Volume 3, Issue 4

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Chamber Events Datebook

April

4/7 - Chamber Academy Entrepreneur Training Starts

4/10 - Policy Forum

4/14 - ExecuTrain Chamber Workshop

4/16 - Business After Five Mixer

4/20-23 - San Diego/Baja California Mission to Mexico City

May

5/5 - Morning Buzz

5/27 - Small Business Awards Luncheon & Business Exchange

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Chamber Chairman Calls for Assistance on City Budget

By Ben Haddad, Chamber Chairman of the Board

“Civics 101” in the classroom is very different from “making sausage” in real life.  The current City budget issue illustrates all too well that the real thing doesn’t resemble much of what we are taught.

One of the Chamber’s four policy priorities for 2009 is the City of San Diego’s budget.  Earlier this year, I appointed a City Budget Task Force, led by our Public Policy Chair Vince Mudd. Vince’s team, along with President Ruben Barrales, have presented the Chamber’s priorities to the City Council’s Budget Committee, chaired by Tony Young.

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Chamber Chairman Ben Haddad unveiled his priorities for the coming year at the Chamber's Annual Dinner in January.

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President Calderón presses the switch to activate Kyocera’s new automated warehouse. Kyocera recently inaugurated its second manufacturing plant in Tijuana to produce solar photovoltaic modules, a line of renewable energy products that convert sunlight into useable electricity with no noise, no moving parts and no pollution.  

Big Bay Corner: Joint Powers Authority for the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Meet

 

ESET Tech Corner: Can I Guess Your Password?

Time Warner Cable Celebrates Grand Opening of New Cable Store and Service Center in Clairemont

 

Mexican President Felipe Calderón Inaugurates Kyocera’s New Solar Module Manufacturing Facility in Tijuana

 

The Unintended Consequences of an Aging Workforce

 


 

Ruben Barrales, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

On behalf of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, I enthusiastically support the recently announced arena partnership between San Diego State and the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.

 

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Doug Holman, Vice President of Membership

 

 

I am hopeful that by now you have seen numerous references to either the Entrepreneurial Training Program® or Chamber Academy®. Providing professional development opportunities to our members is something your Chamber takes very seriously.

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James Clark, Mexico Business Center Director General

 

The media, in both broadcast and print, have done an excellent job in scaring San Diegans about travel to Tijuana and Rosarito Beach.   Unfortunately, the coverage has been unbalanced, sensational and just plain unfair. 

 

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By Monique Rodriguez, Senior Manager, Qualcomm & Chamber Public Policy Committee Member

In 2008, California enacted the Green Chemistry Initiative through legislation (AB 1879/ Feuer and SB 509/Simitian).  With the help of a Science Panel, these bills will authorize the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to adopt regulations by Jan. 1, 2011 to identify and prioritize chemicals of concern in consumer products, develop alternatives to existing hazardous chemicals and regulate, and ban, certain products that contain those chemicals. 

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Lunch of the Month: O'Brothers

 

 

Board Member Profile:

Dan Feldman, Vice President of Sunroad Enterprises

 

 
 

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