Last month, CBPA released it's annual report, offering a comprehensive overview of activities and achievements, and outlining how your membership dues are utilized to advance the organization and better serve you and your industry. For more information, view the annual report here.

On behalf of the CBPA Board of Directors and staff, we express our sincere gratitude for your continued membership, engagement, and contributions. Your support is vital in ensuring our industry has a strong voice in Sacramento!

As expected, the proposed warehouse ban Assembly Bill 1000 (Reyes; D-San Bernardino) is back and the bill has been set for a hearing on January 10, 2024 in the Assembly Committee on Local Government.

Assemblymember Reyes has proposed amendments to the bill to attempt to make it appear like a compromise. However, CBPA, along with a coalition of business groups are still strongly opposed and are actively advocating against the bill. CBPA’s updated coalition letter outlines our coalition's arguments in opposition. Stayed tuned for more updates!

CBPA recently announced its endorsement of Proposition 1, the $6.38 billion bond initiative spearheaded by Governor Newsom aimed at constructing 10,000 new community behavioral health facilities and residences.

These efforts seek to provide housing and aid individuals of all age groups in California coping with severe mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Proposition 1 is a step in the right direction towards solving one of our state’s biggest challenges.

CBPA President & CEO Matthew Hargrove was featured in the Chicago Tribune discussing the negative impacts of the transfer tax Los Angeles implemented last year - a similar measure to the “Bring Chicago Home” proposal up for a citywide vote in March.

"With not a lot of digging, you'll find it's been a disaster for L.A. real estate," Hargrove told the Tribune. "This is a market, and markets react to taxes. They're not coming anywhere near the promised numbers. That's the problem with doing policy at the ballot box."

"Kern County, the southern gateway to the San Joaquin Valley, is poised to become the next frontier for Southern California’s multibillion-dollar warehouse industry.

Farmers, frustrated by new state laws that will severely limit access to groundwater, are selling or converting their properties. Massive warehouses are being built on speculation near traditional farming communities like Buttonwillow and Shafter."