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• HAPPY THANKSGIVING
• WEEKLY ALERT ON HIATUS

• BILL IDEAS FOR 2020

• CALTAX: $4.4B+ IN NEW TAXES AND FEES

• LAST CHANCE! REGISTER NOW FOR THE STRATEGIC ISSUES CONFERENCE

• CBPA 2019/2020CALENDAR

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

CBPA would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope you get some time off.

 

California is a great state, we live in a wonderful country, and we have a lot to be thankful for. We hope you get to spend some quality time with loved ones next week.

 

And please take a moment to reflect and thank the men and women in uniform who are serving our country overseas away from their families at this time.

 

 

WEEKLY ALERT ON HIATUS

 

Please note, the Weekly Alert will be on hiatus from now until the new year. But don’t worry, if anything major happens, we’ll be sure to let you know.

 

We will return from our short-hibernation on to our regular schedule on Friday, January 10, to bring you all the news, gossip, and inside-information from Sacramento. Also, we do need our rest as 2020 is going to be a very busy year battling against an $11 Billion split roll property tax increase aimed at your properties!

 

In the meantime, if you have any questions, comments, or need information, please email Matthew Hargrove mhargrove@cbpa.com .

 

 

BILL IDEAS FOR 2020

 

Before the Legislature reconvenes in January we need your ideas on proactive changes to the law that our industry should consider pursuing. Are there issues in statute that could be made better, more efficacious? Something not addressed in statute that should be? Let us know so we can do the needed research and work with authors to get a bill introduced by the appropriate deadlines.

 

CALTAX: $4.4B+ IN NEW TAXES AND FEES

 

Our friends at the California Taxpayers Association (CALTAX) report that during the first year of the 2019-20 legislative session, state lawmakers and the governor approved more than $4.4 billion a year in higher taxes and fees.

The foundation’s Tax and Fee Report describes all taxes and fees proposed, lists the current status of each measure, and details how lawmakers voted.

According to the report, “The tax and fee increases enacted this year include a renewal of California’s Managed Care Organization tax, two cellphone surcharges and a renewal of a surcharge on electricity ratepayers.”

In his last year in office, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation totaling $200 million in new annual taxes and fees. 

Click here to read the CalTax “Tax and Fee Report.” https://caltax.org/foundation/reports/2019_tax_fee_report_111919.pdf

 

 

LAST CHANCE! REGISTER NOW FOR THE STRATEGIC ISSUES CONFERENCE

 

This Monday is the last day for registration! The Strategic Issues Conference is A BIG DEAL this year!  Co-Hosted by ten of the most highly regarded business groups in Sacramento, the conference will focus on the elections and politics that we can expect in 2020.  

This year’s conference is being held at the recently renovated Embassy Suites in Napa, California on December 5-6.
 

The goal of the Strategic Issues Conference is to increase public policy and political awareness of state and national issues, and to foster collaborative efforts among business leaders from all sectors of the California economy.

Ten major business groups have come together to host an event you don’t want to miss!  California Business Properties Association (CBPA), American Council for Engineering Companies (ACEC), Building Owners and Managers of California (BOMA CAL), California Alliance for Jobs (CAJ), California Building Industry Association (CBIA), California Business Roundtable (CBRT), California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA), California Retailers Association (CRA), NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP), National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

CLICK HERE to register now.  For more information on this exciting event CLICK HERE.

For hotel accommodations, please contact the Embassy Suite, Napa Valley directly at 707-253-9540.

 

We hope to see you in December!

 

CBPA 2019/2020 CALENDAR

 

 

2019

 

 

 

Thursday-Friday, December 5-6

 

Strategic Issues Conference

 

Embassy Suites Napa Valley

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 26

 

CBPA Winter Board Meeting

 

CalChamber, Sacramento

 

 

 

Thursday, April 2

 

CBPA’s Industry-Wide Legislative Committee Meeting

 

Southern California

 

 

 

Tuesday-Wednesday, June 9-10

 

California Commercial Real Estate Summit

 

& Annual Meeting

 

CalChamber, Sacramento

 

 

 

Thursday, October 22

 

Industry Awards Dinner

 

The Renaissance Hotel, Newport Beach