chemistry Draft Regulation for Safer Consumer Products was released by California’s Department of Toxic Substance Control ... » More Naturally occurring asbestos  July 16 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently solicited bids from contractors to analyze bulk samples using CARB’s proposed methodology ... » More
Labor and employment »View all 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 Governor touts green job training initiative  Sept. 4 Last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the creation of a $75 ... » 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