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December 20, 2008
South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce Holds Elected
Officials Accountable to Business Community
The 2008 Vote Record: The 17 Potential Laws Tracked by
the SBACC and How Senator Alan Lowenthal, Senator Jenny
Oropeza, Assembly Member Ted Lieu, Assembly Member Betty
Karnette, Assembly Member Curren D. Price, Jr. and Assembly
Member Warren T. Furutani Voted
The SBACC voted in 2008 to track 17 potential laws (bills)
that impact over 53,000 businesses throughout the South Bay
region. Regional legislators received letters communicating
the positions on all 17 bills. The SBACC lobbied during the
2008 legislative session for our legislators to OPPOSE 7
bills and SUPPORT 10 bills.
“We worked diligently with our local legislators to protect
the economic vitality of our region by raising the average
percentage of the times legislators voted for pro-jobs
legislation to 56%,” stated Helen Duncan, SBACC Chair.
“While we hope to continue to increase this percentage, we
feel it is a step in the right after our local legislators
averaged only an 18% for pro-jobs legislation last year,”
Duncan continued.
The SBACC’s official positions on each of the 17 bills have
been available online at www.SBACC.com including summaries
and explanations of why the SBACC opposed and supported each
of the 17 bills.
To reach the “Percentage FOR pro-jobs legislation”, the
SBACC tallied the number of times our legislators voted for
the SBACC’s position and divided that total by the total
number of bills in which each legislators voted. A bill is
not figured into the vote record percentage if a legislator,
for whatever reason, did not vote on a bill or if the bill
died before the legislator had an opportunity to vote.
Summary of
Votes
|
|
FOR
pro-jobs legislation |
AGAINST
jobs legislation |
Percentage FOR pro-jobs legislation |
|
Senator
Jenny Oropeza |
5 |
3 |
63% |
|
Senator
Alan Lowenthal |
7 |
4 |
64% |
|
Assembly
Member Ted Lieu |
6 |
6 |
50% |
|
Assembly
Member Betty Karnette |
7 |
6 |
54% |
|
Assembly
Member Curren D. Price, Jr. |
6 |
6 |
50% |
|
Assembly
Member Warren T. Furutani |
6 |
5 |
55% |
2008 Vote
Record – In Depth
Not voting = Elected official did not vote.
N/A = Potential new law died before elected official had an
opportunity to vote or in the case of the Governor the
potential new law did not reach his desk.
AB 1 a (Nunez) Healthcare Reform
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A
AB 904 (Feuer) Recycling: Food Containers
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A
AB 2127 (Benoit) Employment: Alternative Workweek
Schedules
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: N/A
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: N/A
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A
AB 2279 (Leno) Medical Marijuana
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Vetoed
AB 2383 (Ruskin) Social Security Numbers
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: N/A
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: N/A
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A
AB 2558 (Feuer) Regional Transportation Agencies: Fees
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: N/A
AB 2716 (Ma) Employment: Paid Sick Days
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: N/A
AB 2938 (De Leon) Water Diversions: Fish Monitoring
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: N/A
SB 375 (Steinberg) Transportation Planning: Travel
Models: Reviews
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Signed
SB 691 (Calderon) Junk Dealers and Recyclers: Nonferrous
Material
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Not Voting
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Signed
SB 1391 (Padilla) Recycled Water
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Vetoed
SB 1420 (Padilla) Food Facilities: Nutritional
Information
SBACC Position: Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Not Voting
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Signed
SB 1539 (Calderon) Meal Periods
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: N/A
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: N/A
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: N/A
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A
SB 1608 (Corbett) Disabled Persons: Equal Access Rights:
Civil Actions
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Signed
SB 1614 (Oropeza) Rental Car Companies
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: N/A
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: N/A
SB 1646 (Padilla) South Coast Air Quality Management
District
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: Support
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: Support
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: Support
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: Support
Governor: Signed
SB 1722 (Oropeza) Metro Green Line Construction Authority
SBACC Position: Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal: Support
State Senator Jenny Oropeza: Support
Assembly Member Ted Lieu: N/A
Assembly Member Betty Karnette: N/A
Assembly Member Curren D. Price Jr.: N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani: N/A
Governor: N/A |
