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Upcoming Event: March 11,
2010
Submit Your Questions: State Senate Candidate Debate
March 11, 2010
The Corona Chamber of Commerce is hosting a debate on
March 11, 2010 for the candidates running for the State
Senate seat representing the 37th District. The debate will
be held at the Sizzler Restaurant, 1461 Rimpau Ave. in
Corona at 11:30am. Call the Chamber to reserve your ticket
at (951) 737-3350.
In the meantime, the Chamber
wants your voice to be heard! Submit your questions so
we can include it in the list of questions to be asked of
the candidates on March 11, 2010.
Click here
to submit your questions!
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March 1, 2010
Chamber Supports Expedited
Movement on SR91
The Corona Chamber of Commerce is supporting the
Riverside County Transportation Commission’s (RCTC)
application to the California Transportation Commission
(CTC) for a Design-Build Program for the SR-91corridor
improvement project.
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February 15, 2010
Port Funding Critical to
the Corona Business Community
The Corona Chamber of Commerce has expressed its support
for H.R. 3447, due to its ability to positively impact
the future competitiveness and environmental soundness
of the Long Beach and Los Angeles Ports.
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January 22, 2010
Corona
Chamber Set Legislative Priorities
For 2010,
Focuses On Three Strategic Initiatives
Each year, the Corona Chamber of Commerce’s
Legislative Action Committee (LAC) convenes in a
special Planning Session to develop the Policy
Platform for the following year. The public policy
priorities adopted serve as the foundation for the
Corona Chamber’s continuing effort to improve the
business climate in Corona and its surrounding
business areas.
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January 10, 2010
Federal Healthcare
Reform Negotiations Ongoing; Chamber Continues To Weigh
In
The Corona Chamber of Commerce supports reform of the current
healthcare system. Most importantly, we support reform of the
efforts to control costs and improve quality for both Corona
employers and their employees. The Chamber has urged its federal
leadership to jettison
the current healthcare bill.
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December 20, 2009
New Laws
In 2010 That May Impact Your Business
A number of
legislative and regulatory changes will take effect in 2010 that
may impact the operations and planning of local businesses.
“Keeping our
members informed of the nature and timing of these types of
changes is an important part of the Chamber’s mission,” said the
Chamber’s Legislative Action Committee (LAC) Chair, Cynthia
Schneider. “We encourage all members to review this information
and contact the Chamber staff with any questions.”
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December 10, 2009
Corona
Chamber Delivers Results!
In its on-going mission to represent the interests and
articulate the value of local businesses, the Corona
Chamber of Commerce is pleased to report 2010 was an
active and results-driven year.
“Too often, activity doesn’t translate into
productivity,” remarked the Chamber’s Legislative Action
Committee (LAC) Chair, Cynthia Schneider. “By all
accounts, the Chamber’s efforts in 2010 materially
benefited local businesses. From fighting against the
implementation of proposed increases in workers
compensation rates to advocating on behalf of workplace
flexibility to lobbying against tax increases, the
Corona Chamber played a meaningful leadership role in
influencing the outcome of debates that matter to its
members.”
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November 30, 2009
2009 Vote Record:
Corona Chamber of Commerce Holds State Representatives
Accountable
2009 Vote Record: “A” Grade For A Job Well Done. State
Representatives Voted with the Corona Chamber At Least
90% of the time.
The Corona Chamber
of Commerce is pleased to report that its advocacy agenda in
2009, which involved analyzing, directly supporting, and
tracking 25 proposed laws with provisions pertinent to our
business community, enjoyed remarkable success.
“Corona State Legislators – Senator John J. Benoit and Assembly
Member Jeff Miller – continued the work of former legislators
that served our area,” stated, Linda Pearson Chair of the Corona
Chamber’s Board of Directors. “As always, it was the Chamber’s
responsibility to take the lead in 2009 to work with both of our
leaders and to inform them of our local business community’s
point of view on important issues. Again, Corona businesses were
well represented in Sacramento on critical legislative issues
impacting our members,” Pearson continued.
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November 30, 2009
Corona: Right Place
High Speed Rail Line
 In
a recent letter writing campaign to the California
High-Speed Rail Authority,
the Corona Chamber of
Commerce expressed its strong support for the California
High-Speed Rail Train System.
Part of the system calls
for the Technical Working Group’s (TWG) plan for an
alternative route along the I-15 freeway with a proposed
working station in the City of Corona. An alternative
route along the I-15 freeway would bring thousands of
jobs to the City of Corona.
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November 13, 2009
Chamber
Sends Healthcare Reform
Message To Senators Feinstein and Boxer
The
Corona Chamber sent the following message to United
States Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer today
on the passage of the healthcare reform proposal in the
House of Representatives now to be debated in the
Senate:
The Corona Chamber of
Commerce opposes a Senate proposal that has emerged as
an annual $6.7 billion tax on healthcare plans. As
stated in an earlier letter sent July 27, 2009, the
Chamber continues to make it a priority to ensure
responsible healthcare infrastructure and insurance
policy proposals that result in increased availability
of affordable healthcare coverage for employers and
their employees.
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November 13, 2009
Corona Chamber Sends Letter
To Secretary of Transportation on Goods Movement Funding
The Corona Chamber sent a
letter today to the Secretary of Transportation in support
of the advancing needed for transportation funding and
support for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The Corona business community has been especially supportive
of funding for goods movement-related projects and we
requesting your support of Riverside and San Bernardino
County’s applications for the Transportation Investment
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program.
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November 9,
2009
Action Needed: Submit Your
Letter of Support For High Speed Rail In Corona
 The
Corona Chamber of Commerce supports the California
High-Speed Rail Train System proposed alternative route
along the I-15 freeway with a station located in the City of
Corona.
Why This Is
Important To You:
The proposed alternative line would be beneficial to our
business community and surrounding residential communities.
The I-15 freeway continues to undergo numerous improvements
for increased traffic flow as it remains the primary artery
for goods and the movement of people from Orange County
through Corona to our neighboring cities such as Lake
Elsinore, Murrieta and Temecula. The need for alternative
transportation has never been more apparent in our
community.
The High Speed Rail Train System will not only help bring
California into the future of transportation but the Cities
that the system will move through. I respectfully urge your
support of a high speed train line through Corona.
Click here to submit your letter of support today!
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October 10, 2009
Corona Chamber
Levels Playing Field For Small Business
Earlier
this year the Corona Chamber of Commerce supported a piece of
legislation that would expand small business and disabled
veteran business enterprise participation in state contracts and
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger signed AB 31 into law in October.
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for more information.
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October 5, 2009
Chamber Opposes Taxes on
Hospitality Industry
There is a strong belief that federal, state and local
proposals to impose additional alcohol taxes and fees
are on the horizon. The California Alliance for
Hospitality Jobs (CAHJ) is working to dissuade these
proposals by educating the public and policymakers about
how higher alcohol taxes will cost even more jobs in
California and hinder the state’s economic recovery. The
Corona Chamber of Commerce has joined the CAHJ effort
and is looking for support from our members as well.
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for more information.
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September
22, 2009
Economic
Recovery: Corona Chamber the Driving Force
Each year the Corona Chamber of Commerce determines its
three most important public policy priorities. One such
priority this year is for the Chamber to take a
proactive role in stimulating our local economy.
The Chamber recently joined a coalition focused on
reviving our economy at both the state and local level.
The coalition is made up of many other Chambers of
Commerce statewide. The Corona Chamber of Commerce was
one of the first to step up in support of the coalition
which is dedicated to helping shape California’s
economic for recovery.
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for more information.
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September
18,
2009
Corona Chamber Supports
IOU Reform
The Corona Chamber of Commerce supports a proposal in
the State Legislature that would authorize state
agencies to accept California-issued IOU’s as payment
for outstanding debt to the state by businesses and
individuals.
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for more information.
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September
1,
2009
Chamber Fights Federal
Mandated Healthcare Plans
It is the long standing
priority of the Corona Chamber of Commerce to support
responsible healthcare infrastructure and insurance
policy proposals that result in increased availability
of affordable healthcare coverage for employers and
their employees.
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for more information.
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September
1,
2009
Chamber Takes Proactive
Approach to Credit Report Proposal
The Corona Chamber of
Commerce took action to oppose a legislative proposal
that would negatively impact the business use of
consumer credit reports during an employee hiring
process.
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for more information.
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August 27,
2009
Chamber Comments on
March Development LifeCare Project
The Corona Chamber issued
the following comments as part of the EIR commenting
phase of the March Development Lifecare Project. The
March LifeCare development will be an integrated
healthcare campus, offering a wide range of
medical-related services to residents of southwestern
Riverside County.
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for more information.
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August 1,
2009
Chamber Opposes Paid
Sick Leave Mandate
The Corona
Chamber of Commerce has a long history of opposing
proposals that mandate paid sick leave. This year, the
Chamber opposes AB 1000, a proposed law that would
mandate that businesses would have to provide paid sick
leave to all employees. AB 1000 would also unreasonably
expand employers and local government agencies’ costs
and liability by mandating a specific paid sick leave
policy.
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for more information.
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July 20, 2009
Chamber Joins Coalition to Fight Tax Increases
The Corona Chamber of Commerce joins a coalition uniting
taxpayers, businesses and other organizations in the
fight to oppose any legislative proposal that
unconstitutionally raises taxes. The new coalition will
also oppose any attempt to eliminate the required
two-thirds vote in the Legislature when trying to pass
the state budget.
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for more information.
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July 10, 2009
Chamber
Supports Water Conservation Legislation Directed at
Mitigating Costs to Businesses
California is in its third year of a drought and
businesses are being asked to reduce water usage as much
as possible. There are a number of methods available to
businesses to aid in any effort to conserve; however,
most carry a large price tag, therefore placing them out
of reach for many. It is in this light the Chamber
supports AB 474, the focus of which is to mitigate the
initial outlay for any business willing to increase
their conservation efforts.
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for more information.
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May 28,
2009
Cynthia
Schneider Receives the Prestigious Small Business Advocate
of the Year Award
Each year, the California Chamber of Commerce recognizes
small business leaders who have done an exceptional job with
their local, state and national advocacy efforts. Last week
in Sacramento, at the California Chamber of Commerce
Business Summit, Cynthia Schneider, former Corona Chamber
Board Chairman and current Chairman of the Corona Chamber’s
Legislative Action Committee (LAC) was honored with the
prestigious Small Business Advocate of the Year Award.
Cynthia Schneider is the Senior Vice President of American
Security Bank and a long-time active member and volunteer
leader of the Corona Chamber of Commerce. American Security
Bank has 7 full service branches (2 in Apple Valley; 1 in
the following: Corona; Laguna Niguel; Lancaster; Newport
Beach and Victorville ;) and one loan production office in
Palmdale.
Cynthia was recognized last
week by Allan Zaremberg, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Cal
Chamber as a visionary business leader who successfully
secured the support of the Corona Chamber Board of Directors
in 2006 to make an unprecedented investment in representing
the interest of our business community at all levels of
government. Since then, the Corona Chamber has built one of
the most active and results driven business advocacy
efforts.
Joining Schneider was her
husband David and a host of others: Corona Chamber Chairman
of the Board Linda Pearson (Corona Regional Medical Center);
Corona Mayor Steve Nolan; Corona Mayor Pro-Tem Karen
Spiegel; Former Corona Mayor, Darrell Talbert; Officer and
Board Member for Corona Chamber Chris Miller (Thomas Miller
Mortuary); Denea Breitenbucher (Corona Chamber Staff) and
Corona Chamber CEO / President Bobby Spiegel
“Since 2006, our Chamber has
activated our local business community on hundreds of
legislative proposals impacting Corona,” stated Bobby
Spiegel, President and CEO of the Corona Chamber of
Commerce.
“Cynthia was able to secure
hundreds of letters from our business community on each
issue, educate them through numerous email ‘Call to Action’
campaigns, and issue annual vote records to hold our
Legislators accountable to our positions. In 2007 and 2008,
each of our State Legislators voted with the Corona Chamber
100% of the time,” continued Spiegel.
Under Cynthia’s leadership, the
Corona Chamber has developed a more concise advocacy plan by
involving people in our process of developing positions on
behalf of our members. Cynthia created subcommittees of the
LAC where Chamber members review specific data detail by
detail and then report on their discussion at the monthly
LAC meeting. This process streamlined the entire decision
making process enabling the Corona Chamber to be more
productive on behalf of its business community.
Cynthia also successfully
rallied our business community to support the implementation
of the Sunrise Powerlink Project. This Project will help
protect the supply of reliable and affordable electricity
for Corona and our State. Cynthia built a grassroots network
of over 200 local business leaders to actively support the
project through letter writing campaigns. She also traveled
to San Francisco to be the lead business advocate testifying
in support of the California Public Utility Commission’s
approval of the project. After hours of testimony and at the
urging of many businesses in Corona, the Commission approved
the Project.
Cynthia is also active in
campaigns for elected officials. She works diligently on
local campaigns, citing her father’s guidance as a child was
to always use her talents to better others. Cynthia brings
her creativity, visionary plans and action to local
elections.
Corona Chamber of Commerce
funds the Legislative Action process through its Signature
Event, the Annual Magic of Monte Carlo (being held on
Friday, June 12 at Eagle Glen in Corona). Funds derived from
this event also go towards member benefits including
Legislative outreach. None of the dues collected through
membership fees are spent on Legislative matters. The Corona
Chamber has a membership just shy of 1,000.
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