California Chamber of Commerce history

In 1895, when the Valley Hunt Club determined it was unable to continue staging the Rose Parade, the Pasadena Board of Trade saved the event and initiated formation of the Tournament of Roses Association.

Work on the San Pedro breakwater began in April of 1899 and was celebrated with long speeches, band music and a barbecue.

In an effort to more effectively promote the business of the state, the California State Board of Trade merged with the Manufacturers and Producers Association of California and the California Promotion Committee in 1910.

HISTORY OF THE MADERA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Madera District Chamber of Commerce can trace its beginnings back to 1911, originally known as the Madera County Chamber of Commerce incorporated on October 24, 1911.

4, 1913 their dream was realized with the opening of the aqueduct to the San Fernando Valley, which had to be annexed by Los Angeles.By the late twenties and early thirties, the need for yet more water was anticipated and efforts were made to find a new source.

The chamber attracted aircraft manufacturing in 1920 through its support of international air meets at Dominguez field and communication of meteorological information that made flights safer for pilots.

The local livestock market received a boost when the Chamber collaborated with Chicago entrepreneurs in 1921 to create an area called the Central Manufacturing District and Los Angeles Junction Railway.

In September 1929, the organization incorporated as the California State Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry.

The bond issue was passed in September 1931.

The dam was finished in 1935 and the aqueduct completed three years later.In the forties the Chamber launched a cooperative campaign to reduce a smoke and fume problem.

A six-mile stretch of "miracle boulevard" had been opened as early as December 1940 with the Arroyo Seco Parkway, later renamed the Pasadena Freeway.

When smog increased due to continued industrial growth, the Chamber worked with the Air Pollution Control District to create the "Share the Ride: campaign in 1956.

With Chamber efforts, Dodger Stadium was built in Chavez Ravine and opened in 1962.

In 1967, the Chamber changed its name to the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

In 1972, the board of directors adopted the shorter name: California Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber was a staunch supporter of bringing light rail transit to Pasadena, a task that was finally accomplished by the Metro Gold Line Construction Authority in 2003.