Business View Magazine - Sept 2023

144 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 9 environment, they’re wanting to add a great deal of costs. So, we oppose that bill.” He shares that the longer-range goal is to continue to build CMTA’s reputation as an authentic, focused, and constructive stakeholder in the California manufacturing community. On a more personal note, Hastings shares, “I’m motivated every day to get up in the morning and make the atmosphere better for manufacturers than it was the day before. I think I’ve brought a new sense of energy and urgency to CMTA.” “Notwithstanding a two-year interruption with COVID, we’ve been able to grow the association every single year that I’ve been here, and I look forward to doing that well into the future,” he concludes. the manufacturers’ investment credit legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Tim Grayson from Concord. This bill aims to secure the Governor’s approval after a previous year’s veto. Another major priority is the “Made in California’’ campaign. Hastings depicts, “If we are able to make it here, that means that folks in Nevada and Oregon and Arizona aren’t making it. So, we’re making a big push with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to advance that legislation.” While working towards these goals, \there is also a need for defensive actions. He recounts, “Most notably, there’s legislation that would expand the reporting requirements on environmental impacts of companies by mandate rather than letting manufacturers use that in their annual statements. In a competitive