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January 22, 2010
Chamber Announces 2010 Policy Platform
The Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
looks forward to working with the local business community
once again in 2010 to further strengthen and successfully
execute its program of work, and to send a clear message
that a unified, well thought out plan, stimulated by
inventive and creative thinking and supported by a broad
section of interests can make meaningful progress in
representing the interests of businesses in our community.
“We expect 2010 to be an exciting and busy year. Our policy
priorities reflect this and we will be ready to represent
the interests of Redondo Beach businesses with government,”
stated Marna Smeltzer, President and CEO of the Redondo
Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. “Maintaining
the economic vitality of the Redondo Beach business climate
is priority number one for our Chamber,” continued Smeltzer.
The Chamber
believes the basic interests of business closely parallel
the interests of workers, who are directly linked to
companies as consumers, employees, shareholders, and
suppliers. In their roles as business owners, Chamber
members are responsible for the jobs, products, services and
benefits that affect the economic well-being of all
citizens.
The Chamber seeks to identify issues early, employ careful
research, and understand the problems faced by government as
well as business. It serves as a catalyst, stimulating
individual business leaders to become more active in public
policy.
Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau’s 2010
Policy Platform
Business Retention and Attraction
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Support economic development opportunities in Redondo
Beach and the region that promote business retention and
attraction.
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Work
to streamline and reduce unnecessary requirements of
regulatory agencies.
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Promote a quality of life that supports the Redondo
Beach community as a desirable place to live, work and
do business.
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Support efforts that encourage California's investment
in tourism marketing.
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Support business districts and their priorities in order
to create a strong local economy.
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Support efforts to (1) secure the long-term retention of
the Los Angeles Air Force Base and (2) promote an
enhanced quality of life for Air Force personnel.
Reduce Over Burdensome Regulation
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Support efforts to keep business regulations to a
minimum that do not put Redondo Beach and regional
businesses at a competitive disadvantage.
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Discourage a tax and fee system that is not market
competitive.
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Hold
government accountable for its actions and for the
programs it operates.
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Monitor government and its actions to ensure maximum
efficiency and return on investment with public funds.
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Promote a legal system that contains checks and balances
to ensure fairness to all.
Workforce Development
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Support an educational system that prepares people for
21st century jobs, careers and promote good
citizens.
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Work
with agencies to assist with the development of
workforce training priorities, programs and placement.
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Support the development of on-going programs within the
business community that integrate with the school
district for vocational and technical career paths.
Workforce Housing
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Support incentives for an adequate supply of housing,
housing affordability and choices of home types that
meet the needs of Redondo Beach businesses and their
employees.
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Support common-sense reforms that will help our local
housing market.
Emergency Preparedness
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Promote and support emergency preparedness including
homeland security measures within the Redondo Beach
business community.
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Monitor port legislation and security reforms that
impacts the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and LAX
and their affects on the region.
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Monitor regional solutions to safety and growth at the
Los Angeles International Airport.
Healthcare
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Support a responsible and comprehensive healthcare
infrastructure and insurance policy proposals that
balance the cost for businesses with affordable and
reasonable healthcare coverage.
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Support health education and preventive healthcare
initiatives within our communities.
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Support adequate physical education and nutrition
funding for local schools.
Immigration
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Support a guest worker program that is comprehensive,
addressing both future economic needs for workers and
the status of undocumented workers already in the United
States.
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Support efforts that strengthen national security by
providing for thorough screening of foreign workers and
creating strong disincentives for illegal immigration.
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Support efforts to create a fast, accurate and reliable
employment verification system.
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Monitor policies that address the impacts of immigration
on healthcare, housing issues, traffic, education and
wages.
Transportation
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Support and encourage reasonable and effective efforts
to increase the efficiency and productivity of the
transportation and highway systems and to reduce
congestion, increase traffic flow, reduce pollution and
accommodate population, business, and transportation
growth throughout the Redondo Beach region.
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Support development and use of traffic management
devices, public and private transportation technologies,
intelligent transportation systems, and motorist
information technologies; as well as incentives and
education to encourage ridesharing, trip consolidation,
telecommuting, alternative work sites and schedules, and
use of public transit, walking, and bicycling.
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Build
a regional coalition to achieve solutions to traffic and
transportation challenges.
Political Leadership
Local Control
Environment
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Support polices that recognize the importance of
balancing environmental issues including green programs
and their impacts on the public and private sector.
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Monitor policies that ensure long-term positive impacts
on environmental stability and the economic vitality of
Redondo Beach businesses and our quality of life.
Infrastructure
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Encourage an adequate, reliable, and cost-effective
utility infrastructure system (including gas, electric,
water, and telecommunications) be planned, developed and
maintained to meet the needs of our residents and
business community.
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