December 15, 2010

South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce 2010 Vote Records: Holding Elected Officials Accountable

The 2010 Vote Record: SBACC tracked votes on 23 Potential Laws for Senator Alan Lowenthal, Senator Roderick D. Wright, Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford, Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani, Assembly Member Ted Lieu, Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In 2010, SBACC approved positions on 23 potential laws (bills) that impact over 53,000 businesses throughout the South Bay region. Regional legislators received letters communicating the positions on all 23 bills. The SBACC lobbied during the 2010 legislative session for our legislators to OPPOSE 12 bills and SUPPORT 11 bills.

“This was a difficult year for the South Bay regional business community. We need to continue to work with our legislators in order to help the South Bay regional business community rebound by creating jobs and positive economic growth,” stated George Kivett, SBACC Chair. “These vote records demonstrate how our elected officials voted with SBACC and we can continue to hold them accountable. Next year needs to be the year where our elected officials side with business in order to get the South Bay back on track As we move into the final year of a two-year session, we will once again communicate our position on pieces of legislation that may impact the regional business community in the South Bay,” Kivett continued.

The SBACC’s official positions on each of the 23 bills have been available online at www.SBACC.com including summaries and explanations of why the SBACC opposed and supported each of the 23 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 potential new laws in which each legislator voted. A potential new law is not figured into the vote record percentage if a legislator, for whatever reason, did not vote or if the potential new laws died before the legislator had an opportunity to vote.

Summary of Votes
 

2010 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 35 Furutani (D) Education: Career Education and Workforce Development
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 212 Saldana (D) Energy: Building Standards: Zero Net Energy Buildings
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 482 Mendoza (D) Employment: Credit Reports
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

AB 898 Lieu (D) Documents: Notaries Public: Solicitations
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

AB 903 Chesbro (D) Compostable Plastic Bags
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 1594 Huber (D) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Peripheral Canal
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 1771 Mendoza (D) Public Contracts: Prison Industry Authority
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 1778 Lieu (D) State Agency Promotions: Commercials
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

AB 1805 Calderon C (D) Environment: California Environmental Quality Act
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 1881 Monning (D) Recovery of Wages: Liquidated Damages
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

AB 2138 Chesbro (D) Product Management: Single-use Recyclable Packaging
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 2187 Arambula (I) Employment: Payment of Wages
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

AB 2336 Fuller (R) Delta Stewardship Council
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 2492 Ammiano (D) Property Taxation: Change in Ownership
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

AB 2687 Bradford (D) Income Taxes: Credit: Trade Infrastructor: Cargo
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

ACR 101 Furutani (D) Buy California Small Business First Month
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger SIGNED

SB 657 Steinberg (D) Human Trafficking
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger SIGNED

SB 967 Correa (D) Public Contracts: Recovery and Reinvestment Act
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

SB 974 Steinberg (D) Income and Corporations Tax: Hiring and Career Credit
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright NO
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

SB 1010 Correa (D) Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal NO
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

SB 1335 Cox (R) Employment: Working Hours
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A

SB 1474 Steinberg (D) Labor Representatives: Elections
SBACC Position Oppose
State Senator Alan Lowenthal YES
State Senator Roderick D. Wright YES
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford YES
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani YES
Assembly Member Ted Lieu YES
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal YES
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger VETOED

SB 66 h Cox (R) Employment: Working Hours
SBACC Position Support
State Senator Alan Lowenthal N/A
State Senator Roderick D. Wright N/A
Assembly Member Steven C. Bradford N/A
Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani N/A
Assembly Member Ted Lieu N/A
Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal N/A
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger N/A