ORANGE COUNTY business council LEGISLATIVE ACTION GUIDE 2011 ~ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CORPORATE SUPPORT SUSTAINING PARTNERS OCBC MEMBERS AND INVESTORS 24/7 Yellow Cab CMTC Mesa Consolidated Water District Rancho Mission Viejo LLC Abbott Medical Optics Coast Community College District Metropolitan Water Dist SoCal Rancho Santiago CCD Abode Communities Cordoba Corporation Michael Brandman Associates RBF Consulting ACEC County of Orange Mission Center for Longevity Reed and Davidson LLP AECOM Cox Business Services, OC Monaco Group Related Companies of Calif. Aera Energy LLC CresaPartners of OC Municipal Water District OC Ricoh Electronics Inc Aitken Aitken Cohn Curt Pringle & Associates Neighborhood Housing Services OC Robert Mayer Corporation Alacer Corporation Discovery Science Center Newmeyer & Dillion LLP RSI Development LLC Allergan, Incorporated Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Newport Banning Ranch LLC Rutan & Tucker LLP Alta Med Health Services Corp. Dot Printer, Inc. Northwestern Mutual Financial Saddleback Memorial Foundation Alzheimer’s Association OC Edwards Lifesciences Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliot Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce A-Med Health Care Experian Nutrilite Santa Margarita Water District Ames & Associates First American Title Company Oakley SchoolsFirst Fed Credit Union Anaheim Marriott Hotel Five Points Community OC Automobile Dealers Association Schubert Flint Public Affairs Apartment Association of OC Flatiron Construction Corporation OC Boy Scouts of America Scott Baugh & Associates Aspen Media Fluor Corporation OC Children and Families SDG&E and The Gas Company AT&T California Four Corners Transportation Coalition OC Department of Education Second Harvest Food Bank OC Automobile Club of Southern CA Fullerton Community Bank OC Fair and Events Center Segerstrom Center for the Arts Bank of America Califiornia Gallagher Benefit Services OC Prof Firefighters Assoc Sensys Networks, Inc. Bentley Prince Street, Inc. Geosyntec Consultants OC Register Communications Shepherd Group Inc. Best Best & Krieger LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP OC Rescue Mission Siemens Corporate BoeingCompany Girl Scout Council of OC Oce Imagistics Inc Skanska USA Bonterra Consulting Goodwill of Orange County OCTA Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Brandman University Foundatin for the Great Park Olive Crest South Coast Air Quality Mgmt Brookfield Homes Greenberg Taurig, LLP OneOC South Coast Apartment Assn. Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck Habitat for Humanity Orange Co Orange County Association of Realtors South Orange County CCD Buck Consultants Hartwelll Corporation Orange County LAFCO Southern California Edison Building Industry Association Haworth, Inc./IOS Orange County League of Cities St. Joseph Health System C & L Refrigeration Corp. HDR Engineering Inc Orange County Sanitation District Stockstill Communications C J Segerstrom & Sons Hill International Orange County Taxpayers Association T.D. Service Financial Corp. Cal Optima HNTB Corporation Orange County Tourism Council Tait & Associates, Inc. Cal State University Fullerton Hoag Memorial Hospital Orange County Water District Tangram California Bank & Trust Hospital Association of So Cal Orange County Workforce Investment Board The Disneyland Resort California Housing Consortium Hyatt Regency Irvine Orange County’s United Way The Shaw Group, Inc. Caltrop Corporation IBM ORCO Block Company Inc Transportation Corridor Agencies CC Myers Inc. ICF Jones & Stokes Pacific Life Tiger Woods Foundation Center Club Iger & Associates Pacific Symphony The Irvine Company CH2M Hill, Inc. IR Strategies Pacific West Association of Realtors Time Warner Cable Chapman University Irvine Ranch Water District Paradies Shops Toshiba Electronic Components Chevron Ito Nursery Inc Parker Aerospace Toshiba Information Systems Children’s Hospital of OC Jackson Demarco Tidus Peterson Parsons Trammell Crow Company Churm Publishing Inc. Jacobs Global Building Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade Tustin Ranch Golf Club Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse Jamboree Housing Corporation Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker UCI Paul Merage School Citizens Business Bank John Wayne Airport PBS SoCal Union Bank City of Aliso Viejo JPMorgan Chase Pension Group Inc United Parcel Service City of Anaheim Kaiser Permanente OC Pepperdine University URS Corporation City of Brea KB Home Pfizer, Inc. USC Marshall Business School City of Dana Point Kimberly-Clark Corporation Photon Energy Services, Inc. Vandermost Consulting Services City of Fullerton Kofax, Inc. Porter Novelli Vital Link City of Garden Grove KPMG LLP Poseidon Resources Corporation Vons, A Safeway Company City of Huntington Beach Laer Pearce & Associates Pretend City Vulcan Materials Company City of Irvine Lake Forest Chamber Pro-Dex Inc. Wakeland Housing & Development City of Laguna Niguel Latham & Watkins Project Tomorow Wells Fargo City of Lake Forest Lennar Homes Psomas Westamerica Graphics City of Mission Viejo LSA Associates, Inc. PsomasFMG, LLC Western Digital Foundation City of Orange Majestic Realty Company PTS Staffing Solutions Western Emulsions, Inc. City of Santa Ana Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP R.C. Hobbs Company Inc Willdan Group, Inc. City of Tustin Mater Dei High School R.J. Noble Company ORANGE COUNTY business council 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 | Irvine, CA 92614-5904 | phone: 949-476-2242 | fax: 949-476-9240 | url: www.ocbc.org Dear Business Partners, The Business Council’s advocacy efforts protect Orange County’s unrivalled quality of life by achieving meaningful solutions that safeguard and advance the business community’s interests. Understanding there are many issues facing businesses in California, OCBC’s Government Affairs Program is built around four core advocacy initiatives: increasing workforce housing, cultivating and expanding workforce development, improving the county’s infrastructure and fostering job creation and business growth through economic development. OCBC’s ability to address tough public policy issues that impact Orange County is aided by its Legislative Action Guide, which outlines the Business Council’s public policy guidelines and includes helpful advocacy tools, such as contact information for Orange County’s legislative delegations in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. The 2011-2012 edition reflects the issues critical to our business members and their 250,000 employees in Orange County and 2,500,000 employees worldwide. The purpose of this Legislative Action Guide for advocates is to offer you the tools and information needed in order to effectively advocate for the issues that will help create a more positive business environment, thereby helping the state’s overall economic health and vitality. As “Orange County’s leading voice of business,” OCBC focuses on maximizing the standard of living of the county’s residents, providing economic opportunities for the county’s businesses, fostering a competitive environment and positioning the county as a highly competitive region for business opportunities. Sincerely, Lucy Dunn Eddie Northen President and CEO UPS Orange County Business Council Chairman of the Board, OCBC THE LEADING VOICE OF BUSINESS IN ORANGE COUNTY ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS COUNCIL ABOUT OCBC MISSION STATEMENT Finally, OCBC maintains an aggressive communications Orange County Business Council (OCBC) represents and program to highlight the organization’s many efforts and promotes the business community, working with government and accomplishments, and presents high profile events throughout academia to enhance Orange County’s economic development the year to build awareness and support for OCBC initiatives. and prosperity in order to preserve a high quality of life. HISTORY CORE INITIATIVES Orange County Business Council formed in 1995 through the merger of the 100-year old Orange County Chamber of ♦ Infrastructure: Increase investment in construction, Commerce, the Industrial League of Orange County, the Orange management and maintenance of Orange County’s County Economic Development Consortium, and the public infrastructure, which is integral to the long-term economic private think tank, Partnership 2010. vitality of the county and the region. OCBC accomplishes its mission by leading a high-profile, pro- ♦ Workforce Development: Lead the business community’s active advocacy program at the county, state, and federal level efforts to further develop a high quality workforce that for business interests throughout California and the nation. supports the growing technology-based workplace. It focuses on four core initiatives: to improve infrastructure, ♦ Workforce Housing: Increase the supply, choices, and enhance workforce development, increase the supply of affordability of housing available for a growing Orange workforce housing, and advance economic development in County workforce. Orange County. ♦ Economic Development: Create a full spectrum of jobs OCBC’s history of accomplishments includes assisting in to improve the economic well-being and quality of life reorganizing local governance structures, advancing business- for Orange County. friendly legislation, leading local and regional economic development opportunities, helping charitable partners achieve Underpinning the implementation of these initiatives is the expert their financial objectives, promoting high-tech and innovation research of OCBC’s Vice President of Economic Development initiatives, and numerous other programs. and Research, Dr. Wallace Walrod. Dr. Walrod and his research team produce in-depth analyses of the state, regional, and local Through its core initiatives, OCBC