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Metro Chamber to carry business leaders’ message:
Reform budget, reduce regulations
to improve job-making
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to address Metro Chamber’s business and civic delegates
In Northern California's largest chamber-led lobbying effort, business and civic leaders from the Sacramento region head to the State Capitol on
 Tuesday, Feb. 22, to ask legislators to reform the state budget, provide businesses with regulatory relief and advocate for shared responsibility during the current budget crisis.
Organized by the Sacramento Metro Chamber, this year’s State Legislative Summit offers one of the best opportunities for the voice of business to be heard and business leaders are cautiously optimistic that real reform can happen.
“2011 must be the year of allowing businesses to do what they do best—create jobs—and not wade through senseless paperwork,” said Matthew Mahood, president & CEO. “The state’s onerous regulations run 28,000 pages long and many, many duplicate each other. We all know how tough it is to do our federal state tax returns—businesspeople face that kind of hassle every day from redundant state regulations—not to mention those of local and other jurisdictions.”
Summit topics
Air Quality, Civic Amenities, Green
Technology, Flood Protection, Health Care and Biosciences, Jobs and Business
Growth, Resources, Transportation, and Workforce and Education.
Lt. Governor to Speak
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will address the Metro Chamber State Legislative Summit delegation speaking during the luncheon.
Welcome Reception
The program concludes with the Capital Region Legislators Welcome Reception, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Citizen Hotel to honor the newly elected state constitutional officers and locally elected leaders from Sacramento’s capital region. The reception is co-hosted by Sen. Steinberg and newly elected Assemblyman Roger Dickinson. The Metro Chamber welcomes the region’s new public servants in partnership with the Downtown Sacramento Partnership and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Summit: 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Reception: 5-7:30 p.m.
Place: Citizen Hotel, 926 J. St., Sacramento & State Capitol
Registration for Summit is closed
Reception Registration Open: Click
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