Region Business

Region Business is a business-oriented advocacy association in the greater Sacramento region. The organization is a coalition of trade associations (Region Builders, Region Restaurants, Region Technology) under the umbrella of Region Business.[1]

Region Business
FoundedFebruary 1, 2011
TypeAdvocacy group
FocusBusiness advocacy
Location
  • Sacramento, California
Area served
Sacramento region industry
MethodPolitical lobbying, Public relations
Websiteregionbusiness.org

History

Region Business was founded in 2011 as Region Builders,[2][3] a political action committee of the Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange. The organization became a separate trade association in 2012.[4] In 2015, the organization re-branded[5][6][7] from a building industry trade association to a business advocacy association.[8]

Policy Positions taken
  • Supported the Sacramento City Downtown Arena.[9][10][11]
  • Opposed a proposed $15 minimum wage in Sacramento City (Region Restaurants, Region Builders).[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
  • Supporting zero-percent loans for new restaurants (Region Restaurants).[19][20]
  • Supported one-day building permit program called Permit Simplicity (Region Builders).[21][22][23][24][25]
  • Opposed proposed soda tax in the City of Davis (Region Restaurants).[26]
  • Supporting Downtown Soccer Stadium project (Region Business).[27]
  • Supported bidding preferences on public projects for local contractors (Region Builders).[28]
  • Supported creation of clean energy property investment (Region Builders).[29]
  • Supported approval of Cordova Hills development project (Region Builders).[30]
  • Supported the repeal of the Sacramento City Big Box "Superstore" Ordinance (Region Builders).[31][32][33][34][35]
  • Opposed efforts by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to remove local control on development project decisions (Region Builders).[36][37][38]

Electoral activities

Sacramento City Downtown Arena

Spearheaded the pro-arena effort for the Golden 1 Center.[9][10] Filed the FPPC complaint that uncovered Chris Hansen as secret funder for STOP anti-arena campaign,[54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65] collected 15,000 petition withdrawals (the most in California State History[66]) to successfully block STOP measure from the ballot,[66][67][68][69][70] and ran the DowntownArena.org[71][72][73][74][75][76] and The4000[77][78][79][80] arena coalitions.

Current & past leadership

Info from official website.[81]

  • Chet Fite - Board President - 2018-2020
  • David Temblador - Board President - 2015–2017
  • Ron Brown - Board President - 2014
  • Mike Kimmel - Board President - 2013
  • Bill Porter - Founder, Board President - 2011–2012
  • Scott Maxwell, Founder - 2011
  • Tim Fry, Founder - 2011
  • Joshua Wood (Smiling Assassin)[8][82][83][84] - Founder, Chief Executive Officer (2011–Present)

Affiliate organizations
  • Region Builders[85]
  • Region Technology[86]
  • Region Restaurants[87]
  • the Economic Growth Institute

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