Board of Directors Meeting Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices John Heffernan, Chairman Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1. Welcome John Heffernan, Chair a. Flag Salute 2. Self-Introductions and Sign-In All Participants 3. Approval of Minutes Serena Josel, Secretary 4. Industry Insights a. Consulate General of Canada- Zaib Shaikh 5. Government Affairs Report PEAR Strategies a. Two Year Bill Review b. AB 713 (Mullin) California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 c. SB 37 (Skinner) Corporation Taxes: Tax Rates d. Prop 13_March 2020 e. Measure FD_March 2020 f. Measure R_March 2020 g. Sacramento Advocacy Day 6. Office Holders, Administrative Agencies and Community Partners - Please limit your reports to no more than 3 minutes. a. U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Jennings Imel and Vartan Dijhanian b. League of California Cities - Jeff Kiernan c. South Bay Cities Council of Governments - Hon. Olivia Valentine d. Office of Congresswoman Waters - Blanca Jimenez e. Office of Congressman Lieu – Aurelia Friedman f. Office of Senator Allen - Sam Liu g. Office of Senator Bradford - Nital Patel h. Office of Senator Lena Gonzalez- Tyler Curley i. Office of Assemblymember Burke - Robert Pullen-Miles j. Office of Assemblymember Gipson - Chris Wilson k. Office of Assemblymember Muratsuchi – Cody Bridges l. Office of Assemblymember O’Donnell- Hina Ahmad m. Office of Supervisor Hahn- Jennifer Lamarque n. South Bay WIB - Chris Cagle o. South Coast AQMD p. Los Angeles Air Force Base [Officeholder representatives, non-chamber members, and guests are respectfully asked to leave the meeting at this point] 7. Chair’s Report J. Heffernan a. Legislative Mixer 8. Financial Report Charles Gale, Treasurer a. Profit and Loss b. Balance Sheet 9. Adjournment/Announcements All a. Special thanks to Kaiser Permanente for hosting us b. Special thanks to Donna Duperron and the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce for Breakfast. c. Next SBACC Meeting is Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Kaiser Permanente Carson Medical Offices John Heffernan, Chairman Tuesday, January 7, 2020 S. Josel, M. Lyon, H. Rogers, C. Bos, P. Donaldson, W. Love, D. Hoffman, J. Heffernan, D. Duperron, D. Leger, M. Garth, E. Hupp, C. Meander, G. Kivett, C. Dunbabin, D.Knoll, E. Swanson, J. Kiernan, S. Kramer, K. Stroman, C. Gale, O. Valentine, M. Hunt, V. Djihanian, D. Gamboa, V. Hart, H. Shofani 1. Welcome John Heffernan, Chair a. Flag Salute 2. Self-Introductions and Sign-In All Participants 3. Approval of Minutes Serena Josel, Secretary a. Motion to Support: P. Donaldson b. 2nd: W. Love c. Motion Carries 4. Industry Insights- a. None in January b. FUTURE TOPICS: Opportunity Zones, Commercial Development, Aerospace, Housing, Water, LA Metro, Cannibis, Tarriffs, Voting in Los Angeles County, LAX, Air Force Base 5. Government Affairs Report PEAR Strategies a. 2020 Legislative Calendar -attached you will find the Senate and Assembly calendars. For the most part they follow each other. Historically, we go to Sacramento in May at the end of bill deadline, we have reached out to CalChamber to confirm when they will be hosting the fly in. b. CA Employment Development Department AB 5 Seminars LINK AB 5 has a lot of questions attached to it and unfortunately, there is a fair amount of nuance with this bill. Some industries are exempt while others are not. EDD is hosting informational seminars around the state. Attached you will find dates, times, and locations. c. New CA Laws LINK on the 27th the LA Times put forward a great article of some of the big bills Californians will be experiencing. It’s a great article that breaks down the sections d. Top 3 Business Issues In your community: i. Homeless and housing, business and sales taxes, workforce housing, splitroll/Prop 13, sales tax max out, smart development, traffic mitigation, encroachment fees, Local PD vs Sheriff, attracting restaurants, TOT incrase, local control, cost of doing business in CA/regulatory environment 6. Office Holders, Administrative Agencies and Community Partners - Please limit your reports to no more than 3 minutes. a. U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Vartan Dijhanian- passage of USMCA, focus on infrastructure in 2020 b. League of California Cities - Jeff Kiernan- The League’s strategic planning took place and homelessness and housing has risen to the top. E-Commerce and sales tax, climate change and sealevel changes. c. South Bay Cities Council of Governments - Hon. Olivia Valentine- Moving fwd with the fiber network. Homeless count will be on Jan 22. General Assembly is Thursday, March 19. Hawthorne business expo will be Jan 29th 7. Chair’s Report J. Heffernan 8. Financial Report Charles Gale, Treasurer a. Profit and Loss b. Balance Sheet c. Motion to Approve: D. Hoffman d. 2nd: E. Hupp e. Motion Carries 9. Adjournment/Announcements All a. Special thanks to Kaiser Permanente for hosting us b. Next SBACC Meeting is Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at Kaiser Permanente Carson Medical Offices 20 FACTS ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN ECONOMY The United States, Mexico, and Canada are bringing North American free trade into the 21st century with the new United States –Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). For over 25 years, free and open trade has helped North America’s economy grow, 1 2 3 4 5 North America is the Since 1994, NAFTA North America With only 6.5% of the Since 1994, the GDP has allowed for free produces goods of North America has trade among 490 & services valued Canada, the U.S. & increased steadily at the world. million consumers. at more than $23 Mexico together an average annual trillion every year. generate 27% of the rate of 2.5%. world’s GDP. 6 7 8 9 10 Trade among Canada, Canada buys over Canada and Canada and Mexico Trade among the U.S. & Mexico is 57% of its worldwide Mexico remain are the two largest Canada, the U.S. & imports from its two the United States’ agricultural export Mexico supports million per hour. NAFTA partners. largest suppliers of markets for the over 12 million agricultural products. United States. 11 12 13 14 15 The U.S. imports 40% Nearly 5 million Total merchandise Total merchandise On average, Canadian of its crude oil from barrels of crude trade between trade among Canada, goods sold to the Canada and 7% from oil and petroleum Canada and the the U.S. & Mexico U.S. contain 25% Mexico. products cross the U.S. has more than has more than tripled American content. Canada–U.S. border doubled since 1993. since 1993. each day. 16 17 18 19 20 Nearly 50% of U.S. The United States Canadian tourists Canadian companies imports from Canada has a 15% surplus in spend $17 billion in manufactured goods the U.S. each year. U.S. directly employ 18% more than the U.S. manufacturers trade with Canada. 825,000 Americans. products. @Connect2Canada @CanEmbUSA @AmbCanEUA Consul General of Canada Los Angeles Zaib Shaikh began his mandate as Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles in December 2018. He is the Government of Canada’s senior representative in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. He comes to the posting after an extensive career in the media and entertainment industries having worked as an actor and producer in theatre, film and television. His work includes acting roles in Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children, as well as starring in the CBC comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie, which has been seen in more than 80 countries. Mr. Shaikh co-produced the special Long Story Short: CBC Turns 75 and co-wrote, directed and co-produced the film Othello: The Tragedy of the Moor. He also co-founded and served as an artistic producer of the Whistler Theatre Project in British Columbia. From 2014 until his appointment in 2018, Mr. Shaikh was the Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries for the City of Toronto. In that role, he oversaw and grew the city’s screen, music, live festival, sporting event and tourism sectors, helping to double the value of film production in Canada’s largest city which surpassed $2 billion in 2016. Mr. Shaikh has served as a board member for the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and most recently, on the board of AFC (formerly the Actors Fund of Canada). He has served on juries and committees for the Gemini Awards, ACTRA Awards, Ontario Arts Council, and Theatre Ontario Youth Program as well as an ambassador for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and for Amnesty International Canada. Mr. Shaikh is married to Ms. Kirstine Stewart. They have two children. BERIL UNVER Political-Economic Officer Consulate General of Canada, Los Angeles Beril Unver is the lead policy advocate on trade/economic development, security/defense, and foreign affairs at the Consulate General of Canada. She additionally serves as federal government liaison for the Consulate’s territory encompassing Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. Prior to joining the Consulate, Beril served as the Senior Programs Officer responsible for substantive planning for all international delegations and foreign policy events at the Pacific Council on International Policy. Before returning home to Southern California, Beril lived and worked in Washington D.C. for the better part of a decade. While in the U.S. capital, she served in various capacities working for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Department of Energy, and U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. While working as the Congressional Liaison for a non-profit specializing on U.S. Middle East & Balkan policy issues, Beril established an extensive network of contacts in both the Senate and House with whom she remains in close contact to this day. Beril received her B.A. in International Studies from UCI and her M.A.