Hotels in Sacramento are seeing a sharp increase of check-ins and an upswing in the industry. According to statistics by CBRE Hotels in San Francisco, occupancy rates in 2015 increased to nearly 75 percent. Those rates are up from just below 65 percent in 2010. In the previous year, hotel…
Behind the scenes, debate about the exit of Sacramento’s city manager
Sacramento city manager John Shirey is scheduled to step down Nov. 18, soon after a new mayor is elected. But some city leaders are raising concerns about that timing — which, according to many accounts, has been orchestrated by Mayor Kevin Johnson. It makes more sense for a new mayor…
Secretary of State Alex Padilla focused on the election year
Technology is the future of California elections and nowhere is this more apparent than in the office of California Secretary of State, Alex Padilla. Delivering a keynote speech at the 2016 Metro Chamber State Legislative Summit at the Sutter Club last Thursday morning, Padilla gave an overview of what he…
Chamber View: Small Business, Big Impact
We are one month in to 2016. How are you doing with your resolutions? Have you let a couple slide? If one of your resolutions was to expand your business this year, or to seriously explore that business idea that’s been in the back of your mind, come on down to…
Miss Sacramento County 2016 is Crowned
Did you know that the Sacramento Metro Chamber founded the Miss Sacramento County pageant? The pageant has since crowned 65 queens and awarded hundreds of young women with college scholarships totaling over $150,000. Last Saturday, Metro Chamber President & CEO, Peter Tateishi honored the Chamber’s long-standing history with the pageant and…
Marcos Breton: Mayoral race could challenge conventional wisdom
Conventional wisdom says Darrell Steinberg will cruise to an easy victory in Sacramento’s mayoral election this June. He is sitting on a $1.4 million war chest from his days as a state legislator. He has name recognition, having been a popular fixture in Sacramento politics for more than 20 years.…
Sac Metro Chamber PAC Endorses Angelique Ashby for Mayor
Sacramento City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby is picking up an important endorsement in her campaign for mayor. The Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Political Action Committee is endorsing Ashby for Mayor. Chairman Roy Brewer says the committee made its decision after two forums and private meetings between chamber officials and the candidates. “The…
Metro Chamber’s endorsement of Ashby highlights business split on mayoral race
By endorsing City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby for mayor this week, theSacramento Metro Chamber gave the clearest signal to date that the business community is split on the mayor’s race. The Monday announcement attracted attention in Sacramento political circles. Many see Ashby as an underdog in a race against Darrell Steinberg,…
Angelique Ashby gets Metro Chamber political action committee endorsement in Sacramento mayor’s race
Sacramento Councilwoman Angelique Ashby began her race for mayor as the underdog to a 20-year politician whose last job was president pro tempore of the state Senate. But on Monday, Ashby secured the endorsement of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, adding to her list of support from some of…
Sacramento Metro Chamber political action committee endorses Angelique Ashby for mayor
The Sacramento Metro Chamber’s political action committee has endorsed City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby for mayor. “Councilwoman Ashby has a record of bringing the right individuals and groups together to build consensus and support among an issue or project,” said Roy Brewer, chairman of Metro-PAC, in a statement issued by Ashby’s…