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The Brea Chamber Fights for Your Business

The Brea Chamber is actively engaged at every level of government where decisions are made that impact your business. Local, regional, state, and federal. We are the only organization solely dedicated to protecting and advancing the interests of Brea’s business community every single day.

We serve as your eyes, ears, and voice in the halls of government. We champion business‑friendly policy and push back against policies that would harm employers, jobs, and economic vitality. While you are focused on operating and growing your business, we are working relentlessly on your behalf.

Even if you never attend a Chamber event, your membership investment is working for you around the clock through our Government Affairs Program. Advocacy is not an add‑on. It is core to who we are and what we do.

The Brea Chamber also convenes an active and influential Government Affairs Committee, providing members with direct access to policy discussions and decision‑makers. To inquire about serving on the committee, please contact Tanya Huynh at the Brea Chamber office.

City of Brea
Bill/Issue Author/Sponsor Summary Status Monitoring Support Oppose Date Council Votes
Costco in Brea Dwight Manley Costco in Brea: 50 year tax rebate with Dwight Manley if he executes a lease with Costco within a year to the former Beckman Coulter Campus Passes Finance Committee, City Council agrees to Economic Agreement - Monitoring Status to Planning Commission? X 12/16/25 Ayes: Hupp, Vargas, Simonoff
Noes: Marick
Absent: Stewart

California Assembly
Bill/Issue Author/Sponsor Summary Status Monitoring Support Oppose Date Votes
AB 1576 Ortega Workers’ compensation: Subsequent injuries payments: Updates California workers’ compensation rules to tighten eligibility and oversight for extra benefits when workers with prior disabilities suffer a new injury, and shifts administration of the trust fund to the Department of Industrial Relations. Signed onto another letter supporting administration's proposed budget trailer language. Support with changes,
In Assembly Insurance Committee		 X 2/24/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A
AB 1898 Schulz Workplace artificial intelligence tools: Requires California employers to notify workers and disclose details before using artificial intelligence tools that affect employment decisions or monitor workplace activity, and establishes enforcement and penalties for noncompliance. Signed onto CalChamber letter opposing bill. In Assembly Judiciary Committee X 3/11/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A
AB 1313 Papan Water quality: permits: Required the State Water Resources Control Board to create a new statewide stormwater discharge permit under the federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for commercial, industrial, and institutional properties of 5 acres or more that contribute pollution through stormwater and certain non‑storm discharges. Bill placed on Assembly's inactive file, will not move forward in Assembly X 2/2/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A
AB 1243 Addis Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025: Required the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify the largest historical fossil fuel polluters (based on emissions from 1990–2024), conduct a study of climate change damages to California, and assess those companies to pay for a share of climate‑related costs — with the money going into a new “Climate Superfund” to pay for mitigation, adaptation, and climate harm recovery. Died in Committee, will not move forward in Assembly X 2/2/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A

California State Senate
Bill/Issue Author/Sponsor Summary Status Monitoring Support Oppose Date Vote
SB 555 Cabelllero
Laird		 Workers’ compensation: average annual earnings: Updates how average weekly earnings are calculated for workers’ compensation, adds annual cost-of-living adjustments for permanent partial disability starting in 2026, and sets new limits for 2027, while clarifying methods for computing earnings in different work situations. Currently in CA Assembly X 1/27/26 Archuleta: Yea
Chen: N/A
SB 799 Allen Joint powers authorities: South Bay Regional Housing Trust: Allow private whistleblowers to sue companies for tax fraud under the California False Claims Act and receive a share of the money the state recovers. Signed coalition letter from Civil Justuice Association of California, California Taxpayers Association and California Chamber of Commerce opposing initial bill. Was amended into housing trust bill and currently in CA Assembly X 1/26/26 Archuleta: Yea
Chen: N/A
SB 872 McNerney Climate change: funding priorities: Using climate funding to support critical repairs and improvements to levees and canals and key water sources, particularly the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and the State Water Project. Set for hearing March 18 X 3/3/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A
SB 1123 Wiener Administrative Procedure Act: major regulations: weakens California’s major-regulation review process by allowing agencies to offset economic costs with claimed ‘public benefits,’ potentially enabling costly new regulations on businesses without full economic impact analysis. Signed onto letter opposing from CalChamber. Referred to Committee on Governmental Organization X 3/18/26 Archuleta: N/A
Chen: N/A
SB 310 Wiener Failure to pay wages: penalties: Strengthens penalties for failure to pay wages and clarifies how these penalties can be recovered. Not moved forward during the legislative session - 2 year bill died X 2/2/26 Chen: N/A
Archuleta: N/A
SB 789 Menjivar Taxation: information returns: vacant commercial real property: Requires California commercial property owners to annually report vacancy information to the state so it can analyze long-term vacant buildings and consider policies such as a potential vacancy tax to support the California Dream for All Program Died in Committee, will not move forward in Senate X 2/2/26 Chen: N/A
Archuleta: N/A

Federal Legislation
Bill/Issue Author/Sponsor Summary Status Date Vote
Permitting Reform Coalition Letter U.S. Chamber Permitting Reform Coalition Letter: The letter urges the U.S. Senate to pass bipartisan comprehensive permitting reform to modernize the nation’s permitting process, reduce delays, lower costs, and enable faster investment in infrastructure projects—like broadband, energy, transportation, and water systems—so communities and businesses can benefit from safer, more efficient, and more sustainable development. Letter sent to United States Senate X 2/22/26
H.R. 1163: Prove It Act of 2025 Rep. Brad Finstad Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require federal agencies to analyze and disclose foreseeable indirect costs of proposed regulations on small businesses and allows small entities to petition the Small Business Administration to review agency determinations that rules will not significantly impact them. Signed onto coalition letter from U.S. Chamber of Commerce in support.
Introduced in House of Representatives		 X 3/18/26