South County Chamber News
Economic Update Breakfast,
Big Election Day Win for Mission Viejo Businesses,
Legislative Alliance Activities and Big Chamber Savings!
Planning out the rest of your business year?
RSVP NOW for the Chamber’s Economic Update Breakfast!
Join us Tuesday, June 29th at 7:30 a.m. at Aliso Viejo Conference Center – 29 Santa Barbara Drive in Aliso Viejo – for the SOC Chamber’s Economic Update Breakfast.
This timely and important panel discussion will feature Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register real estate reporters and blogger; Greg Autry with UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business and South Orange County business leaders.
Cost to attend the event is only $35 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are also available starting at $150.
Register online TODAY at www.socchambers.com
Measure D Fails, Mission Viejo Business Community Wins!
In case you missed it, Mission Viejo’s anti-business Measure D failed during Tuesday’s Primary Election Day. With more than 61 percent of the city’s voters opposing Measure D, this was a big win for not only businesses in Mission Viejo but for Chamber members throughout the region who potentially faced the same threat had Measure D passed.
The South Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce led the effort to educate and mobilize Mission Viejo businesses against the initiative, which would have required expensive citywide election campaigns any time an expansion or relocation of a business involved rezoning property.
Chamber members throughout Mission Viejo placed signs in windows, walked their neighborhoods and educated friends about the impact Measure D would have on their business.
This effort was part of a larger campaign involving partners in the Legislative Alliance of Southern Orange County (LASOC), including prime sponsor Orange County Association of Realtors (OCAR), the Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIA/OC), the Orange County Business Council and California Women’s Leadership Association (CWLA), as well as the Orange County Taxpayers’ Association.
Assemblywoman Diane L. Harkey to provide State Budget Update at June 25th Legislative Alliance meeting
Mark your calendars now for the next meeting of the Legislative Alliance of Southern Orange County (LASOC) at Saddleback College’s Student Services Center. The meeting takes place Friday, June 25th from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Headlining the discussion will be 73rd District Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, member of the Assembly Committee on Budget, with an update on this year’s budget talks in Sacramento. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the impact of this year’s budget on Workforce Development and Education.
Included in the panel will be Don Sedgwick, member of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, Meredith Michaels, Vice Chancellor for Budget at UC Irvine, as well as a representative from Saddleback College.
The meeting will also include a wrap-up on Mission Viejo Measure D and our first look ahead to the November elections with a presentation from the Stop the Jobs Tax Initiative Campaign. As always, we’ll have updates from our legislative representatives.
Lots going on, so we hope to see you on the 25th!
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June SOC Chamber Meeting Schedule
• Governmental Affair Committee Meeting – Wednesday, June 16; 7:30 @ Laguna Woods Community Center, 24351 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods
• Chamber Corporate Board Meeting – Wednesday, June 16; 4:00 p.m. @ Santa Margarita Water District Board Room, 26111 Antonio Parkway, Las Flores
• Legislative Alliance Meeting (LASOC) – Friday, June 25; 7:30 a.m. @ Saddleback College in Mission Viejo
• Mid-year Economic Update Breakfast – Tuesday, June 29; 7:30 a.m. @ the Aliso Viejo Conference Center, 29 Santa Barbara (next to the Aliso Viejo Golf Club)
For more information any of these meetings or events, please call the Chamber at (949) 635-5800 or visit www.socchambers.com
