Business Comments February 2014
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February 2014
Business Comments
Prudent Budget Proposed by Governor for 2014-15
By California Chamber of Commerce-Alert CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
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alanced budget. No new taxes. Rainy day reserve. Debt repayment.
These are phrases rarely associated with California’s fiscal outlook. But economics and politics have intervened to apply those phrases to today’s circumstances.
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. proposed a fiscal plan in January that harvests the fruits of the state’s economic recovery, and mostly reinvests right back into the state’s balance sheet. California’s moderate economic recovery has proceeded steadily for the past year, but state revenues have blossomed.
For the three fiscal years between 2012 and 2015, revenues are forecast to outpace initial estimates by $6.3 billion, almost all from the personal income tax.The reason: windfall capital gains tax receipts from a roaring stock market and rebounding real estate market.
The temporary tax increases passed in 2012 parlayed these windfall realizations into big tax receipts.The same taxpayers realizing capital gains profits also were the target of the tax increases. Indeed, revenues from capital gains in 2014 will be higher than in 2007, even though
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2014 Mixer and Wake-Up Schedule
Date
9-Jan 6-Feb 6-Mar 10-Apr 1-May 15-May 5-Jun 10-Jul 7-Aug 4-Sep 2-Oct 6-Nov 4-Dec
Event
Joint Mixer w/ FFSC* Mixer Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Joint Mixer w/SC Chambers Joint Event w/Hispanic Chamber** Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Mixer Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC Mixer Holiday Mixer
Member/Client
Solano Community College Emeritus of Vacaville Aaction Rents & Equipment Ford Lincoln Fairfield Solano CC Education Foundation Travis Credit Union First Northern Bank NorthBay Healthcare ESEF Apparel VITUS Wine Kaiser Permanente Opera House Travis Credit Union
Address/Location
2001 N.Village Parkway - VV 1111 Ulatis Drive - VV 28 Union Way - VV 3050 Auto Mall Court - FF SCC @ 4000 Suisun Valley Road - FF 1 Travis Way - VV 555 Mason Street., STE. 100 - VV 4500 Businss Center Drive - FF 640 Eubanks Court - VV 536 Davis Street - VV 1 Quality Drive - VV 560 Main St., STE. C - VV 1 Travis Way - VV
Gold:
A.G. Spanos Companies First Northern Bank Ford Lincoln Fairfield Gaw Van Male, Attorneys at Law McDonald’s Restaurants Sutter Health (SSMC/SRMF) Wells Fargo Banks Western Health Advantage
Silver:
Cornerstone Assisted Living Hampton Inn & Suites Potrero Hills Landfill Ray Morgan Co. Solano Irrigation District Standard Pacific Homes Vacaville Magazine VITUS Wine Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (Alamo) Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (Nut Tree Road)
Bronze:
AAA Northern California Aaron’s Automotive Ad Special T’s Bay Area Electronic Medical Billing Cache Creek Casino Resort Cancer Treatment Center of Vacaville Coldwell Banker Kappel Gateway Realty Compassionate Care Dental Costco Wholesale Courtside Cottages of Vacaville Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Janssen M&G Duravent, Inc. Mariani Packing Co., Inc. Mary’s Pizza Shack Mercedes of Fairfield Momentum Auto Group Pacific Gas & Electric Phillippi Engineering Pretty Potties RAS Solano Radiation Oncology Center Raley’s State Compensation Insurance Fund Suihkonen CPA’s & Consultants Theatre DeVille Toyota Vacaville Transpac Vacaville Premium Outlets
Date
21-Jan 18-Feb 18-Mar 15-Apr 20-May 17-Jun 15-Jul 19-Aug 16-Sep 21-Oct 18-Nov 16-Dec
Event
Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Holiday Wake-Up
Member/Client
H&R Block Chevy's Fresh Mex Gateway Professional Insurance Services The Academy of 21st Century Learning The Landmark Image Visit Vacaville West America Bank Ryan Bates Photography All Size Flooring Center & Carpet Cleaning Diggers Deli Dickey's BBQ Jackson Medical Supply, KR Insurance & All Size Flooring Center & Carpet Cleaning
Address/Location
2060 Harbison Drive - VV 200 Nut Tree Parkway - VV 1990 Alamo Drive, STE. 1 - VV 1671 E. Monte Vista Ave., STE. N106 - VV 821 Eubanks Drive, STE. H - VV 1663 E. Monte Vista Ave., STE. 102 - VV 138 Peabody Road - VV 542 Main Street - VV 1021 Mason Street - VV 876 Alamo Drive - VV 150 Nut Tree Parkway, STE. 100 - VV Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Mason Street - VV
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2013-14 OFFICERS EXECUTIVE BOARD
Vacaville Chamber of Commerce • Business Comments
Getting the Most from Membership
Katheryn Tuberty Chairperson – Farmers Insurance Tracy Mitchell Chair Elect – TradeMark Advertising Dilenna Harris Immediate Past Chair – Kaiser Permanente Debbie Egidio Treasurer – DTS Egidio Dallas Jackson Vice Chair Clients/Members – Jackson Medical Supply Louie DeBartolo Vice Chair Education – DeBartolo & Co Fine Jewelers Joanie Erickson Vice Chair Business Issues – Solano Collation for Better Health
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Dan Sharp Sharp Public Affairs LLC Mike Fortney Placer Title Pat Hannon Janssen Corporation Barry Nelson Travis Credit Union Scott Pardini Recology Vacaville Solano Scott Reynolds Gaw Van Male Sally Schulz The Reporter
STAFF & CONTRACTORS
ou probably already know that at Vacaville Chamber membership offers a variety of benefits, but did you know that certain membership levels include many of the events you currently pay extra to attend? When planning your marketing dollars for the year ahead, upgrading to another membership level may be the best decision for your business. At the Business and Nonprofit level, members receive extensive promotion opportunities.These include an online, searchable directory listing, social media announcements, online advertising through our “hot deals” promotion platform, a place to put business cards and brochures in our lobby, and an exclusive customer referral service. During the first year of membership, members also receive a ribbon cutting/grand opening event, listing and bio in this newsletter, a new member table at an evening mixer, distribution of an e-sheet with information on the business to all of our members, and a listing in Vacaville Magazine.The Chamber
also offers members access to our professional boardroom to use for business meetings. Consider joining our Chairman Club Circle. Beginning at our Bronze level, members’ business names are displayed at every Chamber event and recognized on the cover of this Business Comments newsletter.This level also includes an additional e-sheet blast and a year of free entrance to our monthly evening mixers for one person. Stepping up to the Silver level gives a business six esheet blast per year, which can be planned into your marketing campaign and sent every other month for a year, or in another order that meets your promotion schedule needs. Silver members also enjoy monthly mixer entrance for two persons, and a committee seat for one on TRAFC – the Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee – which liaises with air base offices on Travis Air Force Base. Going Gold adds several incredible opportunities to these benefits. Gold members enjoy booth space
at our annual Celebrate Vacaville business fair and sponsorship for both our GOTCHA educational event and our Annual Dinner, with By Katheryn Tuberty seating for four at the latter. Chair of the Board Gold members also receive eight e-sheet blasts to members. At the Platinum level, a Golf Classic sponsorship is added to the benefits package, which includes one foursome for golf, plus dinner and a tee box sign on the course. In addition to a booth at Celebrate Vacaville, Platinum members are listed as event sponsors.The Platinum package also includes a year of free entrance to monthly mixers for three company representatives, and ten e-sheet blasts. Our highest membership level, Titanium, gives the member company additional benefits at their
sponsored events.The Titanium member’s Annual Dinner sponsorship includes a table for eight, as well as twelve e-sheets distributed each year and monthly mixer entrance for five company representatives. All membership levels are also invited to serve as Chamber Ambassadors.Ambassadors are considered the goodwill arm of the Chamber, assisting in various activities like Grand Openings, Ribbon Cuttings, Mixers,Wake Up Vacaville, and other event and fundraisers.The Ambassadors act as leaders within our business community, helping the Chamber increase membership and member knowledge of our programs, services, and benefits. To get the most out of your Chamber membership this year, consider the various promotional opportunities afforded by out member level packages, and reach out to us with any questions you have or opportunities you would like to see.Your Chamber is here to help you make 2014 a great year for Vacaville business.
Away We Go!
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ow, already a month into 2014 and a lot is going on with your Vacaville Chamber of
Mark Creffield President/CEO [email protected] Julie Sabbagh Community Relations Director [email protected] Tonya M. Dretzka Membership Development Director [email protected] Sherry McKillop Leadership Today Director Darlene Chikeles Bookkeeper
Commerce. The Leadership Today Class of 2014 has announced that the Children’s Nurturing Project (Members of both the FairfieldSuisun and Vacaville Chambers) will be the cash recipient of this year’s Leadership Today’s fundraiser. Children’s Nurturing Project has a talented and interdisciplinary staff made up of social workers, nurses, family support specialists, parenting educators, developmental specialists, and others.They utilize a home and community based approach in working with high risk families to best support their needs. Specifically the fundraiser benefit will increase awareness and pro-
vide initial counseling for victims of human trafficking in FairfieldSuisun and Vacaville.The Children’s Nurturing Project will be working in cooperation with the police departments of all three cities and the District Attorney’s office. More information on this upcoming fundraising event will be announced soon. Hitchhiking on the success of 2013, the Fairfield-Suisun and your Vacaville Chamber have continued their partnership with four (4) scheduled Joint Mixers for 2014. The first one was held this past January at the Solano Community College Vacaville Campus.April and July we will be in Fairfield at Ford Lincoln Mercury and NorthBay Healthcare respectfully. In October we will be back in Vacaville at Kaiser Permanente.
For the first time, your Vacaville Chamber will partner with the Hispanic Chamber for a joint event on Thursday, May 15th which will be hosted by Travis Credit By Mark Creffield Union.All proPresident/CEO ceeds from this event will benefit the Dual Immersion Program at Markham Elementary School in Vacaville.The Dual Immersion Program is an enrichment program designed to prepare students for the skills they will need in the global economy of the 21st century.Additionally, this pro-
gram is designed to allow both English and Spanish speaking students to develop functional Spanish fluency and literacy at no cost to their academic achievement and English development. Lastly, the Chamber’s Business and Community Political Action Committee (BAC-PAC) exists to encourage the active involvement in governmental affairs, keep the public informed, and to support/endorse issues with local impact.Your Vacaville Chamber is very politically active and strongly supports business friendly issues and candidates. BAC-PAC will have a very busy election year and will host several candidate forums as we get closer to the primary and election dates. Stay tuned, there is a lot going on with your Vacaville Chamber of Commerce!
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CHAMBER WAKE-UP VACAVILLE, MIXER, EVENTS AND RIBBON CUTTING
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1. Wake-Up hosted by H&R Block, 2060 Harbison Drive, Vacaville 2. Joint Mixer with the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce hosted by Solano Community College, 2001 North Village Parkway, Vacaville 3. Ribbon Cutting for the Solano Community College Anex, 2002 North Village Parkway, Vacaville
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capital gains realizations were much lower in 2014 than in 2007. The steeply progressive nature of California’s tax system will guarantee rapid revenue growth as long as the taxes are in effect and the economy grows. Although they may be wealthy, upperincome taxpayers are relatively scarce. Only 1% of income earners in California pay more than 40% of income taxes (in 2011). That ratio has only increased as the 2012 tax increases have taken effect.Therefore, a relatively small number of taxpayers will have a dominant effect on state revenues, and their decisions on whether and how much to do business in California will disproportionately affect the state’s fortunes. The temporary tax increases and the recovering economy played the largest roles in restoring fiscal health to California. But they don’t tell the whole story. ‘Live within Our Means’ Governor Brown has presided over three budgets that are notable for their frugality.With the exception of spending on schools (which are constitutionally guaranteed a generous share of new revenues), the Governor has kept the lid on spending and rejected legislative overspending. Indeed, Governor Brown began his administration in 2011 by reducing spending by about $10 billion. He also inherited a beneficial legacy from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger—elimination of most automatic cost-of-living adjustments for state programs, which has reduced some of the pressure for annual budget increases. But just because a tax increase was central to producing balanced budgets doesn’t mean that new taxes will be the go-to policy in the future—at least according to the Governor. “I don’t think this is the year for new taxes,” said Brown.“I just think we need to do everything we can to live within our means.”This statement was in response to a question about an oil severance tax, but is supported by the absence of any new taxes in the budget proposal. Multi-Year Goal A balanced budget is apparently a multi-year goal for the administration, since a top fiscal priority is drawing down debts and creating a rainy day reserve. Much of the windfall revenues from capital gains taxes will be used for onetime purposes: • Making a deposit of $1.6 billion into the state’s Rainy Day Reserve—the first such deposit in six years. • Paying off early the Economic Recovery Bonds, which were first issued to cover budget deficits from 2002: $1.6 billion. • Repaying ahead of schedule loans from special funds, including money back to transportation programs: $440 million. • Eliminating deferral of scheduled payments to school districts, which had required schools to incur short-term debt while waiting for state payments: $6.1 billion.
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The Governor also proposes to tweak a ballot measure, scheduled for the November ballot, to enshrine a rainy day reserve mandate in the state Constitution. His proposal would make some changes to the formula by which the reserve is calculated, and allows the reserve to be used for debt repayment, as well as economic downturns. The California Chamber of Commerce has supported past measures to create such a requirement, and will review the Governor’s proposal closely when it is revealed. Much of the state’s long-term liabilities remain unaddressed.The administration calculates more than $217 billion in unfunded retirement liabilities for state employees, the University of California and public school teachers. In addition, more than $100 million in additional infrastructure, maintenance and budget debt remain on the books. Budget Priorities Programmatically, the Governor maintains the priorities he has exhibited the past three years. • Public schools again receive the major share of new General Fund spending: an additional $10 billion is devoted to schools over the three fiscal years between 2012 to 2014.The Proposition 30 tax increase was sold to voters in 2012 on a promise to restore public school funds and balance the state budget. So far, those priorities have driven state fiscal policy. • Higher education spending is also being restored, but more slowly. State policy leaders’ top goal has been to halt any tuition increase, which they have achieved. However, state funds to support colleges and universities are increasing by about 5%, which system leaders consider only a mild restoration of prior cuts. • Cap-and-trade auction revenues. One of the most contentious items in the budget proposal will have nothing to do with general revenues or budget deficits, but will directly concern how tax revenues from large energy users will be spent.The capand-trade auction has thrown off hundreds of millions in new revenues over the past year; the new budget is the first to propose how to spend that revenue. The Governor intends the money— totaling $850 million—to be spent on high speed rail, subsidies for zeroemission vehicles, weatherization projects for low-income residents, wetlands restoration, urban forestation and many other energy and carbon emission reduction projects.The Cal Chamber has challenged the legality of the cap-and-trade auction, and therefore believes that the proceeds of the auctions should not be spent, pending a final outcome of the litigation. • The Judicial Branch has suffered some of the deepest cuts in recent years, resulting in less access to the civil justice system.The Governor proposes restoring $105 million, which stops the worst of the bleeding, but will not prevent additional service reductions next year, according to the courts. Past cuts were offset in part by using trial court reserves, which no longer are available. • A new local economic development proposal purports to provide some new, limited financing authority for local infrastructure projects. Local economic development has been dealt a serious blow with elimination of redevelopment agencies and enterprise zones.The administration proposes to expand the scope and streamline formation of Infrastructure
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Financing Districts to use property tax increments from new development (not including property taxes devoted to schools) under some limited circumstances.There are many legal and organizational hurdles to making this authority a practical tool, but the administration’s attention to this local development financing void is welcome. • Statewide infrastructure investment will benefit from the administration’s policy of using one-time revenues for one-time purposes.The administration is proposing more than $800 million in one-time investments in deferred maintenance projects, primarily on highways and for schools and public buildings. However, the administration has not provided a road map to finance other public works needs in transportation, public schools and water facilities. • New health and welfare spending will be dominated by continuing escalation in the cost of the Medi-Cal program, largely in response to implementation of federal health care reform.The Governor also proposes providing one of the first increases in family welfare grants in many years.
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MEETINGS & EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY & MARCH 2014
February
February 6 - Mixer hosted by Emeritus of Vacaville 1111 Utatis Drive, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. February 13 - Ambassador Committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Mason Street, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. February 14 - Business Issues Educational Forum held in the Community Room at Travis Credit Union located at One Travis Way, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. February 17 - Chamber Offices closed in observance of Presidents Day February 18 - Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Chevy’s Fresh Mex located at 200 Nut Tree Parkway, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Senate Committee Passes Bill Regulating Consumer Products
Another California Chamber of Commerce-opposed “job killer” bill from 2013 has been amended and the “job killer” designation has been removed because it no longer allows the state Department of Public Health (DPH) to ban products in California or require employers to change the way they market or manufacture their products. However, the CalChamber remains opposed because the bill establishes an unworkable, costly, duplicative and burdensome new program for consumer products. SB 747 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) allows DPH to request information from selected manufacturers of consumer products the department determines contribute to a significant public health epidemic. It also allows the department to impose a fee of up to $20,000 per manufacturer to cover its costs. SB 747 passed the Senate Health Committee on January 15 and will be considered by the Senate Appropriations Committee on January 21. “The bill ignores the inherent complexity of the program’s undertaking,” CalChamber Policy Advocate Mira Guertin said in testimony to the Senate Health Committee.“We believe this program is unworkable, burdensome, duplicative of other state and federal regulatory programs, and creates a new avenue for product liability lawsuits against manufacturers. Further, there is no end-goal in the legislation that warrants such a threat to California manufacturers.” New Costs, Burdens SB 747 charges DPH with identifying the largest manufacturers of consumer products that contribute to federally recognized public health epidemics with a fiscal impact on California’s public health system of $50 million or more. Once identified, those manufacturers then may be required by DPH to prepare an analysis identifying the public health impacts resulting from sale of the relevant consumer product in the state and a list of mitigation strategies sufficient to reduce those impacts. Although the bill no longer imposes any mandates on DPH, the department still would have the authority to target virtually any manufacturer of any consumer product it deems harmful and require a detailed analysis. In addition, DPH still has authority to impose a fee of up to $20,000 on each manufacturer to cover the costs of reviewing the information the manufacturer provides. To What End? Significantly, language indicating what DPH should do with the information it gathers from manufacturers has been removed from the bill; DPH is no longer required to report to the health and budget committees in the Legislature, and no longer has authority to require manufacturers to implement any of their mitigation strategies or ban a product from sale. These changes are comforting in that the immediate threat to manufacturers of consumer products has been reduced, but it is now unclear why the state is
March
March 6 - Mixer hosted by Aaction Rents & Equipment 28 Union Way, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. March 13 - Ambassador Committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Mason Street, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. March 14 - Business Issues Educational Forum held in the Community Room at Travis Credit Union located at One Travis Way, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. March 18 - Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Gateway Professional Insurance Services located at 1990 Alamo Drive, STE. 1, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
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NEW / REJOINED MEMBERS FOR DECEMBER 2013
Blue Mountain Realty, Inc. Jennifer Carollo 707 Aldridge Road, #B Vacaville, CA 95688 707-451-8111 [email protected] www.bluemountaininc.com Boudin SF Greg Tanner 1661 East Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville, CA 95688 707-471-7240 [email protected] www.boudinbakery.com DeVille Enterprises, Inc. – Bronze Sponsor Royce Farris 308 Main Street Vacaville, CA 95688 916-719-7128 [email protected] www.devillevacaville.com Four M Contracting Jeanette Molina 338 Cernon Street Vacaville, CA 95688 707-448-1188 [email protected] www.fourmcontracting.com Solano Coalition for Better Health Joanie Erickson One Harbor Center, STE. 270 Suisun City, CA 94585 [email protected] www.solanocoalition.org
VACAVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Tonya M. Dretzka
he Vacaville Chamber of Commerce welcomes our new Membership Development Director Tonya M. Dretzka. Tonya has over 30 years of retail sales experience and was the former Director of Membership of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce. Prior to relocating back to her home in Solano County,Tonya was heavily involved in the community by being a member of several organizations. She sat on many different boards and has volunteered at numerous community events.Tonya received a Proclamation for all of her committed time and volunteerism from State
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Assemblyperson Shannon Grove. She also helped form a local Chapter of the National Association of Professional Women and spoke at the Bakersfield Women’s Conference two years in a row. Tonya is a graduate from Armijo High School. She has two adult children and is a proud grandmother of twin baby girls. Even though she has spent some time away Tonya has always considered Solano County home and eager to become involved in the community. Her favorite quote,“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
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requiring anything from manufacturers of consumer products at all, much less imposing a huge fee to cover the costs of DPH having to read manufacturers’ responses. SB 747 appears to be turning DPH into a public health research agency, funded by employers, without any end product.Although the impact on employers will be smaller, the merits of the policy are now less clear. Highly Duplicative To the extent that SB 747 envisions the regulation of chemicals within consumer products that pose a risk of cancer or other health epidemic, the program is duplicative. Consumer products already are subject to regulation through Proposition 65, administered by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and by the Safer Consumer Products Regulation run by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Virtually all consumer products are under the regulatory authority of one or both of these agencies and the criteria for toxicity includes public health, not just environmental criteria. In addition, food preparation safety is already regulated by local public health directors and inspectors, who coordinate with the DPH Food and Drug Branch and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food sourcing safety also is regulated already by the state Department of Food and Agriculture.Tobacco is regulated already by DPH, and alcohol by the U.S.Treasury Tax and Trade Bureau, and both also are covered by Proposition 65.Toxic metals (lead, cadmium) are regulated in consumer products by the DTSC. Manufacturers also are subject to a number of federal rules (for example, Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Environmental Protection Agency). Given this broad array of regulatory programs that exist to protect the public from harm caused by consumer products, it is unclear what value would be obtained from creating a costly new reporting program. Key Vote SB 747 passed Senate Health 5-2: Ayes: Beall (D-San Jose), De León (D-Los Angeles), DeSaulnier (D-Concord), Monning (D-Carmel), Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). Noes: Hernandez (D-West Covina), Wolk (D-Davis). No Vote Recorded:Anderson (R-Alpine), Nielsen (R-Gerber).
Business Comments
Prudent Budget Proposed by Governor for 2014-15
By California Chamber of Commerce-Alert CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
Titanium:
B
alanced budget. No new taxes. Rainy day reserve. Debt repayment.
These are phrases rarely associated with California’s fiscal outlook. But economics and politics have intervened to apply those phrases to today’s circumstances.
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. proposed a fiscal plan in January that harvests the fruits of the state’s economic recovery, and mostly reinvests right back into the state’s balance sheet. California’s moderate economic recovery has proceeded steadily for the past year, but state revenues have blossomed.
For the three fiscal years between 2012 and 2015, revenues are forecast to outpace initial estimates by $6.3 billion, almost all from the personal income tax.The reason: windfall capital gains tax receipts from a roaring stock market and rebounding real estate market.
The temporary tax increases passed in 2012 parlayed these windfall realizations into big tax receipts.The same taxpayers realizing capital gains profits also were the target of the tax increases. Indeed, revenues from capital gains in 2014 will be higher than in 2007, even though
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2014 Mixer and Wake-Up Schedule
Date
9-Jan 6-Feb 6-Mar 10-Apr 1-May 15-May 5-Jun 10-Jul 7-Aug 4-Sep 2-Oct 6-Nov 4-Dec
Event
Joint Mixer w/ FFSC* Mixer Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Joint Mixer w/SC Chambers Joint Event w/Hispanic Chamber** Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Mixer Mixer Joint Mixer w/FFSC Mixer Holiday Mixer
Member/Client
Solano Community College Emeritus of Vacaville Aaction Rents & Equipment Ford Lincoln Fairfield Solano CC Education Foundation Travis Credit Union First Northern Bank NorthBay Healthcare ESEF Apparel VITUS Wine Kaiser Permanente Opera House Travis Credit Union
Address/Location
2001 N.Village Parkway - VV 1111 Ulatis Drive - VV 28 Union Way - VV 3050 Auto Mall Court - FF SCC @ 4000 Suisun Valley Road - FF 1 Travis Way - VV 555 Mason Street., STE. 100 - VV 4500 Businss Center Drive - FF 640 Eubanks Court - VV 536 Davis Street - VV 1 Quality Drive - VV 560 Main St., STE. C - VV 1 Travis Way - VV
Gold:
A.G. Spanos Companies First Northern Bank Ford Lincoln Fairfield Gaw Van Male, Attorneys at Law McDonald’s Restaurants Sutter Health (SSMC/SRMF) Wells Fargo Banks Western Health Advantage
Silver:
Cornerstone Assisted Living Hampton Inn & Suites Potrero Hills Landfill Ray Morgan Co. Solano Irrigation District Standard Pacific Homes Vacaville Magazine VITUS Wine Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (Alamo) Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (Nut Tree Road)
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AAA Northern California Aaron’s Automotive Ad Special T’s Bay Area Electronic Medical Billing Cache Creek Casino Resort Cancer Treatment Center of Vacaville Coldwell Banker Kappel Gateway Realty Compassionate Care Dental Costco Wholesale Courtside Cottages of Vacaville Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Janssen M&G Duravent, Inc. Mariani Packing Co., Inc. Mary’s Pizza Shack Mercedes of Fairfield Momentum Auto Group Pacific Gas & Electric Phillippi Engineering Pretty Potties RAS Solano Radiation Oncology Center Raley’s State Compensation Insurance Fund Suihkonen CPA’s & Consultants Theatre DeVille Toyota Vacaville Transpac Vacaville Premium Outlets
Date
21-Jan 18-Feb 18-Mar 15-Apr 20-May 17-Jun 15-Jul 19-Aug 16-Sep 21-Oct 18-Nov 16-Dec
Event
Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Wake-Up Holiday Wake-Up
Member/Client
H&R Block Chevy's Fresh Mex Gateway Professional Insurance Services The Academy of 21st Century Learning The Landmark Image Visit Vacaville West America Bank Ryan Bates Photography All Size Flooring Center & Carpet Cleaning Diggers Deli Dickey's BBQ Jackson Medical Supply, KR Insurance & All Size Flooring Center & Carpet Cleaning
Address/Location
2060 Harbison Drive - VV 200 Nut Tree Parkway - VV 1990 Alamo Drive, STE. 1 - VV 1671 E. Monte Vista Ave., STE. N106 - VV 821 Eubanks Drive, STE. H - VV 1663 E. Monte Vista Ave., STE. 102 - VV 138 Peabody Road - VV 542 Main Street - VV 1021 Mason Street - VV 876 Alamo Drive - VV 150 Nut Tree Parkway, STE. 100 - VV Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Mason Street - VV
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Vacaville Chamber of Commerce • Business Comments
Getting the Most from Membership
Katheryn Tuberty Chairperson – Farmers Insurance Tracy Mitchell Chair Elect – TradeMark Advertising Dilenna Harris Immediate Past Chair – Kaiser Permanente Debbie Egidio Treasurer – DTS Egidio Dallas Jackson Vice Chair Clients/Members – Jackson Medical Supply Louie DeBartolo Vice Chair Education – DeBartolo & Co Fine Jewelers Joanie Erickson Vice Chair Business Issues – Solano Collation for Better Health
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Dan Sharp Sharp Public Affairs LLC Mike Fortney Placer Title Pat Hannon Janssen Corporation Barry Nelson Travis Credit Union Scott Pardini Recology Vacaville Solano Scott Reynolds Gaw Van Male Sally Schulz The Reporter
STAFF & CONTRACTORS
ou probably already know that at Vacaville Chamber membership offers a variety of benefits, but did you know that certain membership levels include many of the events you currently pay extra to attend? When planning your marketing dollars for the year ahead, upgrading to another membership level may be the best decision for your business. At the Business and Nonprofit level, members receive extensive promotion opportunities.These include an online, searchable directory listing, social media announcements, online advertising through our “hot deals” promotion platform, a place to put business cards and brochures in our lobby, and an exclusive customer referral service. During the first year of membership, members also receive a ribbon cutting/grand opening event, listing and bio in this newsletter, a new member table at an evening mixer, distribution of an e-sheet with information on the business to all of our members, and a listing in Vacaville Magazine.The Chamber
also offers members access to our professional boardroom to use for business meetings. Consider joining our Chairman Club Circle. Beginning at our Bronze level, members’ business names are displayed at every Chamber event and recognized on the cover of this Business Comments newsletter.This level also includes an additional e-sheet blast and a year of free entrance to our monthly evening mixers for one person. Stepping up to the Silver level gives a business six esheet blast per year, which can be planned into your marketing campaign and sent every other month for a year, or in another order that meets your promotion schedule needs. Silver members also enjoy monthly mixer entrance for two persons, and a committee seat for one on TRAFC – the Travis Regional Armed Forces Committee – which liaises with air base offices on Travis Air Force Base. Going Gold adds several incredible opportunities to these benefits. Gold members enjoy booth space
at our annual Celebrate Vacaville business fair and sponsorship for both our GOTCHA educational event and our Annual Dinner, with By Katheryn Tuberty seating for four at the latter. Chair of the Board Gold members also receive eight e-sheet blasts to members. At the Platinum level, a Golf Classic sponsorship is added to the benefits package, which includes one foursome for golf, plus dinner and a tee box sign on the course. In addition to a booth at Celebrate Vacaville, Platinum members are listed as event sponsors.The Platinum package also includes a year of free entrance to monthly mixers for three company representatives, and ten e-sheet blasts. Our highest membership level, Titanium, gives the member company additional benefits at their
sponsored events.The Titanium member’s Annual Dinner sponsorship includes a table for eight, as well as twelve e-sheets distributed each year and monthly mixer entrance for five company representatives. All membership levels are also invited to serve as Chamber Ambassadors.Ambassadors are considered the goodwill arm of the Chamber, assisting in various activities like Grand Openings, Ribbon Cuttings, Mixers,Wake Up Vacaville, and other event and fundraisers.The Ambassadors act as leaders within our business community, helping the Chamber increase membership and member knowledge of our programs, services, and benefits. To get the most out of your Chamber membership this year, consider the various promotional opportunities afforded by out member level packages, and reach out to us with any questions you have or opportunities you would like to see.Your Chamber is here to help you make 2014 a great year for Vacaville business.
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ow, already a month into 2014 and a lot is going on with your Vacaville Chamber of
Mark Creffield President/CEO [email protected] Julie Sabbagh Community Relations Director [email protected] Tonya M. Dretzka Membership Development Director [email protected] Sherry McKillop Leadership Today Director Darlene Chikeles Bookkeeper
Commerce. The Leadership Today Class of 2014 has announced that the Children’s Nurturing Project (Members of both the FairfieldSuisun and Vacaville Chambers) will be the cash recipient of this year’s Leadership Today’s fundraiser. Children’s Nurturing Project has a talented and interdisciplinary staff made up of social workers, nurses, family support specialists, parenting educators, developmental specialists, and others.They utilize a home and community based approach in working with high risk families to best support their needs. Specifically the fundraiser benefit will increase awareness and pro-
vide initial counseling for victims of human trafficking in FairfieldSuisun and Vacaville.The Children’s Nurturing Project will be working in cooperation with the police departments of all three cities and the District Attorney’s office. More information on this upcoming fundraising event will be announced soon. Hitchhiking on the success of 2013, the Fairfield-Suisun and your Vacaville Chamber have continued their partnership with four (4) scheduled Joint Mixers for 2014. The first one was held this past January at the Solano Community College Vacaville Campus.April and July we will be in Fairfield at Ford Lincoln Mercury and NorthBay Healthcare respectfully. In October we will be back in Vacaville at Kaiser Permanente.
For the first time, your Vacaville Chamber will partner with the Hispanic Chamber for a joint event on Thursday, May 15th which will be hosted by Travis Credit By Mark Creffield Union.All proPresident/CEO ceeds from this event will benefit the Dual Immersion Program at Markham Elementary School in Vacaville.The Dual Immersion Program is an enrichment program designed to prepare students for the skills they will need in the global economy of the 21st century.Additionally, this pro-
gram is designed to allow both English and Spanish speaking students to develop functional Spanish fluency and literacy at no cost to their academic achievement and English development. Lastly, the Chamber’s Business and Community Political Action Committee (BAC-PAC) exists to encourage the active involvement in governmental affairs, keep the public informed, and to support/endorse issues with local impact.Your Vacaville Chamber is very politically active and strongly supports business friendly issues and candidates. BAC-PAC will have a very busy election year and will host several candidate forums as we get closer to the primary and election dates. Stay tuned, there is a lot going on with your Vacaville Chamber of Commerce!
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CHAMBER WAKE-UP VACAVILLE, MIXER, EVENTS AND RIBBON CUTTING
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1. Wake-Up hosted by H&R Block, 2060 Harbison Drive, Vacaville 2. Joint Mixer with the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce hosted by Solano Community College, 2001 North Village Parkway, Vacaville 3. Ribbon Cutting for the Solano Community College Anex, 2002 North Village Parkway, Vacaville
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capital gains realizations were much lower in 2014 than in 2007. The steeply progressive nature of California’s tax system will guarantee rapid revenue growth as long as the taxes are in effect and the economy grows. Although they may be wealthy, upperincome taxpayers are relatively scarce. Only 1% of income earners in California pay more than 40% of income taxes (in 2011). That ratio has only increased as the 2012 tax increases have taken effect.Therefore, a relatively small number of taxpayers will have a dominant effect on state revenues, and their decisions on whether and how much to do business in California will disproportionately affect the state’s fortunes. The temporary tax increases and the recovering economy played the largest roles in restoring fiscal health to California. But they don’t tell the whole story. ‘Live within Our Means’ Governor Brown has presided over three budgets that are notable for their frugality.With the exception of spending on schools (which are constitutionally guaranteed a generous share of new revenues), the Governor has kept the lid on spending and rejected legislative overspending. Indeed, Governor Brown began his administration in 2011 by reducing spending by about $10 billion. He also inherited a beneficial legacy from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger—elimination of most automatic cost-of-living adjustments for state programs, which has reduced some of the pressure for annual budget increases. But just because a tax increase was central to producing balanced budgets doesn’t mean that new taxes will be the go-to policy in the future—at least according to the Governor. “I don’t think this is the year for new taxes,” said Brown.“I just think we need to do everything we can to live within our means.”This statement was in response to a question about an oil severance tax, but is supported by the absence of any new taxes in the budget proposal. Multi-Year Goal A balanced budget is apparently a multi-year goal for the administration, since a top fiscal priority is drawing down debts and creating a rainy day reserve. Much of the windfall revenues from capital gains taxes will be used for onetime purposes: • Making a deposit of $1.6 billion into the state’s Rainy Day Reserve—the first such deposit in six years. • Paying off early the Economic Recovery Bonds, which were first issued to cover budget deficits from 2002: $1.6 billion. • Repaying ahead of schedule loans from special funds, including money back to transportation programs: $440 million. • Eliminating deferral of scheduled payments to school districts, which had required schools to incur short-term debt while waiting for state payments: $6.1 billion.
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The Governor also proposes to tweak a ballot measure, scheduled for the November ballot, to enshrine a rainy day reserve mandate in the state Constitution. His proposal would make some changes to the formula by which the reserve is calculated, and allows the reserve to be used for debt repayment, as well as economic downturns. The California Chamber of Commerce has supported past measures to create such a requirement, and will review the Governor’s proposal closely when it is revealed. Much of the state’s long-term liabilities remain unaddressed.The administration calculates more than $217 billion in unfunded retirement liabilities for state employees, the University of California and public school teachers. In addition, more than $100 million in additional infrastructure, maintenance and budget debt remain on the books. Budget Priorities Programmatically, the Governor maintains the priorities he has exhibited the past three years. • Public schools again receive the major share of new General Fund spending: an additional $10 billion is devoted to schools over the three fiscal years between 2012 to 2014.The Proposition 30 tax increase was sold to voters in 2012 on a promise to restore public school funds and balance the state budget. So far, those priorities have driven state fiscal policy. • Higher education spending is also being restored, but more slowly. State policy leaders’ top goal has been to halt any tuition increase, which they have achieved. However, state funds to support colleges and universities are increasing by about 5%, which system leaders consider only a mild restoration of prior cuts. • Cap-and-trade auction revenues. One of the most contentious items in the budget proposal will have nothing to do with general revenues or budget deficits, but will directly concern how tax revenues from large energy users will be spent.The capand-trade auction has thrown off hundreds of millions in new revenues over the past year; the new budget is the first to propose how to spend that revenue. The Governor intends the money— totaling $850 million—to be spent on high speed rail, subsidies for zeroemission vehicles, weatherization projects for low-income residents, wetlands restoration, urban forestation and many other energy and carbon emission reduction projects.The Cal Chamber has challenged the legality of the cap-and-trade auction, and therefore believes that the proceeds of the auctions should not be spent, pending a final outcome of the litigation. • The Judicial Branch has suffered some of the deepest cuts in recent years, resulting in less access to the civil justice system.The Governor proposes restoring $105 million, which stops the worst of the bleeding, but will not prevent additional service reductions next year, according to the courts. Past cuts were offset in part by using trial court reserves, which no longer are available. • A new local economic development proposal purports to provide some new, limited financing authority for local infrastructure projects. Local economic development has been dealt a serious blow with elimination of redevelopment agencies and enterprise zones.The administration proposes to expand the scope and streamline formation of Infrastructure
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Financing Districts to use property tax increments from new development (not including property taxes devoted to schools) under some limited circumstances.There are many legal and organizational hurdles to making this authority a practical tool, but the administration’s attention to this local development financing void is welcome. • Statewide infrastructure investment will benefit from the administration’s policy of using one-time revenues for one-time purposes.The administration is proposing more than $800 million in one-time investments in deferred maintenance projects, primarily on highways and for schools and public buildings. However, the administration has not provided a road map to finance other public works needs in transportation, public schools and water facilities. • New health and welfare spending will be dominated by continuing escalation in the cost of the Medi-Cal program, largely in response to implementation of federal health care reform.The Governor also proposes providing one of the first increases in family welfare grants in many years.
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MEETINGS & EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY & MARCH 2014
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February 6 - Mixer hosted by Emeritus of Vacaville 1111 Utatis Drive, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. February 13 - Ambassador Committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Mason Street, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. February 14 - Business Issues Educational Forum held in the Community Room at Travis Credit Union located at One Travis Way, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. February 17 - Chamber Offices closed in observance of Presidents Day February 18 - Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Chevy’s Fresh Mex located at 200 Nut Tree Parkway, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Senate Committee Passes Bill Regulating Consumer Products
Another California Chamber of Commerce-opposed “job killer” bill from 2013 has been amended and the “job killer” designation has been removed because it no longer allows the state Department of Public Health (DPH) to ban products in California or require employers to change the way they market or manufacture their products. However, the CalChamber remains opposed because the bill establishes an unworkable, costly, duplicative and burdensome new program for consumer products. SB 747 (DeSaulnier; D-Concord) allows DPH to request information from selected manufacturers of consumer products the department determines contribute to a significant public health epidemic. It also allows the department to impose a fee of up to $20,000 per manufacturer to cover its costs. SB 747 passed the Senate Health Committee on January 15 and will be considered by the Senate Appropriations Committee on January 21. “The bill ignores the inherent complexity of the program’s undertaking,” CalChamber Policy Advocate Mira Guertin said in testimony to the Senate Health Committee.“We believe this program is unworkable, burdensome, duplicative of other state and federal regulatory programs, and creates a new avenue for product liability lawsuits against manufacturers. Further, there is no end-goal in the legislation that warrants such a threat to California manufacturers.” New Costs, Burdens SB 747 charges DPH with identifying the largest manufacturers of consumer products that contribute to federally recognized public health epidemics with a fiscal impact on California’s public health system of $50 million or more. Once identified, those manufacturers then may be required by DPH to prepare an analysis identifying the public health impacts resulting from sale of the relevant consumer product in the state and a list of mitigation strategies sufficient to reduce those impacts. Although the bill no longer imposes any mandates on DPH, the department still would have the authority to target virtually any manufacturer of any consumer product it deems harmful and require a detailed analysis. In addition, DPH still has authority to impose a fee of up to $20,000 on each manufacturer to cover the costs of reviewing the information the manufacturer provides. To What End? Significantly, language indicating what DPH should do with the information it gathers from manufacturers has been removed from the bill; DPH is no longer required to report to the health and budget committees in the Legislature, and no longer has authority to require manufacturers to implement any of their mitigation strategies or ban a product from sale. These changes are comforting in that the immediate threat to manufacturers of consumer products has been reduced, but it is now unclear why the state is
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NEW / REJOINED MEMBERS FOR DECEMBER 2013
Blue Mountain Realty, Inc. Jennifer Carollo 707 Aldridge Road, #B Vacaville, CA 95688 707-451-8111 [email protected] www.bluemountaininc.com Boudin SF Greg Tanner 1661 East Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville, CA 95688 707-471-7240 [email protected] www.boudinbakery.com DeVille Enterprises, Inc. – Bronze Sponsor Royce Farris 308 Main Street Vacaville, CA 95688 916-719-7128 [email protected] www.devillevacaville.com Four M Contracting Jeanette Molina 338 Cernon Street Vacaville, CA 95688 707-448-1188 [email protected] www.fourmcontracting.com Solano Coalition for Better Health Joanie Erickson One Harbor Center, STE. 270 Suisun City, CA 94585 [email protected] www.solanocoalition.org
VACAVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Tonya M. Dretzka
he Vacaville Chamber of Commerce welcomes our new Membership Development Director Tonya M. Dretzka. Tonya has over 30 years of retail sales experience and was the former Director of Membership of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce. Prior to relocating back to her home in Solano County,Tonya was heavily involved in the community by being a member of several organizations. She sat on many different boards and has volunteered at numerous community events.Tonya received a Proclamation for all of her committed time and volunteerism from State
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requiring anything from manufacturers of consumer products at all, much less imposing a huge fee to cover the costs of DPH having to read manufacturers’ responses. SB 747 appears to be turning DPH into a public health research agency, funded by employers, without any end product.Although the impact on employers will be smaller, the merits of the policy are now less clear. Highly Duplicative To the extent that SB 747 envisions the regulation of chemicals within consumer products that pose a risk of cancer or other health epidemic, the program is duplicative. Consumer products already are subject to regulation through Proposition 65, administered by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and by the Safer Consumer Products Regulation run by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Virtually all consumer products are under the regulatory authority of one or both of these agencies and the criteria for toxicity includes public health, not just environmental criteria. In addition, food preparation safety is already regulated by local public health directors and inspectors, who coordinate with the DPH Food and Drug Branch and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food sourcing safety also is regulated already by the state Department of Food and Agriculture.Tobacco is regulated already by DPH, and alcohol by the U.S.Treasury Tax and Trade Bureau, and both also are covered by Proposition 65.Toxic metals (lead, cadmium) are regulated in consumer products by the DTSC. Manufacturers also are subject to a number of federal rules (for example, Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Environmental Protection Agency). Given this broad array of regulatory programs that exist to protect the public from harm caused by consumer products, it is unclear what value would be obtained from creating a costly new reporting program. Key Vote SB 747 passed Senate Health 5-2: Ayes: Beall (D-San Jose), De León (D-Los Angeles), DeSaulnier (D-Concord), Monning (D-Carmel), Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). Noes: Hernandez (D-West Covina), Wolk (D-Davis). No Vote Recorded:Anderson (R-Alpine), Nielsen (R-Gerber).
