Senate President Pro Tempore, Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) has introduced SB 52, Environmental Quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement, as clean up legislation to his SB 900 passed last year.  SB 900 provided a method ... » More

General »View all CMTA Tweets  Feb. 3 CMTA Pres: Manufacturing job creation IS a State issue. We must position California to attract potential investment. » More Controller sued over docking legislative pay  Jan. 27 This week, California’s democratic legislative leaders sued State Controller » More		Tax »View all PPIC poll a mixed bag for Gov's budget proposals  Feb. 3 California voters like Governor Jerry Brown’s idea of making high earners pay more taxes, but otherwise are of mixed minds about solving the ... » More California's business tax climate - 3rd worst in nation  Feb. 3 According to a new report from the Tax Foundation, California's business tax climate is the third worst in the nation next to New Jersey and New ... » More		Energy »View all CMTA's Dorothy Rothrock takes on California's cap-and-trade revenue grab on ABC radio show  Jan. 20 On Tuesday this week, Dorothy Rothrock, discussed AB 32's new cap-and-trade auction and revenue program in a live interview with ABC Radio's Larry ... » More Gov’s budget uses Cap-and-Trade revenue  Jan. 6 A part of the Governor’s budget proposed yesterday, January 5th, includes authority to use $1 billion to be raised from the implementation ... » More
Workers' Comp »View all Workers' comp legislative days  Feb. 3 2012 is shaping up to be a critical year for ... » More Workers’ comp bill cost analysis challenged  Aug. 26 According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, a bill authored by Assembly Insurance Chairman » More		Corp. Counsel »View all Pirated technology targeted by AB 473  April 21 A bill to address the serious problem of pirated technology is put forward in AB 473 ( » More California back at forefront of online privacy debate  April 15 The California State Legislature is considering a law that would give consumers more control over how their online behavior is tracked and shared ... » More		Environment »View all LEED certification being given a monopoly  Feb. 3 Senate President Pro Tempore, Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) has ... » More OEHHA Hazard Trait Regulation approved despite serious criticism  Jan. 27 The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) Hazard Trait Regulation, which CMTA and other industry representatives ... » 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 now optional graduation requirement  Oct. 14 On Sunday, October 9, the deadline to sign or veto bills, Governor Brown decided the fate of many education bills sitting on his desk. On Career ... » More Governor vetoes CTE legislation  Oct. 8 In a surprising turn of events Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 2446 (Warren ... » 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