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Spring 2012

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The 22 most important state legisla�ve proposals of 2011 for the Southeast San Gabriel Valley Business

Community and how local legislators voted!

This past year has been a busy year for the

Regional Chamber of Commerce—San Gabriel Valley as

the Chamber focused its advocacy efforts on the 22

most important sate legisla�ve proposals that would

have the greatest impact on the Southeast San Gabriel

Valley business community. In the lead with perfect

scores are Assemblymember Curt Hagman and Senator

Bob Huff followed by Senator Ed Hernandez with only 38

percent and finally, Assemblymember Charles Calderon

with just 29 percent.

“California has a reputa�on for having an

unfriendly business environment,” stated Szu Pei Lu

Yang, President/Chairperson of the Regional Chamber of

Commerce –San Gabriel Valley’s Board of Directors.

“The scorecard was created to highlight each legislators'

posi�on on bills that effect business in order to

recognize legislators who are truly ac�ng in the interest

of businesses in California. ” con�nued Lu Yang.

“The Chamber will con�nue to fight for the

Southeast San Gabriel Valley business community

whether we are doing so here in our region or in

Sacramento,” stated Steven Ly, Chief Execu�ve Officer

of the Regional Chamber of Commerce—San Gabriel

Valley. “The legisla�ve Scorecard is an opportunity to

grade our legislators on their business friendly votes”

con�nued Ly.

To reach the “Percentage FOR pro-jobs

legisla�on,” the Regional Chamber tallied the number of

�mes our legislators voted for the Chamber’s posi�on

on each proposal and divided that total by the total

number of proposals in which each legislator voted. A legisla�ve proposal is not figured into the vote record percentage if a

legislator, for whatever reason, did not vote or if the proposal failed before the legislator had an opportunity to vote.

“The Chamber will continue to fight

for the Southeast San Gabriel Valley

business community whether we are

doing so here in our region or in

Sacramento.” - Steven Ly

Executive Committee Szu-Pei Lu-Yang Graves & King, LLP President/Chairperson of the Board Ben Su, MBA, LUTCF, CLF Prosperity Wealth Management President/Chairperson Elect Mike Gregoryk Mt. San Antonio College Chief Financial Officer Teresa Chen Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin Vice President Membership Development Nef Cortez RE/Max Reality 100 Co Vice President Business Advocacy Michael Brown, CPA Michael Miller & Brown Co. Co Vice President Business Advocacy Alexandra Pao HRM101 Vice President Communications Annalisa Gore Total Resources Vice President Special Events

Board of Directors Reyna Del Haro Kaiser Permanente Larry Black Diamond Country Escrow Michael Roberts Prospectors Fed. Credit Union Melisa Luna SpeedZone Diana Wood Tri-Counties Association of Realtors Delilah Knox-Rios, Esq. Attorney at Law Chuck Bennett Business Data Links Angelica Michail Sunbelt Business Brokers of Pasadena Jane Wibowo First Way Insurance & Financial Services The Honorable Tony Cartagena City of Walnut Ex-officio James Destefano City of Diamond Bar Ex-officio

Moving Into the Future! President / Chairperson’s Message

by Szu Pei Lu Yang

A=orney at Law

Graves & King, LLP

We are “Moving into the Future”! The Regional Chamber of

San Gabriel Valley has grown tremendously in the past 6

months. We have completely restructured the Chamber to

be=er serve its members through the Human Resource (HR) forums and Power

Lunches.

I have had the great pleasure to work with extremely talented, focused and mo�vated

Board members and individuals. Through proper planning, the Chamber is having a

great 2012. It is my vision that by the end of my term, this Chamber will be well on its

way in becoming a strong and solid Regional Chamber – advoca�ng for businesses in

this eastern San Gabriel Region.

19720 E Walnut Drive S, Suite 201

Walnut, CA 91789

P(909) 869-0701 • F(909) 869-0701

www.RegionalChamberSGV.com

www.facebook.com/RegionalChamber

Chamber Staff: Steven Ly

Chief Execu�ve Officer

[email protected]

Judy Chen

Opera�ons Manager

[email protected]

Melanie Coward

Membership Development Manager

[email protected]

Janet Farlow

Membership Accounts Specialist

[email protected]

Rick Palas

Farmers Market Manager

[email protected]

Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Chen

Prin�ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LA Web Inc.

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Member Spotlight

Join the Regional Chamber at our Business Expo Join the Regional Chamber at our Business Expo Join the Regional Chamber at our Business Expo at the City of Diamond Bar’s Annual Birthday Festivalat the City of Diamond Bar’s Annual Birthday Festivalat the City of Diamond Bar’s Annual Birthday Festival

Saturday • April 14, 2012 • 11am-5pm • Pantera Park, Diamond Bar

For booth info contact Melanie Coward at [email protected]

We Mean Business! Chief Execu've Officer’s Message

by Steven Ly

Chief Execu�ve Officer

In fall of 2008, the United States economy

faced a cascading crash which marked the start of the

greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

We saw businesses hemorrhage jobs since that period with double digits in

(reported) unemployment. During that �me, Chambers of Commerce, the

leading business advocacy organiza�ons, faced their most trying �mes ever as

businesses, needing to conserve cash, wondered harder about their need to

renew their memberships.

Our chamber, a merger of two community business organiza�ons, was

s�ll based on a new concept as the economy crashed. The idea was that as ci�es

are no longer able to provide economic development assistance to their local

community chamber, then the chamber must look at becoming more regional.

This has helped us survive as our members saw benefit in marke�ng, advoca�ng

and doing business with their neighbors as much as within their own

community.

As the economy starts the recover, your chamber will be inves�ng more

resources to helping you do business. Since 2008, we have all been in a survival

mode, but now that the light is appearing, we will be doing what we do best,

represen�ng and providing tools to our members.

This coming year alone, we are looking at launching a Women’s Business

Council, a branch of the chamber that will promote women in business. We will

also be working on developing a Green Business Council, which will help keep

businesses up to date on the latest state-mandated regula�ons while also

providing opportuni�es for businesses to find savings by going green.

Most importantly, we understand that doing business in California is

becoming increasingly difficult, especially as the state is looking at adding

addi�onal costs and regula�ons in your industry. This is why we are launching a

Chamber Poli�cal Ac�on Commi=ee, or PAC, which will hold our elected officials

accountable on the votes they take.

3rd Annual Joint Mayors Prayer Breakfast The Chamber hosted its 3rd Annual Joint

Mayors Prayer Breakfast with City of Walnut

Mayor Nancy Tragarz and City of Diamond Bar

Mayor Ling Ling Chang at the Diamond Bar

Golf Course.

(L to R) City of Walnut Mayor Nancy Tragarz and City of Diamond Bar Mayor Ling Ling Chang.

(L to R) San Gabriel Valley Housing and Home-less Coordina�ng Council’s Sco= Chamberlain and Rose Hills’ Bruce Lazenby.

(L to R) Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe and Cantor Paul Buch with Temple Beth Israel.

American Medical Response’s table.

California Wage The. Preven'on California Wage The. Preven'on Act of 2011…Are You Complying?Act of 2011…Are You Complying?

By Amber M. Solano, Esq. and Andres C. Hurwitz,

Esq. Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Effec�ve January 1, 2012, Assembly Bill 469, a.k.a. the Wage TheQ

Preven�on Act of 2011 subjects California employers to new no�ce and

record keeping requirements and to addi�onal penal�es for failing to comply

with the California Labor Code. The new law:

1. Increases from two years to three years the period of �me employers are

required to maintain specified records, including records of hours worked

and payroll records.

2. Requires employers to show on wage statements (i.e., check stubs) the

name and address of the en�ty that secured the services of the

employer, if the employer is a farm labor contractor.

3. Requires employers to provide each employee at the �me of hire a

wri=en no�ce containing the following informa�on:

(a) The rates of pay and basis thereof, whether paid by the hour,

shiQ, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or otherwise, including

any rates for over�me;

(b) Allowances, if any, claimed as part of the minimum wage,

including meal or lodging allowances;

(c) The regular payday designated by the employer;

(d) The name of the employer, including any 'doing business as'

names used by the employer;

(e) The physical address of the employer's main office or principal

place of business, and a mailing address, if different;

(f) The telephone number of the employer;

(g) The name, address, and telephone number of the employer's

workers' compensa�on insurance carrier; and

(h) Any other informa�on the Labor Commissioner deems material

and necessary.

Further, except for informa�on shown on "a �mely wage statement

furnished in accordance with Sec�on 226," employers must also no�fy

employees in wri�ng within seven (7) calendar days of any changes to the

informa�on required to be contained in the no�ce.

“Effective January 1, 2012, Assembly Bill 469,

a.k.a. the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011

subjects California employers to new notice and

record keeping requirements and to additional

penalties for failing to comply with the California

Labor Code.”

Newsmakers Luncheon

with Senator Bob Huff

The Chamber hosted its 2nd Annual Newsmakers Luncheon series with guest

California State Senator Bub Huff giving a legisla�ve update.

(L to R) Pastor Jimmy Nih with Walnut United Methodist Chuch and Steven Ly, Chief Execu�ve Officer of the Regional Chamber.

Spring Quarterly Mixer

The Chamber co hosted its Spring Quarterly Mixer with the Asian Business Associa�on at

(L to R) Regional Chamber Board President/Chairperson Szu Pei Lu Yang and Sandy Lee with the Asian Business Associa�on.

Notably, this new law does not apply to persons employed by any

state or local government or to any employee covered by a valid collec�ve

bargaining agreement, if the agreement expressly provides for the wages,

hours of work, and working condi�ons of the employee, and if the

agreement provides premium wage rates for all over�me hours worked and

a regular hourly rate of apply for those employees of not less than 30

percent more than the state minimum wage.

A template of the required no�ce provided by the Division of Labor

Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) is available for download at

www.dir.ca.gov/dlse

Employers will find that no�ce prepared by the DLSE (the “No�ce”)

somewhat complicated and containing more informa�on then required by

Assembly Bill 469. At this �me, however, the DLSE is taking the posi�on

that the addi�onal informa�on is deemed material and necessary. The

complica�ons associated with u�lizing the No�ce are currently being

addressed with the DLSE by various employer groups in California in an

effort that the addi�onal informa�on be removed from the No�ce or

clarified through the DLSE’s FAQs. While some modifica�ons can be made

to the No�ce to make it more applicable to specific employers, employers

would be well suited to u�lize the No�ce at this �me, as this is the form the

DLSE will seek when conduc�ng compliance audits on California employers.

For more informa�on on this and other issues, please visit our

website at www.aalrr.com.

MONTHLY

HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINARS The Regional Chamber of Commerce-San Gabriel Valley is proud to offer the

Human Resources Seminars on the 2nd Thursday of every month to all

businesses in the San Gabriel Valley area. The Seminars will be presented by

attorneys from the firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. Keep up to

date on new legislation and the hottest legal trends affecting employers and

your business in 2012.

The topic for the April seminar will be “Hiring, Documenting and Firing

Employees”. Tips tools and traps for employers.

Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012

Time: Check-In and Breakfast at 7:30 a.m./Presentation at

8:00 a.m. SHARP!

Location: Quality Inn & Suites

1170 Fairway Drive

Walnut California 91789

Cost: $10.00 per person

Registration or Questions: Please call the Chamber at 909.869.0701 or email

Melanie Coward at [email protected] to reserve your

spot.

(L to R) Event Raffle Prize Winners: Stella Wanf with Pacific Palms Resort & Conference Center, Joan Johnson with OPARC, and Ben Su with Prosperity Wealth Management.

Chamber Forms Chamber Forms Poli'cal Ac'on Commi4eePoli'cal Ac'on Commi4ee

At its March 2012 Board of Directors mee�ng, the

chamber authorized the crea�on of a Poli�cal Ac�on Commi=ee

(PAC) in an effort to help keep legislators accountable on their

business-friendly prac�ces. The chamber already has a robust

government affairs program through its Government Affairs

Council, a body that analyzes and takes official posi�ons on

legisla�on that affect the chamber’s business members.

However, the Board recognized the need to take the chamber

to the next level of advocacy through the forma�on of a PAC.

The Chamber formed its Government Affairs Council

five years ago to represent the voice of business in the

southeast San Gabriel Valley area. Since then, the Chamber’s

goal has been to build a robust voice for the business

community through hiring a consultant, publishing a vo�ng

record guide, and formalizing an issue review process.

The natural evolu�onary step for Chambers hoping to

build a robust government affairs program is the endorsement

of candidates. Most other chambers that have formed a strong

GAC move towards forming a PAC to begin influencing

candidates and their posi�on on business development. Similar

chambers include the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce,

Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce, Pasadena Chamber

Commerce, Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce,

Montebello Chamber of Commerce and many others.

The PAC, governed by the Board of Directors, will not

use any chamber members’ funds and will keep separate

accounts and fundraising prac�ces and will be administered by

the chamber staff. The PAC will focus its endorsements to

county, state and federal candidates through an approved

endorsement process with the Board having final approval of

recommended candidates.

April 2012

7777 Jack Newe’s Farmers Market 8am-2pm

Mt San Antonio College Parking Lot B

9999 Government Affairs Committee 12p-1pm

Quality Inn & Suites—Walnut

11111111 Strength in Numbers Power Luncheon

11:30am-1pm Holiday Inn—Diamond Bar

12121212 HR Seminar Series 7:30am-9am




14141414 Diamond Bar Business Expo 11am-6pm






May 2012

2222 Green Conference 8am-3pm

Courtyard Marriott—Baldwin Park















June 2012















28282828 Annual Installation Gala 5pm-8pm

Pacific Palms Resort & Conference Center

AC Real Estate Services, Inc.

(909) 581-4528

Academy Mortgage Corpora'on

(909) 860-0216

APR Consul'ng, Inc.

(909) 396-5375

Best Western Plus Execu've Inn

(626) 810-1818

Bright Now Dental West Covina

(626) 338-4714

Buffalo Wild Wings

(626) 810-6479

C.G.M. Development, Inc.

(626) 913-8939

Caliber Collision Center

(909) 598-1113

California Bank & Trust - Walnut

(909) 594-8572

Cer'fied Financial Planner - Ed Hilden

(909) 860-6915

Chick-fil-A

(909) 598-6300

Chiroprac'c And Acupuncture Office

(626) 918-9542

Courtyard by Marrio4

(626) 962-6000

Cybertegic

(626) 810-3763

Dental Arts Prac'ce

(909) 598-9097

DeVry University

(909) 868-4148

Diamond Bar Chiroprac'c

(909) 860-0148

Diamond Bar Montessori Academy

(909) 396-8747

Emerald Ridge

(303) 759-5123

For Us Founda'on

(626) 935-8432

Global Electronic Technology, Inc.

(949) 380-0345

Guardian Life Insurance Company

(714) 408-6416

Holiday Inn Diamond Bar

(909) 860-5440

Interna'onal School of Montessori

(909) 594-8172

KCAL Insurance Services

(626) 855-8288

Kmart - Diamond Bar

(909) 861-7741

Kumon Diamond Bar South

(909) 979-3909

Majes'c Realty Company

(562) 948-4306

Manasan Law Group

(909) 843-6427

Massage Envy Spa

(909) 612-9700

Mt. San Antonio College

(909) 274-7500

Pacific Crest Drum & Bugle Corps

(909) 468-2802

Prospectors Federal Credit Union

(909) 396-9688

Prosperity Wealth Management

1-888-505-2809

Pruden'al California Realty

(909) 861-6000

Servpro of Diamond Bar/ Pomona

(909) 860-1748

Southern California Gas Company

(323) 881-3552

Spa Renaissance

(626) 820-0588

St. Jude Heritage Medical Group

(909) 860-1144

State Farm Insurance-Forbing

(909) 623-8571

The Law Offices of Sco4 Warmuth

(626) 810-9333

Total Resources Interna'onal

(909) 594-1220

Tri-City Smiles

(626) 581-7878

Tri-Coun'es Associa'on of Realtors

(714) 245-5540

Valley Vista Services

(800) 442-6454

Vision 21 Art PorEolio School

(909) 860-7553

Walnut Valley Water District

(909) 595-1268

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

(626) 378-0698

WTO Express (U.S.A.) Corp.

(909) 595-7128

Welcome New & Renewing Members We are happy to welcome the new and

renewing members from January,

February, and March 2012.

GREEN EXPO & CONFERENCE

Greening Your Pocketbooks

by Greening Your Business! Wednesday, May 2, 2012 •••• 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Courtyard Marrio4—Baldwin Park 14635 Baldwin Park Towne Center, Baldwin Park

For more informa�on please contact Melanie Coward

(909) 869-0701 or [email protected]

PRESORT STANDARD

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PAID INDUSTRY, CA

PERMIT NO. 4401 19720 E. Walnut Drive South, Suite 201

Walnut, CA 91789

P: 909.869.0701

F: 909.869.0761

[email protected]

www.RegionalChamberSGV.com

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