Category: Policy

The City of San Diego’s Environment Committee heard an update on their first report of a multi-phased study to evaluate the feasibility for the City to create its own public […]

The Chamber’s Policy Team continues to be part of stakeholder discussions involving development services’ process improvements at the City and County.   Last week, County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer presented a board […]

The region is seeking a Federal State of Emergency due to the ongoing influx of sewage, industrial discharges, and trash from the Tijuana River. Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre urged […]

The City of San Diego is partnering with the World Economic Forum for a City Sprint series. These workshops are focused on developing strategies to implement the City’s new Climate […]

Chamber President & CEO Jerry Sanders, and Executive Director of International Business Affairs Kenia Zamarripa joined city and county officials last week to celebrate the beginning of the $60.6 million […]

Earlier this month, several officials resigned from their posts to pursue their presidential candidacy with the MORENA party. This included Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo […]

San Diego County department heads recently revealed their spending plans for 2024, providing insight on proposed spending increases that will raise the county budget by 10 percent. The office that […]

At their May 2 meeting, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to hold a special election to fill the District 4 seat, formerly held by Nathan Fletcher.  […]

The City’s Climate Action Plan calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve net zero by 2035. Because residential and commercial buildings are responsible for nearly 25% of […]

REVIEW ADVANCED CLEAN FLEETS ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE REGULATIONS SUMMARY HERE     The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a groundbreaking regulation called “Advanced Clean Fleets,” which aims to transition […]