Regulatory Affairs, Local Outreach & Federal Legislation
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Governor's Office & State Legislature
- Letter to Governor Newsom re: Assistance with Implementation of SB 553 Workplace Violence Regs Under CalOSHA 04/02/24
- Letter to Governor Newsom re: Environmental Policies Impacts on Businesses 12/23
- Letter to Newsom re: AB 5 and the Trucking Industry 07/11/22
- Letter to Newsom re: Enhanced COVID benefits, related impacts to employers, labor market 06/14/21
- Letter to Newsom & Legislature re: State and Local Tax (SALT) Reform for CA Businesses 03/16/21
- Letter to Newsom & Legislature re: Economic Recovery 01/13/21
- California Air Resources Board
- Comments on Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Regulation 10/13/22
- Comments on the Draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan 06/23/22
- Informal Public Comments on the Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Rulemaking 10/13/21
- Comments on the Introductory Presentation of the 2022 Scoping Plan 07/09/21
- California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
- DRAFT Letter to Board of Forestry and Fire Protection re: Supplemental Comments on Proposed Fire Safe Regulations 01/18/22
- Letter to Land Use Planning Program Manager re: Comments on DRAFT State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations, 2021 06/22/21
- California Board of Pharmacy
- Letter to BoP re: Quality Assurance Program regulation - Second Modified Text 02/11/25
- Letter to BoP re: Quality Assurance Program regulation - Modified Text 12/02/24
- Letter to BoP re: Quality Assurance Program regulation 09/23/24
- Letter to Board re: Recognition of PREP Act to Ensure Continued Access to COVID-19 Testing, Treatment and Immunizations in California 02/14/23
- Letter to Board re: Proposed Changes to Regulations Related to Pharmaceutical Compounding of Nonsterile Preparations: Flavoring 02/10/23
- Letter to Board re: Board of Pharmacy Licensure Delay Issues 07/22/22
- California Business, Consumer Services & Housing Agency
- Letter to Agency re: Recognition of PREP Act to Ensure Continued Access to COVID-19 Testing, Treatment and Immunizations in California 02/22/23
- California Civil Rights Council
- Letter to Council re: Rulemaking on “Automated Decision-Making” Systems 11/18/24
- California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation
- Letter to Department re: Prospective Licensing Requirements for Employer-Provided Training Programs Involving Use of Employee Repayment Agreements 03/14/23
- California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
- Letter to CalRecycle re: Comments on Third Round of SB 54 Draft Regulations for SB 54 12/17/24
- Letter to CalRecycle re: Cal Retailers Response to CARE’s urgent request to CalRecycle to approve an increase in carpet differential assessment 11/13/24
- Letter to CalRecycle re: Comments on Second Round of SB 54 Draft Regulations 11/04/24
- Letter to CalRecycle re: Comments on SB 54 Formal Rulemaking 05/08/24
- Letter to CalRecycle: CalRecycle’s Interpretation of SB 212 re: Sharps Stewardship Program 07/20/22
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Letter to DTSC re: Adoption of Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals 02/22/24
- Letter to DTSC re: Clean Earth 10/07/21
- California Energy Commission
- Comments on draft proposal to repeal the Title 20 requirements for portable luminaires
- California Franchise Tax Board
- Letter to FTB re: Push to Revise the MTC’s Model Sourcing Rules 04/02/24
- California Law Revision Commission
- Letter to the Commission re: Anti Trust Law Study B-750 02/28/24
- California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
- Letter to OEHHA re: Comments on Proposed Amendments to Title 27, Article 6, Clear and Reasonable Warnings - Safe Harbor Methods and Content 01/03/24
- Letter to OEHHA re: Proposed Amendments to Article 6, Clear and Reasonable Warnings (Acrylamide) 11/08/21
- Letter to OEHHA re: proposed changes to Proposition 65 Short-For Warnings 03/29/21
- California Office of Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA)
- Letter to Cal/OSHA re: Proposed Regulation for Proposed SB 553 Implementation Regarding Workplace Violence 09/03/24
- Letter to OSHSB re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Lead Regulations – Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4: Construction Safety Orders (Section 1532.1) and General Industry Safety Orders (Sections 5155 and 5198) 4/20/2023
- Letter to CalOSHA Board re: COVID-19 Regulation 15-day Change Notice 10/31/22
- Letter to CalOSHA re: Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) – Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal (Docket NO. OSHA-2018-0004) 10/31/22
- Letter to CalOSHA re: Second Readoption of the COVID-19 ETS 12/14/21
- Letter to Division of Occupational Health and Safety: Comments on New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Amendments 11/08/21
- Letter to Cal OSHA re: Comments for Advisory Committee on the COVID-19 Permanent Regulation
10/04/21 - Letter to Cal OSHA re: New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Amendments 05/20/21
- California Privacy Protection Agency
- Letter to Agency Board re: Round 2 of CCPA Rulemaking Process
- Letter to Agency Board re: Business Community Concerns Regarding CPRA Regulatory Process 11/03/22
- Letter to Agency re: Preliminary Comments to Agency’s Questions Related to the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 11/08/21
- California Supreme Court
- Letter to Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye and Associate Justices re: Environmental Health Advocates v. Stream, Inc.
- California State Transportation Agency
- Letter to CalSTA re: Business Input on Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure 03/23/21
- California Transportation Commission
- Letter to CTC re: Business Input on Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure 03/23/21
- LOCAL
- Letter to Mayors of the Cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach re: Opposition to the SCAQMD Seaport Indirect Source Rule (PORT ISR) 09/17/24
- Letter to Anaheim City Council and Planning Commission re: Support for DisneylandForward Project to invigorate California and Orange County regional economy 03.04.24
- Letter to City/County of San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee re: Parcel Delivery Service 02/23/24
- Letter to Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board 12/18/23
- Letter to City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works re: Comprehensive Plastics Reduction PEIR 05/30/23
- Letter to City of Los Angeles Committee on Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice and River re: Polystyrene Ban 11/02/22
- Letter to South Lake Tahoe City Council re: Commercial Ban on Plastic Water Bottles 09/19/22
- Letter to Los Angeles County Department of Public Health 07/15/22
- Letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed re: Temporary Allowance to Use Video Footage to Help Deter, Investigate and Solve Crimes in San Francisco 07/14/22
- Letter to Southern California Association of Governments Regional Advance Mitigation Planning Advisory Task Group re: Connect SoCal 04/01/22
- Letter to Los Angeles City Council re: Council File 19-0229 – Retail Scheduling Ordinance 02/18/22
- Letter to Encinitas City Council re: Opposition to Helium Balloon Ban 01/18/22
- Premium Pay Public Affairs Campaign Coalition Update
- Letter to East Palo Alto Mayor re:Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance 05/26/21
- Letter to SCAQMD re: Opposition to the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) proposed Warehouse Indirect Source Rule (ISR) 03/03/21
- Additional Comments on Draft Rule 2305
- Letter to San Diego City Councilmember Raul Campillo re: Proposed Predictive Scheduling Ordinance 05/05/21
- Letter to LA County Board of Supervisors re: Paid Sick Leave 05/17/21
- Letter to LA City Council President re: Motion to require vaccination checks before business entry; retail exemption 08/10/21
- Letter to LA County Board of Supervisors re: Motion to require vaccination checks before business entry; retail exemption 08/10/21
- Letter to LA County Regional Planning Commission re: Draft Green Zones Ordinance 09/17/21
- Federal Letter to Federal Maritime Commission re: Examination of PierPASS and Public Hearing on Gate Management at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex 02/24/22
- Letter to Federal Maritime Commission re: Extension of Temporary Adjustment and Long-Term Gate Productivity in San Pedro Bay 01/27/22
- Letter to US Senate re: FTC Penalty Language in BBB 12/15/21
- Letter Opposing Federal Monitoring of State Workers' Compensation 10/19/21
- Letter to Congressman Lou Correa re: Opposition to Federal Excise Tax Increase 09/24/21
- Letter to Congressman Jimmy Panetta re: Opposition to Federal Excise Tax Increase 09/24/21
- Letter to Congressman Jim Costa re: Opposition to Federal Excise Tax Increase 09/24/21
- FEDERAL
- Letter to ILA and US Maritime Alliance re: Resumption of Port Labor Negotiations 12/6/24
- Joint Maritime Security Letter 02/08/24
- Letter to Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader Jeffries and Minority Leader McConnell re: Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act 01/19/24
- Letter to US President and Secretary of Homeland Security re: rail service closures at El Paso and Eagle Pass Land Ports 12/18/23
- Letter Requesting CoSponsors for CORCA 11/2/23 (letter was sent individually to each member of CA's Congressional Delegation)
- US Chamber Coalition Letter to Biden Administration re: Labor Negotiations Between UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Letter to Federal Trade Commission, members of Congress and President Biden Administration Officials re: Global Digital Labeling 07/11/23
- Letter to House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party 06/02/23
- Letter to Biden Administration re: Administration Must Continue to Engage to Avoid a Rail Strike 10/27/22
- Letter to Congressional Leadership re: Rail Strike 09/14/22