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The Government Affairs Committee of the
Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce is the group that considers issues of
political interest to the business community. Mission Statement: “The
purpose of the Government Affairs Committee is to study, analyze, formulate,
record, and advocate for positions and issues of interest to the Yuba-Sutter
business community". It is also to establish necessary relationships with
the city, county, state and federal elected officials to support or oppose
issues impacting the Yuba-Sutter business community.
The GAC is made up of 20 members, 10 from the Board of Directors and 10
at-large members from the general membership. There is no funding for the committee. When the GAC takes a position, organizations
are given permission to use the Chamber's name in their advertisements. Those
organizations pay for the advertising. The Chamber does not provide any funding
to any groups or organizations.
The committee is empowered to represent the Chamber publicly without
ratification by the Board of Directors. This allows the Chamber to formulate
policies allowing quick formal response to issues. Another objective is to
monitor breaking issues, city and county agendas, and any state or federal
legislation of interest.
The GAC uses an Issue Management Form to determine
if an issue will be considered by the committee and has a Process Description document to determine how the
issue will be addressed.
In 2009, the GAC continued the Legislative Lunch series to present information on legislative issues of importance to the business community. State Assemlymen Dan Logue and James Nielsen, Senator Sam Aanestad, and Congressman Wally Herger participated.
Also in 2009, the Chamber joined the "Save Your City" campaign of the League of California Cities, hosted discussions with area leaders on topics such as health care, the use of economic stimulus funds locally, and Yuba City's beautification and sign ordinance programs. The GAC also wrote letters of support or opposition on a variety of topics impacting the business community.
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