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SUMMARY:Government & Legislative Affairs Advisory Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Government & Legislative Affairs Advisory Council works with elected officials\, community leaders\, Chamber Members\, topic experts\, and other organizations to shape policies that help promote business creation\, sustainability\, and growth.\n\nAreas of focus include:\n\n\n	Employment\n	Business and Industry Retention\n	Housing and Living Costs\n	Environmental Regulations\, and\n	Workforce Development\n\n\nAdvisory Council Members are responsible for discussing and deciding\, by vote\, the official position adopted by the Chamber regarding the different public issues that affect businesses and workers in San Diego.\n\nFor more information about getting involved with GALA\, call the Chamber at (858) 487-1767.\n\nRegistration is required.\n\nDon't know your member login? Contact the Chamber\n\nAll Chamber Members and their employees are invited to join the meetings and participate in the discussion\n\n\n\nJoin us for our August 6th Meeting\, View Agenda Here!\n\n\n\n\n\nSara Cruz is a Senior Account Executive at Callahan Public Affairs based in Sacramento\, California. She has worked on political and public affairs campaigns across California and has partnered with nonprofits throughout San Diego County on political outreach and fundraising campaigns. Sara is speaking on behalf of Proposition 37   the California Middle-Class Homeownership Act.\n\n\n\n\n\nAt this time Proposition 37 is moving forward without any organized or publicly active opposition and has received broad bipartisan support. If any reputable organizations would like to speak in opposition\, please reach out to Chamber staff.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div background-color:="" color:="" font-size:="" margin:="" open="" outline:="" padding:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" vertical-align:="">\n<p 0px="" background-color:="" color:="" font-size:="" margin:="" open="" outline:="" padding:="" style="border: 0px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; margin: 1em 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; 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font: inherit\; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: inherit\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; letter-spacing: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-align: inherit\; text-indent: inherit\; text-overflow: clip\; text-transform: inherit\; visibility: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; word-spacing: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\; list-style: outside none disc\;">Employment</li>\n	<li style="border: 0px\; font: inherit\; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: inherit\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; letter-spacing: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-align: inherit\; text-indent: inherit\; text-overflow: clip\; text-transform: inherit\; visibility: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; word-spacing: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background: none\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\; list-style: outside none disc\;">Business and Industry Retention</li>\n	<li style="border: 0px\; font: inherit\; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; color: inherit\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; 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position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background-image: none\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;" vertical-align:="">Advisory Council Members are responsible for discussing and deciding\, by vote\, the official position adopted by the Chamber regarding the different public issues that affect businesses and workers in San Diego.</p>\n\n<p 1em="" background-color:="" color:="" font-size:="" margin:="" open="" outline:="" padding:="" style="border: 0px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; margin: 1em 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background-image: none\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;" vertical-align:="">For more information about getting involved with GALA\, call the Chamber at (858) 487-1767.</p>\n\n<p 1em="" background-color:="" color:="" font-size:="" margin:="" open="" outline:="" padding:="" style="border: 0px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; margin: 1em 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background-image: none\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;" vertical-align:=""><strong style="font-family: inherit\; font-style: inherit\; border: 0px\; margin: 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Registration is required.</strong><br style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;" />\n<span style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><em style="border: 0px\; font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; margin: 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(82\, 83\, 82)\;">Don&#39\;t know your&nbsp\;</em><em style="border: 0px\; font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; margin: 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(82\, 83\, 82)\;">member login?&nbsp\;</em></span><a href="mailto:admin@sdbusinesschamber.com?subject=Need%20Chamber%20Login" style="font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Contact&nbsp\;the Chamber</a></p>\n\n<p 0px="" 1em="" background-color:="" color:="" font-size:="" margin:="" open="" outline:="" padding:="" style="border: 0px\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; margin: 1em 0px\; outline: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; inset: auto\; box-sizing: content-box\; clear: none\; content: normal\; direction: inherit\; empty-cells: show\; float: none\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; max-height: none\; max-width: none\; min-height: initial\; min-width: initial\; opacity: 1\; outline-offset: 0px\; overflow: visible\; position: static\; resize: none\; table-layout: auto\; text-overflow: clip\; visibility: inherit\; word-break: inherit\; overflow-wrap: inherit\; z-index: auto\; background-image: none\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; border-collapse: separate\; border-radius: 0px\; height: auto\; width: auto\; box-shadow: none\;" vertical-align:="">All Chamber Members and their employees are invited to join the meetings and participate in the discussion<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><strong>Join us for our August 6th Meeting\, <a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/784/File/GALA.Agenda08.06.2026.docx">View Agenda Here!</a></strong></span><br />\n<span data-teams="true"><span style="font-size: inherit\;"><img alt="" height="200" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/784/Image/RossColt1.png" style="width: 200px\; height: 200px\; margin: 15px\; float: left\;" width="200" /><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Sara Cruz is a Senior Account Executive at Callahan Public Affairs based in Sacramento\, California. She has worked on political and public affairs campaigns across California and has partnered with nonprofits throughout San Diego County on political outreach and fundraising campaigns. </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Sara is speaking on behalf of Proposition 37 &ndash\; the California Middle-Class Homeownership Act.</span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">At this time&nbsp\;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><!--StartFragment--><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="color: black\;">Proposition 37 is moving forward without any organized or publicly active opposition and has received broad bipartisan support. If any reputable organizations would like to speak in opposition\, please reach out to Chamber staff.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></p>\n</div>\n
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