Legislative Snapshot 2013
How did our legislators vote on business issues?
Jackson
Pavley
Gorell
Wilk
Williams
Alliance Positions
Legislative Snapshot 2013 AB 10 (Alejo) increases minimum wage by 20% over two years, making California’s minimum wage highest in nation. SIGNED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
AB 227 (Gatto) protects employers from frivolous lawsuits by giving them 15 days to correct Prop. 65 violations before such lawsuits can proceed. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 628 (Gorell) Requires CA Infrastructure Development Bank to fund projects to finance projects to promote economic development in harbor and port districts that are developed pursuant to energy management plan. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 664 (Williams) Creates Gold Coast Transit District to serve Ventura County cities of Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura and Ojai. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 729 (Hernandez) Creates a new evidentiary privilege that is one-sided and provides union representatives with unfair opportunities to preclude relevant evidence during litigation regarding labor disputes or collective bargaining. VETOED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
SB 4 (Pavley) Requires overly restrictive and burdensome regulation of the use of hydraulic fracturing, jeopardizing oil and gas production in the region, which could drive up fuel and energy prices and harm the job market in these sectors. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
SB 7 (Steinberg) Prohibits charter cities from receiving or using state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if the city has a charter provision or ordinance that authorizes a contractor to not comply with prevailing wage provisions on any public works contract. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
SB 54 (Hancock) Increases refinery costs and inappropriately applies the payment of prevailing wage to privately financed projects by mandating the payment of prevailing wages in the construction of refineries. SIGNED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
SB 209 (Lieu) Repeals Franchise Tax Board’s action to retroactively tax small business investors who relied in good faith on the law when they made the decision to invest in California and use the Qualified Small Business tax incentive. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Chambers of Commerce Alliance of Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties • www.ChamberAlliance.biz • [email protected]
Jackson
Pavley
Gorell
Wilk
Williams
Alliance Positions
Legislative Snapshot 2013 AB 10 (Alejo) increases minimum wage by 20% over two years, making California’s minimum wage highest in nation. SIGNED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
AB 227 (Gatto) protects employers from frivolous lawsuits by giving them 15 days to correct Prop. 65 violations before such lawsuits can proceed. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 628 (Gorell) Requires CA Infrastructure Development Bank to fund projects to finance projects to promote economic development in harbor and port districts that are developed pursuant to energy management plan. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 664 (Williams) Creates Gold Coast Transit District to serve Ventura County cities of Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura and Ojai. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
AB 729 (Hernandez) Creates a new evidentiary privilege that is one-sided and provides union representatives with unfair opportunities to preclude relevant evidence during litigation regarding labor disputes or collective bargaining. VETOED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
SB 4 (Pavley) Requires overly restrictive and burdensome regulation of the use of hydraulic fracturing, jeopardizing oil and gas production in the region, which could drive up fuel and energy prices and harm the job market in these sectors. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
SB 7 (Steinberg) Prohibits charter cities from receiving or using state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if the city has a charter provision or ordinance that authorizes a contractor to not comply with prevailing wage provisions on any public works contract. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
SB 54 (Hancock) Increases refinery costs and inappropriately applies the payment of prevailing wage to privately financed projects by mandating the payment of prevailing wages in the construction of refineries. SIGNED
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
SB 209 (Lieu) Repeals Franchise Tax Board’s action to retroactively tax small business investors who relied in good faith on the law when they made the decision to invest in California and use the Qualified Small Business tax incentive. SIGNED
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Chambers of Commerce Alliance of Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties • www.ChamberAlliance.biz • [email protected]
