California Construction Trucking Association (CCTA)

President of the University of California, Mark G. Yudof  Responds to PLF, Brown v. Adams

COMES NOW, Respondent, MARK G. YUDOF, in his official capacity as President of the University of California (referred to herein as "Respondent") and answering for himself alone, answers the Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

Case No. 34-2009-80000266

Date: December 18, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM
Dept.: 31

Please read the attached study from the California Small Business Administration (CalSBA), which outlines the cost of state regulation to small businesses (under 500 employees or 99.7 percent of all companies nationwide) here...a whopping $492 BILLION each year...roughly five times the states annual budget.

Several times each year, we receive phone calls from members who are confused as to how the CDTOA Return-of Dues program works. During the Annual Membership & Board Meetings, the CDTOA Board and membership have over the years voted on a variety of changes to the Return-of-Dues “Life Insurance” program. The details explaining the changes were published in many issues of the association publication and on the website. The first major change went into effect in 1999, another in 2003, 2005, and the last one in 2007.

Legislative Committee Rejects Latest Effort to Seek Documentation

A legislative committee in late August rejected a California Chamber of Commerce-supported request to audit the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the cost to implement AB 32, the climate change emissions reduction law enacted in 2006.

It’s been said that official unemployment numbers underestimate the true unemployment numbers, with many dropping off the radar as their unemployment benefits expire, and with many taking jobs that “under-employ” them. Still, a recent study comes as a shock, saying that 2/5 or 40% of Californians of working age are out of work.